{"id":199246,"date":"2026-08-04T03:38:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199246"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:08:51","slug":"pakistan-appoints-former-south-african-first-class-cricketer-michael-smith-as-batting-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199246","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan appoints former South African First-Class cricketer Michael Smith as batting coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71304434\">Former South Africa first-class cricketer \u200bMichael Smith has been \u200cappointed batting coach of \u200bthe Pakistan men\u2019s \u2060team across formats on a two-year contract, the country\u2019s \u200ccricket board (PCB) said in a statement \u200con Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200c46-year-old \u2060will join the \u2060Pakistan squad ahead of its three-match Test series against England, \u200bwhich begins \u200cin Leeds on August 19.<\/p>\n<p>Before moving into coaching, he played \u200c89 first-class matches, 72 \u200bList-A games and 16 Twenty20 matches \u2060from 2003 to 2013.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/west-indies-vs-pakistan-score-results-updates-day-2-second-test-shafique-babar-azam-wi-v-pak\/article71303774.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Shafique, Babar put Pakistan on top against West Indies<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Smith has previously worked \u200cwith Pakistan Super League franchises Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, and Multan Sultans on their coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>He \u200chas also served as batting \u200bcoach for Australia\u2019s Hobart Hurricanes and \u2060Cricket Tasmania, and held coaching \u2060consultancy roles with South Africa\u2019s KZN \u200cInland and Eastern Province.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Aug 04, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/pakistan-appoints-new-batting-coach-michael-smith-south-africa-first-class-batter-latest-news\/article71304434.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former South Africa first-class cricketer \u200bMichael Smith has been \u200cappointed batting coach of \u200bthe Pakistan men\u2019s \u2060team across formats on a two-year contract, the country\u2019s \u200ccricket board (PCB) said in a statement \u200con Tuesday. The \u200c46-year-old \u2060will join the \u2060Pakistan squad ahead of its three-match Test series against England, \u200bwhich begins \u200cin Leeds on August &#8230; <a title=\"Pakistan appoints former South African First-Class cricketer Michael Smith as batting coach\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199246\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pakistan appoints former South African First-Class cricketer Michael Smith as batting coach\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFP__20260728__C3EK76E__v1__HighRes__CricketTestSeriesWestIndiesVsPakistan.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198418,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198418","url_meta":{"origin":199246,"position":0},"title":"Pakistan cricket&#8217;s Test crisis deepens as Babar Azam&#8217;s return fails to stop latest batting collapse","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pakistan is, arguably, in its worst phase in Test cricket. 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