<p class="title">Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq was named Pakistan's head coach on a three-year contract on Wednesday with pace great Waqar Younis joining him as the team's new bowling coach.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misbah and Waqar have worked together in the past when the former was the Pakistan captain and the latter was the head coach.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misbah will also take over as the chairman of selectors with head coaches of the six first-class associations sides as his fellow selectors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The decision follows PCB's decision to not renew head coach Mickey Arthur's contract after the team's failure to reach the semi-finals of this year's World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misbah, Pakistan's most successful and longest-serving test captain, retired from international cricket in 2017 after a distinguished career but played for Peshawar Zalmi in this year's Pakistan Super League Twenty20 tournament.</p>
<p class="title">Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq was named Pakistan's head coach on a three-year contract on Wednesday with pace great Waqar Younis joining him as the team's new bowling coach.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misbah and Waqar have worked together in the past when the former was the Pakistan captain and the latter was the head coach.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misbah will also take over as the chairman of selectors with head coaches of the six first-class associations sides as his fellow selectors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The decision follows PCB's decision to not renew head coach Mickey Arthur's contract after the team's failure to reach the semi-finals of this year's World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Misbah, Pakistan's most successful and longest-serving test captain, retired from international cricket in 2017 after a distinguished career but played for Peshawar Zalmi in this year's Pakistan Super League Twenty20 tournament.</p>