Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq to Join as Coaches of PCB’s High-Performance Centre

|| CF Correspondent || 

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has roped in former captain Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq as coaches of their High Performance Centre (HPC) in Lahore.

According to a PCB source, apart from Yousuf and Razaq, another former Test cricketer Basit Ali has also been joined as a coach in the HPC, which is being revamped for the improvement of its productivity and output as well.

While talking to media, Yousuf has confirmed that he was offered a coaching position and he was happy to accept it as well.

The HPC, which has gone through changes in management in recent months, is also working on the reassessment of umpires, match referees, scorers and coaches of provincial teams in domestic cricket as well.

Former Test spinner, Nadeem Khan has also been appointed as the Director of HPC recently after previous ones Mudassar Nazar, Haroon Rasheed, Agha Zahid and Ali Zia were recently released or fired by the board.

"The PCB has hired the services of former England Cricket's Performance Director David Parsons, who was also a spin bowling coach since 2006 at the ECB academy at Loughborough in the UK," the source said.

"The idea is to get more former stalwarts involved in coaching positions not only at the High-Performance Centre but also with the provincial and Under-19 teams so that players can have access to the best coaching and training facilities," the source said.