The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken a “principled decision” not to renew the contract of women’s national team head coach Mohammad Wasim, with a plan to sack him from the role he was already filling, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Wasim, appointed in 2024, is expected to be replaced, with a new head coach likely to be named next week, the sources said.
Insiders say results continued to decline under Wasim, despite full support from the board. Contrary to what is stated within the set-up, the team has not won a match at the Women’s World Cup, the sources said.
They also said that Wasim was involved in team selection and the appointments of support staff were made as per his preference, but the results remained “nil”.
Players complained that Wasim, despite his head coach title, was not coaching, the sources said. They added that despite Wasim’s own background as a batsman, batting became the weakest aspect of the side, while bowling standards also dipped and fielding remained error-prone, with numerous missed catches in the World Cup.
Multiple members of the lineup described his attitude as abrasive, saying he struggled to get on the same page with the bowling and batting coaches and build rapport with the players.
Recently, Pakistan’s women’s national team’s winless Women’s World Cup 2025 campaign saw them finish seventh in the standings with three points.
Pakistan started their campaign with a seven-wicket defeat to Bangladesh before suffering an 88-run drubbing at the hands of arch-rivals India.
The Fatima Sana-led side then put in a spirited performance against Australia but Beth Mooney’s gutsy century, followed by a collective bowling effort, guided the seven-time champions to a resounding victory.
Pakistan then fell agonizingly short of their first-ever win over England in the Women’s ODI, but intermittent rain here robbed them of the glory.
Rain played spoilsport again when they turned up against another former champions, New Zealand, wiping out the crucial match without a ball being bowled.
Pakistan then suffered a humbling 150-run defeat to South Africa in the semi-final, before their campaign was ultimately called off against Sri Lanka.
