The Pakistan Cricket Board’s top bosses are firmly backing Misbah-ul-Haq to continue as the national team’s head coach cum chief selector d...
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s top bosses are firmly backing Misbah-ul-Haq to continue as the national team’s head coach cum chief selector despite his recent failure in its prized T20 league.
Misbah, who was given special permission by the PCB to work as head coach of the Islamabad United, saw his team crash out before the last-four stage for the first time since the Pakistan Super League’s launch in 2016.
Islamabad, who are two-time champions, did not make the top four in the points table after managing seven points from 10 matches, prompting critics and experts to blame it on Misbah for the debacle. But a senior official of the board said that they are still supporting Misbah.
“Since he took over as head coach we have seen steady progress in the national team’s performances in Tests and T20 cricket,” CEO Wasim Khan told the media. “We have full confidence in Misbah even now but as is our policy we will sit down and review his one-year performance after the World T20 in Australia in October. We will do a complete postmortem of his one-year progress and then reach a conclusion.”
Khan also made it clear that the Board was not contemplating appointing any other coach with Misbah.
“We have confidence...
