Karachi, Aug 7 - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to bring about major changes in the national team management following a disastrous tour of Sri Lanka.

According to sources in the PCB, it has been decided to sack the team's manager and assistant manager while the coach and captain have a lot of explaining to do once the team returns home from Sri Lanka Aug 13.

Pakistan lost the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka 0-2 last month. It is the first time ever that Pakistan has lost a Test series in Sri Lanka. A similar story was repeated in the One-day international with the hosts winning the first three games convincingly.

Apart from the poor performance of the players during the tour, another reason why the team management finds itself in problem are reports that bookmakers tried to contact the Pakistani players in Galle and Colombo during the Test series. The incidents were confirmed initially by team manager Yawar Saeed, who later denied after getting a dressing down from the PCB top brass.

Yawar, 73, is a close friend of PCB chairman Ijaz Butt which is why he was chosen as the national team manager earlier this year.