Sports: Cricket: Mark Coles appointed as head coach; Jalaluddin as women’s chief selector

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Mark Coles as Head Coach and Jalaluddin as Chief Selector of Pakistan’s Women Cricket Team.

Coles has been appointed as head coach for two years. Mark Coles had worked with Pakistan’s women team during Pakistan vs New Zealand women series in the UAE, recently.

Coles was a member of the Wellington squad in 1992 and played six ‘A’ list games for Wellington. He had worked as an assistant coach with New Zealand ‘A’ Women’s team in year 2000 and recently with Pakistan’s women team in the UAE. He also coached the Wellington Blaze to a T20 title in 2013, as well as being part of the Northern Districts High Performance coaching staff from 2014.

Meanwhile, PCB has also announced three-member Women’s Selection Committee headed by former Test Cricketer Jalaluddin. Akhtar Sarfraz and Asmavia Iqbal are the members of the selection committee. The selection committee will further be working for the development of women’s cricket in addition to their selection duties.