Foreign coach to reportedly replace Misbah after South Africa series

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly decided to remove Misbah-ul-Haq and bring in a foreign coach after the home series against South Africa.

According to reports, Gary Kirsten and Grant Flower are likely to replace Misbah.

It must be noted here that Misbah had already been removed from chief selector and batting coach’s posts. The head coach received immense backlash after Pakistan badly lost two-matches Test series against New Zealand.

Misbah took charge in 2019 and under his coaching, Pakistan has only won home Tests against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The green shirts lost the home T20I series against Sri Lanka immediately after he took charge.

It is pertinent to mention that the former cricketer recently parted ways with Pakistan Super League (PSL’s) team Islamabad United.

Thank you @isbunited for 4 wonderful seasons. Best of luck for PSL 6. An amazing franchise, thank you to the owners, management and players. #UnitedWeWin

— Misbah Ul Haq (@captainmisbahpk) December 24, 2020

IU’s official Twitter account said that he wanted to focus on commitments with the National side.

#ISLU will not be renewing @captainmisbahpk’s already expired head coach contract given his commitments with the National team. We thank him for his great contribution to ISLU. We wish him the very best of luck with the 🇵🇰 National Team.

PR: https://t.co/Ql6N1ex8zt#UnitedWeWin pic.twitter.com/n4eOEDqZjY

— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) December 24, 2020