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ZIMBABWE cricket legend Andy Flower has declined an offer to coach Pakistan citing busy schedule as the reason.
Reports had stated that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wanted to replace Misbah-ul-Haq, current coach of the Pakistan national team, with Flower after Pakistan was beaten 1-2 by England in a three-match T20I series in July this year.
Flower has a lot of coaching experience after being head coach of a number of franchises in several T20 leagues around the world.
While he is donning the hat of head coach of the Multan Sultans side in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), he is also head coach of the Saint Lucia Kings outfit in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Apart from that, the former Zimbabwe cricketing colossus is also head coach of the Delhi Bulls outfit in the Abu Dhabi T10 league, while also performing the same role in The Hundred competition for the Trent Rockets.
Flower is also involved with the Punjab Kings (PBKS) side as assistant coach.
Flower informed the PCB that he wants to be more involved with franchise cricket, and as a result, does not want to become head coach of the Pakistan national team.
Misbah-ul-Haq does not have a good relationship with the PCB, hence they want to replace him with a foreign coach.
However, Misbah is likely to keep his job till the conclusion of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Flower was the mainstay of the Zimbabwe side for more than a decade and represented the Zimbabwe cricket team in 63 Tests and 213 ODI matches.
While he amassed 4 794 runs in the white ball at an excellent average of 51.55, he also plundered 6 786 runs in the one-day international format of the game at an average of about 35.
He scored 16 centuries in both Tests and ODIs put together. — Crictracker
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