Grant Bradburn officially appointed as Pakistan Cricket Team's head coach

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi welcomed Grant Bradburn's appointment warmly.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has officially confirmed the appointment of Grant Bradburn as the head coach of the national cricket team, on Saturday, May 13, 2023. PCB has granted Grant Bradburn a two-year contract in the role.

From 2018 until 2020, Bradburn was the team's fielding coach. After that, he moved to the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. He was Scotland's head coach before it.

"It is a great honor for me to work with a highly talented and skillful side like Pakistan as a head coach. The New Zealand series has been valuable to get game time and create clarity of roles, culture, and brand to win.

We have raised the bar of expectation and we will keep challenging our players. The process has started and our players are agreeing to take these challenges head-on. We have mutually agreed with our players they are capable of higher team scores, even when setting totals. There have been immediate positive signs during this series and this group of players is determined to continually improve, to put ourselves into contention to win major events,” Bradburn said in a PCB release.

The management of the Pakistani team, according to the press release, has disclosed the playing strategy it would use to prepare for the 2023 ODI World Cup. The team would approach the ODIs in the lead-up to and throughout the tournament using upbeat and audacious tactics, as well as attacking techniques, according to the strategy dubbed "The Pakistan Way."

I Am Delighted To Name Grant Bradburn As The Head Coach Of Our Men’s Side: Najam Sethi

The 56-year-old recently served in the same role against New Zealand but on a consultancy basis, however, his appointment was never in doubt ever since Mickey Arthur was announced as the team director.

“I am delighted to name Grant Bradburn as the head coach of our men’s side. Bradburn joins the side with plethora of coaching experience. After having worked with our men’s side before and at the National Cricket Academy, he understands our culture and philosophy of cricket well and is an ideal candidate to take our team forward,” Sethi was quoted as saying in a press release by the PCB.

PCB will announce the rest of the coaching staff in due course.