Money mess! Pakistan Cricket Board forced the fruitless red -ball coach Azhar Mahmood to keep – Inside Inside
The Pakistan Cricket Board has to face a dilemma about the release of former testing all-rounder, interim red-ball coach Azhar Mahmood, due to the constituent obligations established by the previous management.The contract determines that PCB will need to pay six months compensation for initial termination, which is an amount of PKR 450 million (USD 160,000).The inner source told PTI, “That is why PCB recently nominated him as an interim head coach of the National Red-Ball team, until his contract ends next year in April-May.”Azhar Mahmud currently receives a monthly salary of PKR of about 7.5 million from PCB.“The problem arose when Mike Hessen, the recently appointed White-Ball Head Coach clarified that he would have his own assistant employees and Azhar was not in his selection.”The inner source said, “It left the PCB with a major problem to use Azhar’s expertise to pay him such a beautiful salary, as if they wanted them to not issue it without six months compensation,” the inner source said.
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The situation has become complicated as Azhar expresses dissatisfaction with the operation of the board. Despite his interest in working with the national junior team, he has faced opposition from PCB internal sources.“(East Paper) Aqib Javed, who is now a selector and head of the National Cricket Academy and is close to the chairman of the board, is not influenced by his (Azhar’s) coaching style. But to justify their contract for time, they have nominated him as the interim head coach of the Test side. ,Azhar has widespread experience with senior Pakistan teams, who have served in various coaching roles including assistant and bowling coaches over the years.PCB has previously faced similar financial obligations while ending the contracts of other cricket personalities. This included the release of War Unis, Sakalain Mushtaq, Misbah ul Haq, and Sarfaraz Ahmed with their roles as mentors in the Champions Cup events, which were closed after a season.
