National Cricket Academy Appointments

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**PCB Chairman approves NCA **
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by Pakistan Cricket Board

Media Release - 03 July 2006

On the recommendation of the Committee set up for selection of candidates for posts at National Cricket Academy (NCA) and in consultation with PCB Director Academies, Chairman PCB has approved the following appointments at NCA:

Assitant Director Academies - Mirza Ali Zia
Bowling Coach - Mr Mohtasham Rashid
Batting Coach - Mr Mansoor Rana
Coach Youth Programme - Mr Mohsin Sheikh

While the first three are familiar names, Mr Mohsin Sheikh has been coaching in Australia and his last appointment was Head Coach of Canberra Comets.
The Chairman PCB has also approved the appointment of the following as Head Coaches of the Regional Academies:

Haroon Rashid - Karachi Region
Azam Khan - Multan Region
Wasim Haider - Faisalabad Region
Azmat Rana - Sialkot Region
Mohsin Kamal - Lahore Region
Sabih Azhar - Rawalpindi Region
Taimur Azam - Islamabad Region
Raj Hans - Quetta Region
Sadiq Mohammad - Hyderabad Region
Farrukh Zaman - Peshawar Region
Nadeem Abbasi - Abbottabad Region

Mr Mudassar Nazar Director (Academies) has already chalked out an intensive programme for the NCA as well as for academies in the eleven cricketing Regions.
Abbas Zaidi
Director Board Operations

Source:http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Articles/4/4451.html

Where does Waqar Younis fit in? I thought he would be the bowling coach at NCA.

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Well his main job is to coach the nationl side plus his other duties include working with Pakistan A, U-19 and Academy teams. So basically he is not a full time coach for NCA.

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Good question. I am as surprised as you are. Although it seems like since Waqar is only appointed until the World Cup (and on a temporary basis, as was reported upon his contract signing), he will be 'assisting' the full-time bowling coach, if anything. Also, as Khan Sahab has pointed out, he will also be traveling with the National Team on foreign tours, which should be the topmost priority, and he will be unable to look after the U-19 circuit as well as the proceedings at NCA during his absence, hence the reason why the full-time bowling was announced as such.

This could possibly be the only rational explanation, apart from the ridiculous recent addition of another bowling coach for the National side in addition to Younis, which, simply, can be summarized in this simple phrase - Apnay paon pay kulhari maarna.

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Is it reasonable to assume the fact that Waqar Younis's contract may not be extended after the World cup and even if it is - he may not want to continue?

Since a bowling coach has been appointed at NCA and the fact that the PCB seems to be making a habit of hiring coaches for short term basis - his services may not be needed?

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Given the above rational explanations, it seems a logical decision to make. Waqar will not be around, down the road, to monitor every ball-by-ball update at the NCA, and is only here on a temporary basis, hence the decision as such.

Atleast, on the good side, he is appointed until the World Cup, which is what matters at this point in time, really. His position will be re-evaluated after we will win the World Cup.

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I think not only Waqars position will be re-elavated but it may also re-evalate the position of others associated with the team i.e. Bob Woolmer, dopey Inzi. They may be given further extension to their roles. Time will tell.

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InshaAllah :D

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PCB selects students for academies

LAHORE, July 5: The names of students of six regional academies have been announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday.

The names of remaining five regional academies will be announced later.

The selected cricketers are advised to report to their respective head of the academy on July 9.

Following are selected:

Lahore Region: Shahzad, Rana Adnan, Ali Abbas Zaidi, Yasir Ali, Saadullah Ghouri, Hamza Mubeen, Junaid Malik (batsmen), Saadullah Khan, Raza Rehman, Mohammad Naveed, Hafiz Abid Ali, Asim Younis, Zain Shahnawaz, Ali Haider (fast bowlers), Mustafa Iqbal, Khurram Humayun, Hafiz Said Nasim, Naeemul Haq (leg-spinners), Qambhar Iqbal, Zeeshan Ali (wicketkeeper).

Quetta Region: Shahnawaz, Mohammad Ashraf, Nasir Khan, Munir Ali, Tajmur Ali, Asif Ali, Samiullah Niazi, Mohammad Tariq, Majid Hussain, Syed Kaleemullah, Rashid Raza, Nadir Khan (batsmen), Asmatullah, Aimal Khan, Abdul Wahab (all-rounder), Abdul Malik, Musa Khan, Nazar Hussain, Ibrahim Shah, Sher Hussain (fast bowler), Imran Khan, Dawood Khan (wicketkeeper), Qamaruddin, Mohibullah, Syed Kaleemullah, Maqsood Umaid.

Peshawar Region: Mohammad Salim, Israrullah, Mohammad Jibran, Adil Amin, Asif Atiq, Kamran Khan (batsmen), Abdullah Khan, Jibran Khan, Hidayatullah, Mohammad Yasin (spinners),Khizar Hayat, Fahad Zaman, (all-rounder), Sajid Ali, Mian Khan, Rahatullah Khan, nasir Ahmed, Abdur Rehman,Sagheer Ayub (fast bowlers), Gauhar Ali, Imran Hussain (wicketkeeper)

Islamabad Region: Adil Mirza, Zahid Iqbal, Faizan Riaz, Usman Mehmood, Taimoor Javed, Nauman Masood Butt (batsmen), Mran Khurshid, Mehmood Azam, Owais Afzal, Junaid Nadir, Ahsan Rizvi, Usman Ashraf (fast bowlers), Mohammad Arslan, Zeeshan Mushtaq, Kamran Hussain, (all-rounder), Yasir Waheed, Imad Wasim, Kashif Ali (spinners), Umair Mir, Haq Tahir (wicketkeeper).

Sialkot Region: Waqar Azmat, Mohammad Faheem, Mohammad Sohaib, Zaman Jamil, Naveed Hussain, Mohammad Yasin, Haris Sohail, Khurram Shehzad (batsmen), Ali Hassan, Amer Jaffery, Naeem Anjum (spinners), Mustafa Kamran, Adil Raza, Prince Abbas, Sarmad Anwar, Asim Nawaz, Imran Malik (fast bowler), Jehanzeb Abdullah, Ammar Mughal (wicketkeeper).

Rawlpindi Region: Mohammad Ahsan, Aqeel Ulfat, NaeemAsghar, Yasin Jamshed, Mohammad Ayaz, Mohammad Saleem, Yawar Abbas, Osama Niazi, Mohammad Ibrahim, Umer Ameen, Nauman Ali, Fawad Hussain, Tanveer Afzal, Mohammad Rameez, Mohammad Amir, Mubashar Itibar, Jamal Anwar, Asad Zahid, Samiullah, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Baig.

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Where is Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan? :bailan:

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[quote]
LAHORE, July 5: The names of students of six regional academies have been announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday

The names of remaining five regional academies will be announced later.
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I got this from yesterday's Dawn so hopefully the rest should be out today :)

Btw i didn't find too many familiar names in there (there is hardly anyone from U19 teams), hopefully they are all extremely talented youngsters and NOT Sifarshis.

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The only familiar name I could look at right away is Samiullah Niazi :)

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:mad: Khabardaar jo kisi nay chacha Imran kay baray mein ghalat baat bhi mou sey nikali. Mein uska khoon pee jaonga (microwave mein garam kar kay). :mad:

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More squads announced:

MULTAN REGION ACADEMY TEAM
1.Ali Adnan Bahawalnagar All-rounder 2.Mojnuddin Bahawalpur Batsman 3.Mohammad Zahir Bahawalpur Fast bowler 4.Farhan Ahmed Bahawalpur Batsman 5.Athar Naved D.G.KhanSpinner 6.Majid Javed Khanewal Fast bowler 7.Adnan Razzaq Layyah Batsman 8.Junaid Iqbal Multan Batsman 9.Rahat AliMultan Fast bowler 10 .Mohammad Majid Muzaffargarh All-rounder 11.Zeeshan Shaukat Okara Batsman 12. Adeel Zahid Okara Batsman 13.Majid Siddiq Okara Fast bowler 14.Bilal Khalid R.Y. Khan Batsman 15.Afsar Zaheer R.Y. KhanSpinner 16.Abdul Sattar Sahiwal Batsman 17.Zeeshan Maqsood Sahiwal All-rounder 18.Naved Alam Sahiwal Wicketkeeper19 .Adeel Hanif Sahiwal Spinner 20.Gulraiz Sadaf Vehari Wicketkeeper
ABBOTTABAD REGION ACADEMY TEAM
1.Syed Fawad Abbottabad Batsman 2.Rameez Ahmed Abbottabad All-rounder 3.Ahmed Jamal Abbottabad Fast bowler 4.Mohammad Farooq Bannu Fast bowler 5.Mir Afzal Bannu Fast bowler 6.Mohammad Shakeel D.I.Khan Fast bowler 7.Wajid Khan Fata Batsman 8.Mohammad Irfan Khan FataSpinner 9. Saleh Mohammad Fata Fast bowler 10. Majid Khan Kohat Wicketkeeper 11. Khurshid Anwar Kohat Spinner 12.Mudassar Iqbal Mansehra Batsman 13.Wajid Khan Mardan Batsman 14.Aamer Shehzad Mardan Spinner 15.Imtiaz Akram Swabi Batsman 16.Khalid Usman Swabi Spinner 17.Junaid Khan Swabi Fast bowler 18.Sohrab Khan Tank Batsman 19.Liaqatullah Tank Wicket-Keeper 20.Hamid Khan Upper Dir Batsman 21.Umar Fayyaz Tank Fast bowler 22.Waqas Khan Haripur OB 23.Faisal Nawaz Swabi Batsman

FAISALABAD REGION ACADEMY TEAM 1.Dabir Ali Bhakkar Fast bowler 2. Aamer Siddiq Faisalabad Batsman 3.Hasan Mahmood Faisalabad Batsman 4.Usman Ali Jhang Batsman 5.Mohammad Laeeq Faisalabad Batsman 6 .Adnan Munir Faisalabad Batsman 7.Hamza Zaheer Faisalabad Batsman 8.Mohammad Shoaib Shah Faisalabad Spinner 9.Waqas Maqsood Faisalabad Fast bowler10.Abdul Rauf Faisalabad Wicketkeeper 11.Fahad Hussain Faisalabad Wicketkeeper 12.Mohammad Saqlain Jhang Batsman 13.Yasir Hayat Jhang Fast bowler 14. Allahditta Shehzad Kasur Batsman 15.Nawazish AliSargodha Batsman 16.Ali WaqasSargodha Batsman 17.Mohammad Ikram Sargodh aBatsman 18.Mohammad Qasim Sargodha Spinner 19. Zulqarnain Sargodha Fast bowler 20.Mohammad Bilal Sargodha Fast bowler

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Karachi and Hyderabad teams announced as well:
http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Articles/4/4481.html

Again, there is hardly anyone i have heared about before, looks like we have some secret weapons there :smiley: