Matthew Hayden, Vernon Philander named Pakistan coaches for T20 World Cup

The
appointments
were
announced
by
the
newly-elected
Pakistan
Cricket
Board
(PCB)
chairman
Ramiz
Raja.
The
appointments
of
Hayden
and
Philander
come
just
a
week
after
head
coach
Misbah-ul-Haq
and
bowling
coach
Waqar
Younis
resigned
from
their
respective
posts
after
two
years
in
the
job.

“I
think
the
Pakistan
team
needs
a
new
direction.
We
have
appointed
Hayden
and
Philander
for
the
World
Cup,”
Raja
said
during
a
press
conference.
“Going
forward,
we
will
have
to
carry
out
an
extensive
exercise
in
this
regard
in
order
to
look
for
people
who
fit
our
model.

“Our
objective
is
to
give
this
team
the
best
possible
options
so
that
it
leads
to
improvement
in
performances,”
he
added.

The
PCB
had
earlier
roped
in
former
Test
spinner
Saqlain
Mushtaq
and
all-rounder
Abdul
Razzaq
as
interim
coaches
for
the
home
series
against
New
Zealand.
Misbah
and
Waqar
left
their
jobs
with
one
year
of
their
contracts
still
remaining.

Pakistan
in
the
past
has
appointed
many
foreign
coaches
with
relative
success
including
Richard
Pybus,
Bob
Woolmer,
Geoff
Lawson,
Dav
Whatmore
and
Mickey
Arthur.

Hayden
has
played
103
Tests
and
scored
8625
runs,
including
30
centuries,
29
half-centuries,
at
an
average
of
50.7.
His
score
of
380
against
Zimbabwe
is
still
the
second-highest
individual
total
in
Test
cricket
after
Brian
Lara’s
400*.

The
explosive
left-handed
batsman
also
played
161
ODIs
and
amassed
6133
runs
and
averaged
43.8.
He
also
played
9
T20Is
and
averaged
51.3
in
the
shortest
format.

In
his
injury-prone
international
career,
Philander
–
who
is
hailed
as
one
of
the
best
seam
bowlers
for
South
Africa
–
played
64
Tests
and
picked
up
224
wickets.
In
30
ODIs
he
picked
up
41
wickets
while
in
7
T20Is
the
right-arm
quick
scalped
4
wickets.