KARACHI: Former Test cricketer Aaqib Javed has taken over as chief coach at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Wednesday.
A PCB spokesman said that Aaqib’s appointment as the head of coaching at Lahore’s NCA would be highly beneficial for the young players training at the academy.
“Aaqib brings to this position vast experience as an international cricketer and as a professional coach,” said the spokesman.
Aaqib, 34, played the last of 22 Tests (54 wickets) in 1998 and was a part of a much-feared Pakistani pace attack in the nineties that included Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. He had a more successful one-day career during which he took 182 wickets from 163 matches.
A specialist of swing bowling, he was a part of Pakistan’s triumphant 1992 World Cup squad and once held the record of the best bowling figures in a one-dayer (7-37) which he achieved against old rivals India in Sharjah in 1991.
Aaqib has stayed attached with international cricket since his exit from Test cricket nine years back and has attended several coaching courses and workshops in recent years.
He completed a PCB Level-2 Coaching Course (2003) and has participated in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) High Performance Course (2004). He has also attended the Cricket Australia/ACC Cricket Skills course for fast bowling and batting, held in Bangkok (2004-05).
Aaqib has successfully completed assignments as fast bowling coach at Lahore Regional Academy at Sheikhupura (2001), head coach of Lahore Region at Muridke (2002) and fast bowling coach at NCA (2004-05).
He has trained several of Pakistan young fast bowlers including Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Khalil, Mohammad Irshad and Samiullah Niazi in recent times.
Aaqib has also coached several national age-group teams and under him Pakistan won the Under-15 Asian Championship in 2002 and the Under-19 World Cup in 2004. He also had a successful coaching stint with the Pakistan A squad.
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