KARACHI, Feb. 14 -- The Pakistan Cricket Board is planning to hire some former players as coaches and managers of the national age group teams, taking inspiration from the success that India has achieved with Rahul Dravid in a similar role. There is speculation that former captain Younis Khan is being considered for the role of Pakistan's U-19 coach and manager. Younis, who retired last year after becoming Pakistan's highest Test run-getter and the first to reach 10,000 runs in the format, has expressed interest in coaching junior players if the board gave him "full freedom" to implement his program. "Australia utilised the services of their top players like Rodney Marsh, Allan Border and Ricky Pointing while India has also given Dravid the responsibility of manning their U-19 players and it has produced results," PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani said. Dravid has been coach of the Indian U-19 and A teams and has drawn a ot of credit for shaping the youngsters. Under his tutelage, the U-19 team won the ICC World Cup last year. In Australia, Border has served as a selector and Ponting is part of the national team's coaching staff....