Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman General Tauqir Zia appointed Pybus to coach Pakistan for a fourth time in September 2002 after a series of poor results. The side were fractured with divisions in the dressing room that characterised so much of Pakistans turbulent cricket troubles. They had mixed results, losing the Test series to Australia in Colombo and Sharjah, beating Zimbabwe in Tests and ODI's in Zimbabawe and losing the Test series and ODI's to South Africa in South Africa. It led up to a disappointing Cricket World Cup in 2003 where Pakistan were eliminated in the first round, it was a bridge too far for an aging Pakistan team, coming at the end of an era with the retirements of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Saeed Anwar.