David Dwyer, Pakistan’s fitness trainer, has decided to step down from the role after two and a half years with the side because of personal reasons.

“I have simply decided to move back to Sydney after two and half great years with the team purely for personal reasons,” Dwyer told Cricinfo. “It was a very difficult decision to make because I can see that we have made very good physical improvements in all of the players over the course of my time with the team,” Dwyer said.

The former club-level rugby player join Pakistan set-up with former coach Geoff Lawson in 2007 on a two-year contract and stayed on for over a year after Lawson was removed late in 2008. “Most importantly the friendships that I made with the coaches, players and all of those involved with the team,” he added.