Former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel is expected to take over as the bowling coach while Erndue Putic will be the batting coach, Dawn reported. Morkel is currently with the Lucknow Supergiants in the IPL. Team physiotherapist Cliff Deacon and strength and conditioning coach Dricks Simon will remain in their positions. Four of the six coaching staff will join the team ahead of the home white-ball series against New Zealand starting April 14. Although many big names of New Zealand are playing in IPL. Because of this he will not go to Pakistan. New Zealand will go on tour under the captaincy of Tom Latham. There will be five T20s and as many ODIs in this series.
Pakistan won the Champions Trophy in 2017 under Arthur’s guidance. He will not be with the team continuously. Will make a brief tour of Pakistan next month to brief the coaching staff and then return to England to fulfill his commitments with Derbyshire. He will return to the preparatory camp ahead of the ODI World Cup. Pakistan was without a full-time coaching staff due to non-renewal of contracts of Saqlain Mushtaq and Shaun Tait. Pakistan had played T20 series against Afghanistan a few days back. The team had to face defeat in that.