LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering sending a group of players to the United States as part of efforts to improve their power-hitting and overall skill development, according to white-ball head coach Mike Hesson.
According to a report, Mike Hesson has disclosed that discussions are underway with the board.
“We’re sending some players to the US,” Mike Hesson confirmed.
He said spending several months in a new environment could help players gain fresh ideas and perspectives.
“There’s some power-hitting expertise over there, and we’re exploring some options. We’ve got some players who’ve had some longer-term injuries, and players we want to expose to different methods of power hitting and just a different learning environment, spending four months in one place to get some new fresh ideas,” he added.
Hesson also outlined plans to improve fitness standards across Pakistan cricket.
“There’s a bit of a collaboration. It’s certainly not just strength and conditioning,” Hesson said.
At the start of 2026, PCB appointed UK-based physiotherapist Dr Javed Mughal as Director of Sports and Exercise Medicine.
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Earlier this month, Mughal held a press conference alongside PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi and deemed fitness “non-negotiable” in professional sports.
Mike Hesson said Mughal had already introduced changes to the way players are trained and assessed.
“We’ve got Javed Mughal, who’s come in here and changed the way players are training and assessing them in a different way. So he needs time to plan it out as well,” he said.
“I think it’s good that we’re looking at exploring those options of sending players to the US, rather than saying, ‘No, you have to stay here’,” the 51-year-old concluded.
It is worth mentioning that the Pakistan cricket team’s performances have nosedived in recent years. The Green Shirts are ranked fifth and sixth in the ODI and T20I rankings, respectively. They are in eighth spot in the Test ranking.
They last won an ICC event back in 2017 against arch-rivals India.
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