Misbah, Whatmore to discuss new plans

Lahore: Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq has held a meeting with the national team's recently-appointed foreign coach Dav Whatmore to plan for the future training camps and introduction of new players. A well-placed source in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that Misbah and Whatmore had held a meeting in which they discussed plans for a month long conditioning and training camp and the introduction of new and upcoming players in the camp.

"Basically Whatmore has prepared a short list of around 30 probables to attend the camp after watching the national super eights Twenty20 championship in Rawalpindi and he wanted to discuss them with Misbah. The two apparently have consensus on most of the players shortlisted for the proposed camp in Lahore," the source said.

The PCB has not ruled out the possibility of having specialist squads in the future for all three formats of the sport and the source said that Misbah and Whatmore were also looking into this possibility. "Both Misbah and Whatmore are in an agreement that the camp will give them an opportunity to look at the new players and those discarded from the team and prepare well in time for the upcoming assignments," the source said.

Meanwhile, PCB has not ruled out the possibility of having specialist squads for all three formats.

Chief selector Iqbal Qasim told PTI that he would also be travelling to Lahore on Friday to meet Misbah, Whatmore and PCB officials to discuss the proposed camp. "We need to sit down and discuss different proposals. If they are interested in having a camp, we will try to support them as much as we can," Qasim said.

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