Cricket-Pakistan appoint Gul, Ajmal as bowling coaches


FILE PHOTO: Britain Cricket - Pakistan Nets - SSE SWALEC, Cardiff, Wales - 3/9/16 Pakistan's Sharjeel Khan and Umar Gul (right) Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic/File Photo

(Reuters) - Pakistan continued the overhaul of their backroom staff after failing to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup by appointing former international players Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal as bowling coaches on Tuesday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement Gul would take over as fast bowling coach while Ajmal would be in charge of the spinners, with the duo's first assignment the test series against Australia starting next month.

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