Summary Mickey Arthur has also appointed new fielding coach in Steve Rixon from Australia.
(Web Desk) - On the advice of head coach Mickey Arthur, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to extend the contracts of batting coach Grant Flower and fitness trainer Grant Luden, reported ESPNcricinfo.
Both Flower and Luden had signed two-year contracts which were started from July 2014, and are on three-month extended contracts already.
PCB official has said that the contracts will be further extended for one more year.
Mickey Arthur has also appointed new fielding coach in Steve Rixon from Australia.
On the other hand, Azhar Mehmood is joining the Pakistan team as bowling coach only for the limited-overs leg of the England tour.
Pakistan’s batting had been one of their major weaknesses earlier and the PCB had turned to former captains Inzamam-ul-Haq, Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas to bring about improvements.
With Flower’s appointment, Pakistan witnessed considerable improvements in their batsmen. Pakistan’s average runs per wicket was just 28.89 between January 2012 and February 2014.
Since Flower’s appointment in July 2014, it rose to 43.82. Under him, Pakistan batsmen have converted 48.43% of half-centuries into centuries - 31 hundreds out of 64 50-plus scores - which is the most among all teams by a distance. South Africa and Australia are next with under 41% conversions.
