PCB mulls over move to replace Alam with Miandad

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is mulling to replace the current national team coach Intikhab Alam with former captain and coach Javed Miandad.

According to a source, most players are unhappy with Alam and the officials are considering to appoint Miandad after the Test series against New Zealand.

Miandad was PCB's first choice as the Pakistan coach after chairman Ijaz Butt sacked Australian Geoff Lawson last October. However, at that time Miandad was unwilling to take the responsibility. He was later appointed the PCB's director general.

The source said about eight or nine players complained about the attitude of captain Younus Khan and Alam when they met Butt last month after the Champions Trophy.

The players, including the seniors, were unhappy with Alam because they thought he always sided with Khan. Butt, however, decided to stick with Khan and Alam for the one-day series against New Zealand.

The sources said the senior players of the Pakistan team are now pushing for a new coach for the series against Australia in Melbourne later this year.