Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has supported the appointment of
Australian Jeff Lawson as the national cricket team's coach. 
Inzamam said Pakistan had produced some great players, but
they lacked in man management skills.
"Javed Miandad is one of the best teachers of the
game and I have learnt a lot about the game and batting from him. But to be
a successful coach you must also be a good manager and understand the psyche
of every player differently and treat them accordingly," Inzamam said in
an interview today.
PCB yesterday named Lawson as the new Pakistan coach, preferring
him over his compatriots Dav Whatmore and Richard Done.
The former Australian pacer will reach Pakistan on August 15
to take up his two-year coaching assignment. He would be the third foreigner
to coach the team after Richard Pybus and Bob Woolmer.
Inzamam, who retired from one-day internationals and relinquished
captaincy during the World Cup after Pakistan's shock defeat to Ireland in March,
felt that Lawson was a good choice.
"Foreign coaches generally have good man management skills
and we had a good experience of this with the late Bob Woolmer.
"I don't know Lawson, but the players have spoken well
of him and they think he has a different but more aggressive style of coaching
which suits the way we play our cricket," he said.
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