After months of speculations Jeff Lawson has finally been named as new Pakistan coach. It was almost a dead heat between him and Dave Whatmore but in the ned it was Lawson's fast bowling background that won him the final nod. The appointment has been made for a period of two years.
"Pakistan has many pace bowlers and we win matches with them", Nasim Ashraf, the PCB chairman, said. "Having a former fast bowler on board is an advantage for that definitely."
"We weighed all our options and, though all three were highly qualified, we felt Lawson was most suitable to our needs. Dav Whatmore and Richard Done were not any less candidates, just that Lawson was what we needed."
There were rumors in the media that Sri Lanka's ex-captain Arjuna Rantunga played an important role in tilting the bar against Whatmore and in Lawson's favor but PCB chairman dismissed this as inaccurate.
Lawson, a level 3 qualified coach, will arrive in Pakistan on August 15 and is expected to be on a similar financial package as was Woolmer. He is likely to bring his own management support team with him and Ashraf said Pakistan might appoint a specialist batting coach, given their brittleness in that department. "We will definitely have a fielding coach and we want world-class trainers and physiotherapists as well. We want to have a streamlined management team and Lawson has his ideas on that," said Ashraf.
This is Lawson's first international assignment although he has been head coach with Australia's New South Wales team and is currently involved officially with the state.
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