Pakistan’s foreign coaches will be announced after New Zealand series

Pakistan national cricket team’s foreign coaches will be announced after the forthcoming home series against New Zealand.

Sports: Pakistan’s foreign coaches will be announced after New Zealand series. Sources divulged that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had completed their homework in line with the picking up of the foreign coaches.

According to sources, former South African coach Gary Kirsten will be the white-ball coach for Pakistan. While, Australian former cricketer Jason Gillespie will be the red-ball coach.

Apart from hiring the foreign coaches, the local coaches and the rest of the sports’ staff will also be hired for Pakistan.

Pakistan will take on New Zealand in the first of five T20Is on April 18 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Earlier it was reported that Kirsten and Gillespie were expected to join the Pakistan national cricket team as coaches by the end of April.

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– Yousuf named Gary Kirsten as head coach prior to PCB’s announcement –

Few days back, Member of national selection committee Mohammad Yousaf named South African cricket coach Gary Kirsten as the head coach prior to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) announcement.

Addressing a press conference, the former batting maestro had taken the name of upcoming head coach as he named Kirsten.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) formerly known as Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Council since 1952, it represents the country’s men’s and women’s national teams in international cricket tournaments played under the ICC.

Following the establishment of Pakistan as an independent dominion of the British Empire in 1947, professional and amateur cricket commenced in the same year, seeing as local infrastructure had already been established when the country was part of the British Raj. Cricket matches were arranged informally until 1948, when a Board of Control was formally instituted. Pakistan was admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference (currently known as International Cricket Council) in July 1952, and has since been a full member, playing Test cricket. The team’s first Test series took place in India between October and December 1952.