Mark Coles Steps Downs As Pakistan Women's Coach After Being Appointed In April 2023

In what has been a shocking development, Mark Coles has stepped down as the head coach of the Pakistan Women’s team. The former New Zealand cricketer cited personal reasons for his decision, which comes into effect immediately.

Mark Coles was appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan Women’s team in April 2023. He, however, at the time expressed his delight in taking up the role and said that he was excited to lead the team in the upcoming events. Notably, he served as the head coach of the team from 2017 to 2019.

Mark Coles didn’t get a single game during his this stint with the team. He also didn’t make any public comment on the matter and it can be assumed that something between him and the PCB didn’t go right, which led to the former New Zealand cricketer taking this decision.

The PCB also didn’t comment about it but said that they will be appointing the new head coach soon as games against South Africa Women are just a few days away from now. The governing body however said that there’s no guarantee about if they make the permanent coach.

PCB although in a statement said that it would like to extend its gratitude to Mark Coles for his brief stint with the women’s side and wished him well in his future endeavors.

“The PCB would like to extend its gratitude to Mark Coles for his brief stint with the women’s side and wishes him well in his future endeavors. The replacement of Mark Coles will be announced in due course,” PCB said.

Pakistan women to play South Africa women next

Pakistan women will be next seen in action in September. They will host South Africa’s national team for the white-ball tour, which will see both teams locking horns with each other in the T20I as well as the ODI series. The 20-over series will be played from 1st September to 5th September.

The focus will then move to the ODI series. The first game will be played on 8th September followed by the second and third matches to be played on 11th and 14th September.