The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed the national team’s coaching and support staff for the upcoming Afghanistan One Day International (ODI) series and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Asia Cup.
Pakistan will play three ODIs against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka on August 22, 24 and 26 before their Asia Cup campaign – which begins on August 30 at the Multan Cricket Stadium when Pakistan take on Nepal.
An 18-member squad has been announced for the series against Afghanistan, while the Asia Cup squad will consist of only 17 players.
Apart from this, according to the recent announcement of PCB, Saud Shakeel, included in the Afghanistan series, will be out of the Asia Cup.
Player Support Personnel:
Rehan-ul-Haq (Team Manager), Mickey Arthur (Director – Pakistan Men’s Team), Grant Bradburn (Head Coach), Andrew Potick (Batting Coach), Morne Morkel (Bowling Coach), Aftab Khan (Fielding Coach), Abdul Rehman (Assistant Coach) ), Dr. Sohail Salim (Team Doctor), Drax Simon (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Cliff Deacon (Physiotherapist), Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi (Media Manager), Lt Col Usman Anwari (Retd) (Security Manager), Ammar Ahsan. (Digital Content Producer, Asia Cup only), Maqbool Ahmed Babri (Psychologist), Talha Ejaz (Analyst) and Maling Ali (Director).
Squad:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abdullah Shafiq, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imamul Haq, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Saud Shakeel (Afghanistan series only), Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen. Afridi, Tayyab Tahir, Osama Mir
