*The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) WasimKhan has said that the reports of former Zimbabwe skipper Andy Flower andex-South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten replacing Misbah-ul-Haq as the GreenCaps’ head coach are untrue. *
According to a report, Khan refuted that the governing body has come to anagreement with the former batting duo.
“Flower will not be available for two years due to his commitments,” thePCB CEO said. “The is no truth to the report of him replacing [head coach]Misbah. We have not signed a deal with anyone at this moment.”
He added that Kirsten, who led India to their second International CricketCouncil (ICC) World Cup win in 2011, is also out of the running for thecoaching role.
“At this moment, Gary [Kirsten] is also not available to replace Misbah,”he added.
Wasim further believes the former Pakistan skipper should be given anotherchance to prove his credentials and should not be removed from the positionprematurely.
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“A three-year deal has been signed with him and [bowling coach] WaqarYounis but they can be let go before their given term,” he said. “We canspend money if we have to but the news of management changes are untrue atthis moment.”
The head coach came under severe criticism in the recent PCB CricketCommittee’s meeting over the Men in Green’s poor run across all formats butgot another chancelinktochange the team’s fortunes in the home series against South Africa.
According to media reports, the seven-member PCB committee — in itsrecommendation to the Chairman Ehsan Mani — were dissatisfied with theformer cricketers’ performancelinkinthe coaching role and voted in favour of his removal.
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