Pakistan mulling Salim Malik batting coach bid
The 49-year-old Malik last week applied for the post, saying he was under no bar after a court lifted his life ban for match fixing in October 2008, though the sport's governing body has not publicly endorsed the ruling.
Malik was banned from cricket for life in 2000 by a judicial inquiry after Australian players Shane Warne, Tim May and Mark Waugh alleged Malik had offered them money to under-perform during their team's tour to Pakistan in 1994.
A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman confirmed Malik, a dashing middle-order batsman in his day, had applied for the post.
"Malik's application was received last week and now it is up to the committee to choose the candidate for the job on merit and nothing has been finalised as yet on Malik by the committee or PCB chairman," PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said.
Pakistan last year formed a coaching committee under former captain and PCB director Intikhab Alam, with legendary batsman Zaheer Abbas, Naushad Ali and former captain turned commentator Ramiz Raja as members.
The panel earlier this year chose former Australian batsman Dav Whatmore as the head coach, Englishman Julian Fountain as fielding coach and former Pakistan paceman Mohammad Akram as bowling coach.
"The committee will also assess the credentials of Malik in a similar way as they assess the credentials of other candidates who have applied for the job and in Malik's case they will also check whether he is eligible to take a cricket-related job," the spokesman said.
Announcing his bid for the job on Friday, Malik said he was not put off by the fact he has no coaching badges - a requirement stipulated by the PCB.
Malik has been recently involved in private coaching but his failure to clear the lifting of the ban with the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been a hurdle in him taking a cricket-related job.
PCB had to reverse its decision of appointing Malik batting coach for their academy in Lahore in 2008 after the ICC reportedly objected.
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We seem to have run out of clean cricketers. People who spent time in jail had the gall to appear on television as "experts" and now this! What about great players like Zaheer Abbas and javed Miandad, just to name two ?
He'll be the Chief Negotiator rather than a coach.
And change the team name to Fixers XI. Salim Malik was the father of match fixing in Pakistan and they want to name him as the batting coach? Or is it Fixing Coach?
This individual should not be let near any PCB facility let alone being considered for coaching positions. We all know how the courts work in
When I was young .. I never saw this guy score a 50..
bring on salman butt, ata ur rehman, asif - guess it already looks like a lethal combination!!!!
Please no.. Not him again.
Shame on PCB, even considering Salim Malik as Batting coach, whose past is known to everyone.
and Mazhar Majeed would be the team manager !!!!....just the right combination we need