“When a player (batsman) comes to test cricket ... if he needs coaching he should not have been selected,” Butt told reporters.

Former test legspinner Abdul Qadir wanted the PCB to hire a batting coach in the wake of poor performances against South Africa in the Untied Arab Emirates.

Pakistan lost both its Twenty20s in Abu Dhabi and was facing defeat at 136-5 in the second one-day international before a stunning unbeaten 109 off 72 balls by Abdul Razzaq lifted them to one-wicket win and leveled the five-match series 1-1.

Former fast bowler Waqar Younis is Pakistan's head coach with Aqib Javed — also an ex-test fast bowler — his assistant.

“I am not an expert,” Butt said when asked why Pakistan's top order batsmen were struggling against South Africa. “Ask the chairman of selectors. When our captain (Shahid Afridi) returns ask him, he is an expert, ask our coach he is an expert.” “What I do believe is that bowling and fielding are the areas in which you need help all the time.” Butt added that former Pakistan internationals were not willing to help support the current side.

Butt asked several senior Pakistan cricketers “to guide young players, like Mohammad Amir,” but nobody was willing to do so.

“In other countries senior players help youngsters, here nobody comes forward,” Butt said.

Butt said Pakistan would be sending its 30-member list of probable players for the next year's World Cup to the International Cricket Council by Nov. 30.

Three Pakistan cricketers - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - are suspended by the ICC over charges of spot-fixing and on Sunday the appeals of Butt and Amir against provisional suspensions were rejected by the ICC's code of conduct commission.

Butt said the three could only be included if they were exonerated by the ongoing investigation and “that too (only) if the ICC allowed the PCB.” “If they get exonerated then we can (ask) permission from the ICC to include them,” Butt said. “Suspended players could not be included, that is very loud and clear.” The ICC has not provided an estimate of how long the investigation will take.