4 Aug 2015

Jayawardene To Coach England For Pakistan Series

NOTTINGHAM: Mahela Jayawardene is situated to be selected as a batting specialist via Britain for their arrangement away to Pakistan in the United Bedouin Emirates in the not so distant future after authorities affirmed Tuesday they were in converses with the Sri Lanka incredible. 

"We have had some beginning discussions with Mahela Jayawardene around a conceivable fleeting consultancy part toward the begin of the UAE visit - given his commonality with conditions," a Britain and Wales Cricket Board representative said Tuesday. 

"Nothing has been concurred at this stage." 

Britain's voyage through the UAE will start in October and highlight three Tests and in addition one-day and Twenty20 internationals against Pakistan in an excursion enduring two months. 

Their last visit to the UAE saw Britain beaten 3-0 in a three-Test arrangement by Pakistan in 2012. 

Mark Ramprakash is Britain's batting mentor and Jayawardene's arrangement is comprehended to be on low maintenance consultancy part just, like the one in which previous Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed was utilized as the group's twist rocking the bowling alley mentor. 

Pakistan have not played a Test naturally soil subsequent to Sri Lanka's group transport was assaulted by activists in Lahore in 2009. 

Zimbabwe visited Pakistan in May and June this year for one-day matches - the first visit to the nation by a Test-playing group in six years. 

AFP