Saqlain may return, no decision on local assistant coach, six-players told to take proper rest before SL series<\/strong>
\nBowling coach Shane Jurgensen was confirmed as the new head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team for one year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday.
\nThe decision was made at a meeting of the cricket operations committee and will be effective after an approval from the BCB\u2019s ad-hoc executive body.
\nJurgensen, who was appointed as the interim coach after Englishman Richard Pybus refused to continue in his job due to a contract dispute last year, successfully guided Bangladesh to a 3-2 one-day series win against West Indies in December.
\nThe BCB had floated an advertisement for the position of a permanent head coach and received a few applications too, but the officials said they found no-one better than the Australian trainer.
\n\u2018We had several candidates for the position of head coach. But there was no one better than Jurgensen, who had also applied for the post,\u2019 Jalal Yunus, chairman of the BCB media committee, told reporters.
\n\u2018So we decided to appoint him as head coach up to December 2013.\u2019 Jurgensen\u2019s first assignment as head coach will be a visit to Sri Lanka, where Bangladesh will play two Tests, three one-day internationals and a T20 match in March.
\nYunus said they are also in talks with an Australian and an Englishman for the posts of batting coach and fielding coach respectively, though he refused to name them.
\n\u2018At the moment we are trying to confirm their appointment before the Sri Lanka tour. But for some reasons I cannot disclose their names,\u2019 said Yunus.
\nThe BCB official added that former Pakistani spinner Saqlain Mushtaq may also return to the coaching staff provided he agrees to the schedule.
\n\u2018Saqlain told us he will be available for a maximum of 100 days in a year. We are now trying to sort out when we actually need his services. If everything goes according to plan, he can also join us,\u2019 said Yunus.
\nSaqlain worked as the spin bowling coach of Bangladesh from August to December last year.
\nThe cricket operations committee decided to promote National Cricket Academy trainer Stuart Karppinen to the national team as replacement for South African Grant Luden, who had left after the West Indies series.
\nThere was, however, no decision about the local assistant coach as several candidates expressed their interest.
\nThe BCB had earlier said it was considering two former national captains, Aminul Islam and Khaled Mahmud, for the job, but it has now changed its position.
\n\u2018The decision is final that we will appoint a local assistant coach. Firstly, we had very limited choices. But few other candidates have also expressed their interest now. So we decided to place an advertisement for the post,\u2019 Yunus said after the cricket operations committee meeting.
\nThe three national selectors along with physiotherapist Vibhab Singh also attended the cricket operations committee meeting.
\nSingh informed the officials that at least six cricketers \u2013 Sakib al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Ziaur Rahman and Mashrafee bin Murtaza \u2013 are carrying some niggles but all of them should be available for the Sri Lanka tour.
\nIt was decided that the physio will ask the Bangladesh Premier League franchises to ensure proper rest for the players so that they stay fit for the Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe tours, which will be held in March-April.
\n\u2018Selectors want the players to be fully fit for the series and available for both Tests and ODIs. If some one is deemed unfit, he will not be considered for either of the series,\u2019 said Yunus.<\/p>\n

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