PCB Chief Ramiz Raja hints at sacking coaches, revamping NHPC system

PCB Chief Ramiz Raja hints at sacking coaches, revamping NHPC system

Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja is unhappy with theboard’s National High-Performance Centre (NHPC) and wants to restructurethe entire setup by sacking several coaches and hiring new ones in theirplace, confirmed sources.

Sources told *Geo News* that the former cricketer and PCB chairman had alsosought ex-NHPC head Grant Bradburn’s resignation, adding that he had nothung up his boots on his own.

In a media release earlier this year, the PCB said Bradburn hadresigned “to pursue further coaching opportunities”. The former New Zealandcricketer, who was Pakistan’s national fielding coach from September 2018to June 2020 and later promoted to the head of the NHPC, had said that hehad stepped down from the role to pursue other opportunities.

“My wife Maree and three children have also sacrificed a lot in allowing meto serve Pakistan cricket,” Bradburn had said. “COVID-19 regulations madeit challenging for them to visit Pakistan and feel the warmth, love, andfriendship this country offers. It is now time for me to prioritise familyand move forward to the next coaching challenge,” he had added.

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