Grant Bradburn signs two-year deal as Pakistan head coach

Bradburn led the side during a recent white-ball series against New Zealand while working for the PCB as a consultant

Grant Bradburn has been appointed head coach of the Pakistan men's national team.

He has signed a two-year deal with the PCB.

Bradburn stepped in as head coach during a recent white-ball series against New Zealand, leading Pakistan to a 4-1 win in the ODI leg. The five-match T20I series finished 2-2.

He is no stranger to cricket in Pakistan, serving as the national side's fielding coach from 2018 until 2020 before working in coach development at the National Cricket Academy. The former New Zealand cricketer has also served as head coach of Scotland's men's side.

^{Bradburn stepped in to lead Pakistan during a recent series against New Zealand [Rizwan Tabassun/Getty Images]}

Bradburn said: "It is a great honour for me to work with the highly talented and skilful side like Pakistan as a head coach. We have been working hard on our raising our game and are eager to showcase our growing skills.

"Mickey Arthur and I are excited to support, challenge and develop our players. The New Zealand series has been valuable to get game time and create clarity of roles, culture and brand to win.

"We have raised the bar of expectation and we will keep challenging our players. The process has started and our players are agreeing to take these challenges head-on. ODI cricket has evolved and our agreed expectations are aligned to being the best in the world.

"We have mutually agreed with our players they are capable of higher team scores, even when setting totals. There has been immediate positive signs during this series and this group of players is determined to continually improve, to put ourselves into contention to win major events."

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