Former Australia player and Srilankan Coach Dav Whatmore has been appointed as the coach of Pakistan national cricket team. The decision was taken at a PCB governing board meeting at Islamabad today.
Earlier today, Mohammad Ilyas the chief selector of Pakistan cricket board announced his resignation. Iqbal Qasim was appointed in his place as the new chief selector.
Whatmore played 7 tests and 1 ODI for Australia; he led the Sri Lanka to cricketing glory at the 1996 World Cup and also coached Bangladesh from 2003 to 2007. He is appointed as Pakistan coach for 2 years and his first assignment will be to conquer Asia with his new charges.
Iqbal Qasim is a former Pakistan test cricketer, who was a left-arm spinner. He has been in and around the selection committee after his retirement from cricket.
There was no place in the cricketing set-up for former coach and chief selector Mohsin Hassan Khan, who led Pakistan to a crushing whitewash against the number one ranked team in the world, England.
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