{"id":9637,"date":"2008-10-20T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T17:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2008\/10\/20\/mushtaq-uncertain-over-england-link\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:37:44","slug":"mushtaq-uncertain-over-england-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2008\/10\/20\/mushtaq-uncertain-over-england-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushtaq uncertain over England link"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Spinner would \u2018prefer Pakistan role\u2019<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"286\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"180\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/MushtaqAhmed_180x232.jpg\"\/>FORMER Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has admitted he would prefer to join the coaching set-up with his native Pakistan rather than take a role with England.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The ex-Sussex man has been linked with a role in the England coaching set-up in recent weeks after England coach Peter Moores said he would be an asset to the team.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI am yet to decide on the issue,\u201d Mushtaq said. \u201cThe offer had not directly come from the coach [Moores]. It only came through my agent. The coach had just expressed passing remarks about myself.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He added: \u201cI am more inclined to be associated with the Pakistan team (rather than England).\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Mushtaq, who was part of Bob Woolmer\u2019s coaching set up at the last World Cup, was forced into retirement this year with Sussex following a persistent knee injury.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The spinner spent some time working with England coach Moores who revealed he was keen to get into coaching.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;Mushy is passionate at some stage to coach and pass on the information he&#8217;s gained over the last 20 years,&#8221; said Moores.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;There are certain people who can be helped to develop a certain clarity of thought. Mushy has that ability.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cWhat Mushtaq brings is his ability to deal with the non-technical stuff \u2013 how you react on the international stage. He\u2019s very good and speaks the players\u2019 language.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spinner would \u2018prefer Pakistan role\u2019 FORMER Pakistan spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has admitted he would prefer to join the coaching set-up with his native Pakistan rather than take a role with England. &#13; The ex-Sussex man has been linked with a role in the England coaching set-up in recent weeks after England coach Peter Moores said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}