Bilal Asad, a hard-working batsman who carved out a long domestic career in Pakistan, is the current Malaysian national men's cricket coach. It is quite fitting that a Pakistani is steering the ship as in recent years there has been a fledgling link developing between the countries through Malaysia's occasional flirting with Pakistan, who have been vagabonds since the late 2000s.
There is growing momentum for cricket to be expanded into new terrain and Pakistan's nomad existence represents the best opportunity to spread the game © Cricbuzz
Apart from a limited-overs series against Zimbabwe in 2015, Pakistan has not hosted any major cricket event since a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore eight years ago. Recently, there has been a renewed push for major international cricket to return to Pakistan, whose fanatical cricket loving populace have endured prolonged anguish in not being able to watch and support their beloved national team in person. Giles Clarke, head of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Pakistan task team, recently