adminLAHORE. — Pakistan on Tuesday appointed former captain Moin Khan as the head coach of the national cricket team, replacing Australian Dav Whatmore whose two-year contract expired last month. Khan (42) was short-listed along with another former captain and ex-coach Waqar Younis by a four-man committee which included former captain Javed Miandad, Intikhab Alam and Wasim Akram earlier this week. The decision came after a lengthy management committee meeting under the chairmanship of Najam Sethi who replaced Zaka Ashraf on Monday.
The decision came as a blow to Younis who was regarded as favourite to regain the post he left in 2011 but Ashraf’s sacking led to him not being selected. Pakistan Cricket Board chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed told reporters Khan will coach the team for this month’s Asia Cup and next month’s World Twenty20 – both to be held in Bangladesh. — AFP.
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