LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former Test all-rounder Yasir Arafat as the High-Performance Coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team today.
Yasir Arafat will be part of Pakistan’s team management for the upcoming five T20Is against New Zealand scheduled from 12 to 21 January 2024 in New Zealand.
41-year-old, Yasir Arafat, has represented Pakistan in three Test matches, 11 ODIs and 13 T20Is from 2000 to 2012.
He completed his ECB Level 4 coaching course from Loughborough University, becoming the first Pakistan Test cricketer to do so.
He has also worked as a bowling coach with county teams like Sussex and Surrey, as well as with Australia’s Big Bash League franchise, Perth Scorchers.
Recently, he worked as a bowling coach with the Hong Kong national team.
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Besides coaching, Yasir Arafat has featured for different T20 teams in league cricket around the globe, including appearances for Otago and Canterbury in New Zealand domestic T20 league cricket.
He has picked 281 wickets from 226 T20 matches at an average of 22.58.
Yasir will serve as the camp commandant for the five-day camp in Lahore from 29 December to 2 January for the preparation of the tour.
Pakistan cricket team is currently in Australia for the three-match Test series, where they lost the first Test by a huge margin of 360 runs in Perth, while the second Test is underway in Melbourne.
Australia scored 187-3 on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with Marnus Labuschagne (44) and Travis Head (9) on the crease.
Hasan Ali, Aamir Jamal and Salman Ali Agha picked one wicket each for Pakistan.
The second Test was interrupted by rain in the latter half of the day, consequently allowing only 66 overs of play.