UAE coach Aaqib Javed will not apply for Pakistan Cricket role

Denzil Pinto 20:58 06/04/2016
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  • Aaqib Javed was critical of former team UAE

    UAE coach Aaqib Javed has ruled himself out of the running for the Pakistan job.

    Javed, who wanted the role, says he was approached by the Pakistan Cricket Board last week but has become angered by their decision to openly advertise for a successor to Waqar Younis.

    The 43-year-old will instead remain with the UAE and says he expects the PCB to go for a foreign coach.

    “I’m still the UAE head coach and am not going anywhere,” Javed told Sport360 exclusively on Wednesday evening.

    “I’m not leaving. I’m not even applying for the Pakistan job because the speculation is they are going for a foreign coach.

    “I got disappointed when people approach you and tell you this is the process.

    “Due to pressure or whatever, it has changed. So I don’t want to give my expertise to people who don’t hold their promises.

    “All of a sudden they are going through a different process. Why didn’t they tell me this before?”

    An advert for the role has been posted under the title “career opportunity” on the PCB’s official website.

    Javed, a member of the 1992 World Cup winning team, played played 22 Tests and 163 ODIs for Pakistan between 1988 and 1998.

    He has been head coach of the UAE since 2012.

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