New technical coach to be appointed by PCB (20 April 1999)
KARACHI, April 19: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will appoint a new technical coach after Richard Pybus was stopped by his parent organization to help the Pakistan cricket team in the World Cup beginning next month on 14th
20-Apr-1999
20 April 1999
New technical coach to be appointed by PCB
Our Sports Reporter
KARACHI, April 19: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will appoint a
new technical coach after Richard Pybus was stopped by his parent
organization to help the Pakistan cricket team in the World Cup
beginning next month on 14th.
The chairman of the PCB, Khalid Mahmood said on Monday evening that
Pybus was one of the so many options that was available with the PCB.
"Now if he has been stopped by the South African board, the PCB will
look into other options.
"As far as the PCB is concerned, it is purely a matter between Pybus
and South African board. We appointed him because he had confirmed
his availability."
However, Mahmood stressed that a technical coach would be appointed
"because the World Cup was a prestigious event and this particular
job was a scientific, specialized and research field."
Justifying the necessity of a technical coach, the PCB chairman said
the man would advice, recommend and brief the Pakistan team about the
strengths and weakness of the opposition, condition of the ground,
behaviour of the wickets etc.
"He would be assisting Javed Miandad who could be looking after the
training, fitness and other aspects of the team. In the background of
all the teams bringing three officials with the team, he also thought
that we should strengthen our coaching departments and that's
precisely why a technical coach was required."
He argued that the technical coach would not only be working out
plans for the World Cup "but for every match, every day and probably
every session."
Asked how an English-speaking technical coach would communicate with
the players, he said: "It is not going to be a monologue but a
dialogue. If the players couldn't understand English, we have a
manager who can fluently speak Urdu and Punjabi. Besides, I am sure
that the players would quickly learn to speak and understand English
because they are very intelligent."
Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)