Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) efforts to appoint a foreign coach for the men’s cricket team suffered another setback after former West Indies captain Darren Sammy turned down the board’s offer for the top post. Darren Sammy, who is also the head coach of Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Peshawar Zalmi, refused as he has an existing contract with the West Indies board that sees him play the side in One Day Internationals and T20Is. serving as the head coach of
The development comes as the PCB tried to rope in former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson as the head coach of the national team after the former cricketer, who is also the coach of Quetta Gladiators, refused an extension offer. After that, they returned home on Saturday night.
According to sources familiar with the matter from the board, Watson has held detailed discussions with PCB officials in Karachi during the ongoing PSL in which the latter offered him the post of head coach.
The former cricketer had initially expressed interest and set his conditions to accept the offer. However, sources added that despite the alleged offer of $2 million, Watson later rejected the offer due to leaks to the media regarding PCB’s proposed package. The former all-rounder also cited his Indian Premier League (IPL) commentary stint and desire to honor his current coaching and commentary commitments as head coach of Major League Cricket team San Francisco Unicorns.
With both Darren Sammy and Shane Watson out of the running, the national team during a training camp at Kakul from March 25 to April 8 ahead of the five-match T20 series against PCB New Zealand starting April 14 in Lahore. may consider interim arrangements for monitoring
