After making a fantastic catch to remove Imad Wasim from the match between Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United, legendary Pakistan cricket team captain Wasim Akram criticized Abdullah Shafique for his, "silent" celebration. Abdullah made a brilliant catch on the first slip, celebrating by covering his lips with his finger to ' silence his critics'. Akram, however, expressed dissatisfaction with his celebration by saying that he must "work in the drama industry."
No doubt, great catch but who is responsible for dropping 36 catches in Australia's Test series? Who will answer for that? Abdullah should work in drama industry rather than cricket.
~he said on A Sports
As time is running out and options are limited, the Pakistan Cricket Board has resorted to asking three foreign coaches participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) whether any of them would be willing to coach the national team till the ICC Champions Trophy in 2020.
According to a dependable source inside the PCB, the board held preliminary discussions to see whether West Indian Phil Simmons (Karachi), New Zealand's Mike Hesson (Islamabad United), and Australian all-rounder Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators) would be interested in taking on a coaching role.
Initial talks have been held but it is too early to say if either of them is interested since at least two of them have prior assignments in other leagues as well.
~the source said
Mohsin Naqvi, the new PCB president, has already stated that he intends to hire foreign coaches for the Pakistan team's next tournament assignments, which include the Champions Trophy and World T20 Cup.
Nonetheless, prominent coaches are hesitant to sign contracts with the Pakistani squad due to PCB's bad image when it comes to working with both foreign and local coaches.
“Yes it is a problem specially after the way Zaka Ashraf (former Chairman) forced Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and the other foreign coaches to go after the World Cup,” the source said.
"The way Misbah ul Haq, Waqar Younis, Muhammad Hafeez were removed are examples."
He said another problem is most of the top coaches now held contracts with franchises in many leagues around the globe, including the Indian Premier League
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