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Pakistan legend turns down coaching job

CRICKET: LAHORE, Pakistan, April 16 (AFP) - Pakistan confirmed Tuesday that former captain Javed Miandad had turned down an offer to become the side's batting coach.

The team has been let down by faltering fielding and under-achieving batsmen and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt and one-day captain Shahid Afridi had asked Miandad to come on board, manager Intikhab Alam said.

"The Pakistan team surely needs a batting coach and the board approached Miandad but he unfortunately declined the offer because of personal reasons. But I am sure that he will come and help the players in the near future," Alam told reporters during team's training camp for the West Indies tour. But Miandad indicated he had rejected the offer because he was unwilling to work alongside other coaches.

"When you have four, five separate coaches, then the blame game starts in case the team loses a series or a tournament," Miandad told reporters.

"For the last three years I have been saying 'give me the team with full responsibility', but it was not done," he added.

Pakistan fly out to the Caribbean early Thursday to play one Twenty20 international, five one-day matches and two Tests.

Miandad's Test batting average never dropped below 50 throughout his 20-year career. His 8,832 Test runs at 52.57 remain a record, with espncricinfo.com describing him as "the greatest batsman Pakistan has ever produced".

The right-hander, now a PCB director, had initially hinted that he was willing to help out the squad, but also said he was unwilling to tour. He has had three separate stints as coach since 1998, the last of which was in 2004.

Alam said he was nevertheless happy with the team's preparations for the West Indies."I can say this with great satisfaction - that this team maintained exemplary discipline during the World Cup, and I am also happy with the fitness level of the team because, unlike the other teams, we didn't have any serious injury problems during the mega-event," said Alam.

 

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