Saqlain, Bradburn get high performance roles

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the appointments of Grant Bradburn as Head of High Performance Coaching and Saqlain Mushtaq as Head of International Player Development as part of the High Performance Centre’s restructuring.

In addition to the two former Test cricketers, Asser Malik, who has a wide-ranging experience with various multi-national companies, has been confirmed as High Performance Operations Manager.

Saqlain, a former off-spinner who represented Pakistan between 1995 and 2004, will be responsible for identifying, developing and preparing players so that they could go on to become world-class cricketers.

Saqlain, a Level III coach, has previously worked as a spin bowling coach with Bangladesh, West Indies and England men’s cricket teams, apart from serving as a consultant for PCB, Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket.

Bradburn is presently the fielding coach of the Pakistan, a role he took in September 2018 following a successful coaching stint with the Scotland men’s team. He also coached New Zealand A and New Zealand U19.