Pakistan shortlists five cricket coaches

KARACHI — Pakistan have shortlisted five candidates to replace coach Waqar Younis after the deadline expired to apply for one of the toughest jobs in cricket, an official said on Thursday.

Waqar resigned on medical grounds earlier this month, leaving Pakistan, gripped by Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked violence, scrambling for a replacement.

Former captain and coach Intikhab Alam, heading up the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB's) search for a new coach, said interest was encouraging.

"We received some 12 applications from abroad and 25 from within Pakistan and after a meeting we have shortlisted five candidates," said Alam, whom Waqar replaced as coach in March 2010.

Alam refused to divulge any names.

"We will give the names to PCB chairman Ijaz Butt who has the right to chose the coach," he said.   Read More

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