Former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad is ready to give a serious thought to coaching the national team again if the Cricket Board offered him the job.
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad is ready to give a serious thought to coaching the national team again if the Cricket Board offered him the job.
Miandad, who has coached senior team on three separate terms but was removed acrimoniously on all occasions, said he had always kept national interest above everything else.
"It is a hypothetical question but I can only think about it if the offer comes to me. I have to think about various options if any offer comes through," he said.
Miandad did not apply for the job, for which PCB advertised in newspapers after the World Cup keeping May 15 as the deadline for interested candidates to submit their applications.
The former Test batsman said the Board had devalued the post of Pakistan coach by openly advertising the position.
Miandad, the country's highest run-getter with 8832 in 124 Tests, last worked with the team in 2004. He was asked to step down as coach after his team lost a historical home series to arch rivals India.
He was replaced by Bob Woolmer, who died during the World Cup in mysterious circumstances a day after Pakistan's shock defeat at the hands of Ireland following which they were knocked out of the tournament.
Miandad, who will turn 50 next month, said he had served the country with honour and dignity and it was always his wish that Pakistan team perform well in the international arena.
PCB Chief Naseem Ashraf, in a recent statement, had said they (PCB) were looking for a foreign coach, who would be appointed within next few months.
Miandad also played down Pakistan's recent 2-1 one-day series win over Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi insisting the players and the Board should not indulge in excessive celebrations.
"A win is always good but to say Pakistan cricket is back on track after the series win is wrong. It was like festival cricket in Abu Dhabi. It is good that Pakistan's full strength team beat an under strength Lankan team but it is not worth celebration," he said.
"Winning the World Cup, Asia Cup or a major away series is worth celebrating and not series like in Abu Dhabi," he added.
Miandad said Pakistan cricket needed to have a long term strategy and to learn from past mistakes.
"We must look for consistency because it is the national duty of the players to perform well," he said.
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