{"id":36001,"date":"2025-04-20T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/36001\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T16:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T16:18:12","slug":"pcb-starts-search-for-new-head-coach-aaqib-javed-may-shift-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/36001\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB starts search for new head coach, Aaqib Javed may shift roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday officially launched its search for a new permanent head coach by advertising the position, with interim coach Javed now showing interest in the Director of the High-Performance Centre role instead, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The PCB has invited applications from Level III qualified coaches with a minimum of 10 years of experience coaching national or domestic cricket teams.<br \/><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AD_4nXc_eKEXTCrGORw0HjNDsUaJM5XP9Lm8Zd7jA-zQrrx7ftLCyGNwOm3VVKutL39fqL-taDvu-uyjGOZeg1SixCDynRqDeit7.jpeg\" style=\"height:657px; width:624px\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The move signals a transition from the current setup, which saw former fast bowler Javed serve as interim head coach across formats over the past several months.<\/p>\n<p>Javed initially took over as the white-ball head coach in November after Gary Kirsten stepped down shortly before Pakistan&#8217;s tour of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>His responsibilities were expanded to include all formats the following month, following Jason Gillespie\u2019s resignation due to differences with the board.<\/p>\n<p>Although Javed\u2019s interim term was set to conclude with the ICC Men\u2019s Champions Trophy 2025, it was extended briefly to cover the white-ball series in New Zealand earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>That extension has now ended, with the PCB deciding not to renew his role further.<\/p>\n<p>Despite stepping aside from the head coaching role, sources suggest Javed remains interested in continuing his involvement in Pakistan cricket by taking up the Director of the High-Performance Centre position.<\/p>\n<p>The board has also advertised this role, which became vacant after Nadeem Khan\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AD_4nXeRzU-CccnmZ6jESLk_H_kcL47V1TsRsoICBVUWLZMTFAaI27ZERnyZWHpppjU0jr6zZcaWryo0REBJKScEyBgGoSAodxI6.png\" style=\"height:586px; width:539px\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The board is reportedly working with limited options among former national players and may look overseas to fill the coaching vacancy.<\/p>\n<p>While the PCB has previously opted for high-profile names, sources indicate that it is unlikely to pursue prominent international figures this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday officially launched its search for a new permanent head coach by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[20768,20769,20763,1406,20760,20762,20761,20764,20766,4985,6166,20767,14466,20765,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-36001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-aaqib-javed","9":"tag-aqib-javed-pcb","10":"tag-champions-trophy-2025","11":"tag-cricket","12":"tag-head-coach","13":"tag-high-performance-centre","14":"tag-javed","15":"tag-mohsin-naqvi","16":"tag-mohsin-naqvi-pcb","17":"tag-pakistan-cricket","18":"tag-pakistan-cricket-board","19":"tag-pakistan-head-coach","20":"tag-pcb","21":"tag-pcb-chairman","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114371199293235807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}