Pakistan Needs Strong Coach: Wasim

Pakistan is facing difficult times after Australia blanked them 3-0 in Tests and 5-0 in One-Day Internationals, then beat them in one Twenty20 is a tour that ended earlier this month. 

Chief selector Iqbal Qasim resigned and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has formed a Committee to investigate the reasons for the humiliating defeats. 

Coach Intikhab Alam and Wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal were left out of the 14-man squad for two Twenty20 matches against England in Dubai on February 19 and 20 

The PCB has hinted at hiring a foreign coach Thurs replace Alam, but former Australian captain and ex-India coach Greg Chappell has turned down an offer. 

Wasim said he was not averse to a foreign coach. 

"Foreign or local, the coach should be well versed with modern ideas and techniques and must develop a good rapport with the players," said Wasim, who was instrumental in bringing in Richard Pybus as Pakistan's first foreign coach. 

Pybus, who played for the English league and has been coaching in South Africa, first took over in 1999 but, coming back for a Second Stint, finished prematurely following Pakistan's first-round defeat in the 2003 World Cup. 

But Wasim said poor security in Pakistan, where Islamists Militant bombings have killed more than 3.000 people since July 2007, would put off foreigners. 

"A foreign coach will not be willing to come to Pakistan and if you want a coach who can train the only players on tour then why not appoint a local man," said Wasim, who backed former team-mate Ijaz Ahmed.Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jZmBIdyMBVZDQnHpwVRtn0GbeOAw

Pakistan Needs Strong Coach: Wasim