Dav Whatmore's appointment as national coach excites http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Intikhab-Alam-c64380 - Cricket News Update
The former Pakistan coach, Intikhab Alam is excited to have http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Davenell-Frederick-Whatmore-c52571 as the full time head coach of Pakistan and is hopeful that his arrival would add more professionalism to the Pakistan team.
Speaking to the media reporters on Sunday, Alam heaped praise on Misbah-ul-haq’s captaincy and hoped Whatmore’s appointment as the head coach will take cricket to greater heights.
“Whatmore has a proven record and I feel that his appointment will be an exciting one for the Pakistan cricket team,” said Alam, the former manager of the Pakistan cricket team.
“The team under Misbah-ul-Haq's astute leadership have gelled and continued to show great signs of improvement over the last year or so. I feel that Whatmore will add more professionalism to an already improving team and will take this team to greater heights,"
he added further.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has been in contact with the Australian since Waqar Younis stepped down from the coaching role in September last year. Alam was the chairman of the committee appointed by the board to find the replacement for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193.
Though http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397 wanted a foreign coach for the national team, and separate coaches for all three departments of the game – batting, bowling and fielding.
Pakistan is inches away from finalising a contract signing with the Australian, who has had coaching stints with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and Bangladesh as well. Alam hinted that the board will confirm Whatmore as the new head coach after his arrival in Lahore next week.
"Dav Whatmore will arrive in early March to sign his contract,” Alam was quoted as saying by PakPassion.
Alam also revealed that Julien Fountain will also take charge as the fielding coach of the side before the Asia Cup\, commencing in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 from March 11, 2012.
“Our fielding continues to trouble us and I hope that in Fountain we will have someone who can address this issue that has troubled Pakistan cricket for a long time,” said Alam.
Alam, however, remained non-committal when asked about the lengths of contracts of Whatmore and Fountain.
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