“I have applied and my interview is next week. I just feel that I can contribute a lot to Pakistan cricket,” Saqlain said. The off-spinner, who is an ECB Level-3 coach, has already worked with the New Zealand, Australian, West Indies and Bangladesh national senior teams as their spin consultant or coach.
He was also recently tied up with the England team for the World Cup and is presently with them for part of the ongoing Ashes series.
“I have acquired a lot of coaching experience working around the world but I have worked a lot with young players at Somerset and Middlesex counties and with different academies all over the world,” he said.
The PCB is also expected to invite applications for its senior team coaching positions after the Eid holidays. The Board did not renew the contracts of head coach Mickey Arthur and support staff after Pakistan failed to make the knockout stage of the ODI World Cup.
Saqlain, whose spin twin Mushtaq Ahmed, is also currently working as a spin coach in the West Indies, has always expressed his interest to work in the Pakistan cricket set-up.
The PCB has said time and again that it wants a high profile player/coach to work with its junior team on the lines of the Indian board’s decision to appoint former batting great Rahu Dravid as the coach of their national under-19 and A teams.