Intikhab’s contract finalized, Saleem Malik to be academy’s chief coach

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has finalized the contract with the new coach Intikhab Alam while this ahs been decided to appoint former captain Saleem Malik as chief coach of the National Cricket Academy.

The PCB sources told that the cricket board has made a two-year contract with coach Intikhab Alam under which he would be paid an annual salary of six million rupees besides other perks.

Intikhab Alam will get an additional amount of Rs 1,000,000 on winning the final of the ICC event and Rs 500,000 on qualifying for the final.

He will not be allowed to write column for any newspaper or magazine and take part in commentary for electronic media.

Meanwhile, former captain Saleem Malik has been assigned the responsibility of the chief coach of the PCB’s National Cricket Academy. This post was vacated after the appointment of Aaqib Javed as assistant coach of the national cricket team.

Pakistan needs a good quality spinner: Aaqib Javed

LAHORE: Aaqib Javed, coach of Pakistan ‘A’ cricket team, said that Pakistan needs a good quality spinner and its target during the series against Australia ‘A’ is the hunt for a spinner.

In a press conference at Lahore, Aaqib Javed said that along with Danish Kaneria, the national team needs badly a spinner.

He said that kokabora bowlers should be used in domestic cricket so that good spinners can be groomed.

Aaqib said that a spinner would be located in the series against Australia ‘A’ so that he may be groomed for national team.

He said that at present, no team can be better than any other team because the most number of Test cricketers are in Pakistan ‘A’. These players would become experienced by playing against their strong rivals.

Aaqib Javed said that the Pakistan ‘A’ should be a permanent team.