Asked about former Pakistan captain Salim Malik's application for the role of batting coach, PCB chief Zaka Ashraf said: "The first thing was only those candidates would be considered who meet the criteria level set by the board."
Malik, who was banned for life for match fixing in 2000 and claims he has been cleared by the board, while applying for the coaching position admitted he had not completed the level three coaching courses.
But Malik insisted that he didn't need the coaching certificates to prove his credentials as he had played 103 Tests and 280 plus one-day internationals for Pakistan.
"I want to help out Pakistan cricket in some way and now that the court has said I was wrongly banned I can be considered for the position," Malik said.
But Ashraf said that while the PCB would be looking into the current status of Malik, as far as his ban was concerned, he needed to have the coaching degrees to be considered for the job.
"People don't realise that now-a-days cricket has changed and so has the mindset, that is why all top nations are now laying so much stress on national academies and specialised and qualified coaches," the PCB chief said.
"We have the greatest of respect for our former players and the board is trying to utilise their experience in many ways but as far as the specialised coaching positions with the national team are concerned the coaching committee has set certain criteria levels to be fulfilled and every candidate has to meet that to be considered for the job," Ashraf said. MORE
