Pakistan’s newly appointed white-ball head coach Mike Hesson throughout the groups coaching session forward of the three-match T20I collection in opposition to Bangladesh on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Might 26, 2025. —PCB
SHARJAH: Mike Hesson, white-ball head coach of Pakistan males’s cricket group, on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the Inexperienced Shirts’ efficiency since he assumed the function.
Hesson, who served as New Zealand’s head coach from 2012 to 2018, was appointed Pakistan head coach in Might this 12 months after his stints with the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) franchise Islamabad United.
His first task as Pakistan head coach was a three-match dwelling T20I collection in opposition to Bangladesh, which the Inexperienced Shirts clear swept 3-0.
The group then toured Bangladesh for as many T20Is, the place they suffered a 2-1 defeat, earlier than securing an away collection overcome West Indies final month.
The Inexperienced Shirts are at the moment collaborating within the T20I tri-series in opposition to Afghanistan and hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) and have certified for the ultimate after ending on the high of the standings with six factors in 4 matches, dropping just one sport in opposition to Afghanistan, whom they’ll face within the last on Sunday.
With the 2 groups tied with one victory every, Hesson expressed his hope for an entertaining match, additionally claiming that the Pakistan group had made a ‘big improvement’ throughout his reign, successful 9 out of 13 T20Is since he took over.
“Pakistan are growing nicely as a team certainly not perfect yet but having won 9 of our 13 T20I’s since I’ve come onboard, it’s certainly a big improvement from where we were,” Hesson wrote on X, previously Twitter.
“Should be a cracking game between two rival nations,” he added.
It’s pertinent to say that the continuing tri-series serves because the gown rehearsal for the ACC Males’s Asia Cup 2025, scheduled to get underway on September 9 with the curtain raiser between Afghanistan and Hong Kong on the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The Inexperienced Shirts, nevertheless, will begin their marketing campaign in opposition to Oman on September 12 earlier than taking over arch-rivals India on September 14.
