PCB council to approve Miandad's contract (27 December 1998)
LAHORE, Dec 26: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) council, besides deciding captain and manager of the Pakistan team for the upcoming Indian tour, will approve the contract signed with Javed Miandad by the PCB as coach of the team when it will meet at
27-Dec-1998
27 December 1998
PCB council to approve Miandad's contract
By Our Sports Correspondent
LAHORE, Dec 26: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) council, besides
deciding captain and manager of the Pakistan team for the upcoming
Indian tour, will approve the contract signed with Javed Miandad by
the PCB as coach of the team when it will meet at Lahore on January
3.
Pakistan is touring India next month to play first Asian Test
Championship involving Sri Lanka. Pakistan will also play separate
Test series and One-day matches against India.
According to agenda, the meeting will consider new captain of the
team along with the existing captain Aamir Sohail under whose
captaincy Pakistan won the third Sahara Cup at Toronto (Canada),
beating India 4-1 in five-match series. But Pakistan lost home Test
and One-Day series to Australia (1-0) and Test series to Zimbabwe
(1-0) under Sohail captaincy.However, Pakistan won the One-Day series
to Zimbabwe 2-1.
Former captains Wasim Akram and Moin Khan are other players in the
run for captaincy. However, Wasim Akram's chances are bleak as he is
facing betting allegations and one-man commission headed by justice
Abdul Qayyum is investigating into the scandal.
The matter to approve the contract of Javed Miandad has been pending
since his assignment as coach when Pakistan toured Canada. The
decision whether to continue Azhar Zaidi as manager of the team or
not will also be taken in the meeting. Azhar Zaidi has also been
continuing as manager of the team since Canada's tour.
Wasim Bhatti who was the manager of Pakistan 'A' team which recently
toured New Zealand will present his report about the tour to the
council.
Azhar Zaidi has already briefed the council about the home series
against Zimbabwe when it held an emergent meeting at Lahore after
Pakistan lost the first Test to Zimbabwe at Peshawar by seven
wickets. The remaining two Tests, one each at Lahore and Faisalabad
were abandoned due to foggy weather.
Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)