Zimbabwe advertising for "New Coach"

Zimbabwe needs a new coach:

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has advertised for the job of national coach, starting next April. By implication, current coach Alan Butcher's contract will not be renewed.

"ZC wishes to advise that the position of national team coach will become vacant on April 1, 2013 ... ZC is therefore inviting applications for the position," the Zimbabwe board said in a release.

S Afridi & M Yousuf not given permission to participate in domestic cricket

Shahid Afridi and Muhammad Yousuf not included in the list of domestic players by PCB's decision:

The PCB is deliberating whether batsman Mohammad Yousuf and allrounder Shahid Afridi can play in the President's Trophy, a domestic first-class tournament. Both players have expressed a desire to play the tournament, in a bid to work their way back into top form, but were not registered in the teams' probable lists for the tournament.

Afridi, who is struggling for form, is looking to play for Habib Bank Limited to prepare for the limited-overs series against India next month. Yousuf, who hasn't played any cricket since June last year due to personal reasons, was keen to make a comeback to the national team and was asked by the selectors to play domestic cricket first. Port Qasim Authority, one of the domestic teams, was intent on recruiting Yousuf and, on October 30, had applied for him to be registered with them.