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Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed two foreign coaches for two of its domestic teams for the upcoming premier first class event and the nationwide 50-over competitors.
Nottinghamshire’s Paul Franks and Leicestershire’s Paul Nixon would be the head coaches of the Central Punjab and Sindh sides within the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and nationwide 50-over competitors this season.
Franks, who has labored as assistant coach beneath Peter Moores at Nottinghamshire county, has changed Pakistan’s Abdul Razzaq as head of the Punjab facet whereas Nixon, a former head coach with Leicestershire and England participant, might be on the helm of affairs for the Sindh crew.
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PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja has made his intentions clear to have extra foreign affect in domestic and junior cricket. Apparently, it’s his brainchild to have foreign coaches and trainers working with the six domestic first class teams.
Also, this could possibly be the first time that any foreign coach has been appointed to work with domestic teams in a full season.
In the inaugural Pakistan Junior League which begins subsequent month, the PCB has appointed South Africa’s Gordon Parsons, New Zealand’s Nicholas Webb, England’s Julian Fountain, Julian Wood, and Toby Radford to work with the six teams beneath the Board’s pathways improvement programme.
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A dependable supply within the PCB stated all of the foreign coaches working in domestic and junior teams are being paid via sponsors working with the Board.
The native coaches working with domestic teams are additionally getting a great amount of cash as they’re paid month-to-month salaries of between 5 to six lakh rupees together with different advantages.
The Board has inspired former Test, worldwide and first class gamers to work as coaches.
Pakistan’s domestic season began on August 30 with the National T20 Cup and can finish in late January, 2023.
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