Miandad takes over as coach

Lahore, March 10: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has been asked to takeover as coach of the cricket team after Intikhab Alam handed over his resignation to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ad Hoc Committee Chairman Lt-Gen. Tauqir Zia on Friday.

Intikhab held a long meeting with the PCB chairman before tendering his resignation. The PCB advisory council, headed by Lt-Gen Tauqir Zia later held a meeting and appointed Javed Miandad to take over as coach of the team also for third Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka scheduled from Sunday in Karachi.

Later talking to reporters, Intikhab said that he decided to relinquish the job after he came to know that the PCB was thinking to remove him. He said that he could continue the job before the end of the on-going home series against Sri Lanka, but decided to quit as he felt he could not motivate himself after knowing that a change was in the offing.

However, Intikhab Alam stated that he would continue his assignment as the ICC Match-Referee. Miandad, 42, was originally scheduled to begin, his tenure as coach from the Sharjah Cup, which starts on March 22.