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Bloomberg25-Jul-2001The Pakistan Cricket Board, seeking a foreign coach for its team, may optfor a Pakistani if it can’t hire someone by August, PCB chairman General Tauqir Zia said.Englishman Keith Medlycott, coach of English county teamSurrey, and former South Africa captain Kepler Wessels are thetwo leading candidates, Zia said. The PCB has contacted bothbut has made little progress since.”Medlycott and Wessels are the two we’re interested inbut if nothing materialises by August 1, we may have to appointsomeone from within Pakistan,” Zia said.Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad vacated the coachingposition in April. English-born, South Africa-based RichardPybus took up a two-month contract for Pakistan’s tour ofEngland in May and June and this month rejected the offer of anextended contract through to the 2003 World Cup.A Pakistani appointment would follow a string of homecoaches since 1999, including Miandad, Mushtaq Mohammed, Wasim Raja andIntikhab Alam.Wessels, 43, said he’s yet to discuss terms or conditionswith the PCB. South African-born Wessels played 24 Tests forAustralia between 1982-1985 and 16 for his native countrybetween 1992-1993.The 36-year-old Medlycott is in the first of a four-yearcontract with Surrey, championship winners for the past twoyears.”I am very happy at Surrey,” said Medlycott, who’s beenasked to send his resume to the PCB. “At the same time, movingto the international arena is something that would excite a lotof people. I want to be the best at what I do and get to thetop of my profession.”Pakistan play a home Test series against New Zealand inSeptember, followed by the second Asian Test Championship thatalso involves India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.