Inzamam-ul-Haq appointed as Pakistan’s batting consultant – Cricket News Update
Ahead of a couple of very important series against India and South Africa, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Inzamam-ul-Haq-c64383, the former Pakistan captain, as the national team’s batting consultant.
The Green Shirts are going to visit the neighbouring country this month for a limited-over series, which includes two T20 Internationals and three One Day Internationals, starting with the first fixture at Bangalore on December 25.
The tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 will be followed by the series against South Africa, which is going to be a massive test for the Pakistani batsmen, who are usually vulnerable in conditions which are offering additional bounce and movement to the fast bowlers.
Taking into account the unpredictable nature of the team’s batting line-up, the PCB had decided earlier to hire a full-time batting coach, with applications being submitted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saleem-Malik-c88105, two former greats of Pakistan cricket. However, the board has decided to hire a consultant in shape of Inzamam for the time being.
The Chairman of the PCB, Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 with the team.
“We have engaged the services of Inzamam ahead of the India tour,” Ashraf told reporters. “He won't travel to India with the team but will help the batsmen in the camp as batting consultant. He will part of the touring unit that goes next year to South Africa.”
Inzamam is considered to be one of the finest batsmen produced by the country, having scored more than 20 thousand runs at the highest stage of the game, with the help of 35 centuries and 129 fifties.
In order to help the team become mentally stronger, the Chairman of the PCB expressed that the services of a psychologist have also been ensured.
“Psychologist Maqbool Babri has also been signed up to help motivate the players for the challenging [India] tour,” he added.
Before the limited-over series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Akram-c76621, in its bid to have a specialised coaching staff.
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