On a spree of making new appointments, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Saturday named former captain Mohammad Yousuf as the head coach of the national U-19 team ahead of the Asia Cup and the World Cup early next year. Yousuf’s appointment comes a day after the PCB elevated the former fast bowler Sohail Tanvir as the head of the junior selection committee. Among its slew of actions taken in recent days following Pakistan’s first-round exit from the World Cup in India, the PCB also announced the appointment of former pacer Wahab Riaz as the chief selector of the national selection committee. Mohammad Hafeez, who recently resigned as one of the members of the technical committee, has not only been named the director of cricket (men’s team) but is also expected to double up as the coach during the team’s upcoming tours of Australia and New Zealand.
Yousuf, who has previously served as the batting coach of the Pakistan team and also at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore, is ranked as one of Pakistan’s top batters, with 7,530 Test runs and 9,720 ODIs.
