Inzamam ul-Haq to coach Afghanistan in Zimbabwe
Inzamam-ul-Haq will coach Afghanistan in Zimbabwe
Afghanistan have appointed former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as their coach for their forthcoming tour of Zimbabwe.
'Inzy' will fly out to Harare on Sunday where the Afghans are playing five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches, beginning on October 16.
Inzamam said: "They have some good fighting cricketers and what I will be looking forward (to) is to better their batting technique in international matches.
"I don't have experience of coaching an international team. That's the reason I wanted to first see how it goes with Afghanistan. They are a fast-rising team in international cricket"
Inzamam is the third Pakistani cricketer to coach Afghanistan after Rashid Latif and Kabir Khan.
Afghanistan, who beat Scotland and gave Sri Lanka a huge fright in the World Cup earlier this year, has been looking for a new coach since Andy Moles' contract expired in August.
Inzamam, 45, retired from international cricket in 2007 after scoring 8,830 runs in 120 Test matches and 11,739 runs in 378 ODIs.
His contract is currently only for the Zimbabwe tour, but the Afghanistan Cricket Board chief, Shafiq Stanikzai, has confirmed that a longer contract could be on the table.
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