{"id":79028,"date":"2025-06-30T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=79028"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:30:59","slug":"azhar-mehmood-to-coach-mens-national-red-ball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/azhar-mehmood-to-coach-mens-national-red-ball-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Azhar Mehmood to coach men&#8217;s national red ball team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"419\">LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-unveils-match-officials-for-pakistan-vs-bangladesh-t20i-series\/\">(PCB)<\/a> has appointed former bowling coach Azhar Mehmood as the interim head coach of the men\u2019s national red-ball team on Monday, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"153\" data-end=\"419\">Azhar will continue his services as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pcb-appoints-mike-hesson-as-head-coach-for-national-team\/\">head coach<\/a> until the expiration of his contract, according to a statement issued by the PCB.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"776\">&#8220;Azhar Mahmood steps into the role with an impressive portfolio of experience. Having served as the assistant head coach of the national side, Azhar has long been a pivotal part of the team\u2019s strategic core. His deep knowledge of the game, combined with hands-on international exposure and proven success in the English county circuit, makes him exceptionally well-suited for this position,&#8221; the statement further reads.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"776\">&#8220;The PCB is confident that under Azhar\u2019s guidance, the red-ball squad will continue to grow in strength, discipline, and performance on the global stage&#8221;, the statement concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former bowling coach Azhar Mehmood as the interim head coach of the men\u2019s national red-ball team on Monday, according to media reports. Azhar will continue his services as head coach until the expiration of his contract, according to a statement issued by the PCB. &#8220;Azhar Mahmood steps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":79030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28310,28061],"class_list":["post-79028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-azhar-mehmood","tag-head-coach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79033,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79028\/revisions\/79033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}