Removing Mickey Arthur as coach was a tough decision: PCB top official
Cricket | September 29, 2019 19:26 ISTMickey Arthur was removed as the head coach of Pakistan, following the side's poor outing in the 2019 World Cup.
Mickey Arthur was removed as the head coach of Pakistan, following the side's poor outing in the 2019 World Cup.
PCB chairman Mani had spoken to Imran Khan who is patron-in-chief of the PCB on the matter and the former skipper made it clear that a new team management set-up must be brought in after the World Cup.
Misbah is emerging as one of the top contenders to secure the recently vacated spot of Mickey Arthur.
Arthur took over as Pakistan head coach three years ago and during his tenure guided the team to the Champions Trophy title in England in 2017.
Along with Mickey Arthur, batting coach Grant Flower, bowling coach Azhar Mahmood, and trainer Grant Luden were also released.
Pakistan's head coach Mickey Arthur is believed to have told PCB's Cricket Committee to sack Sarfaraz Ahmed as the captain of the side.
This is the first time that the head coach, the chief selector and the captain appeared before the PCB's Cricket Committee.
Mickey Arthur said that missing five years of International cricket took a toll on Mohammad Amir as he was not equipped for managing the workload.
Pakistan spin legend Abdul Qadir lashed out at head coach Mickey Arthur, alleging that he damaged the team with personal biases.
The PCB are inclined towards extending Mickey Arthur's stay as the head coach of Pakistan's men's cricket team.
England stopped India's unbeaten run in the 2019 World Cup with a 31-run victory on Sunday.
Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has claimed that he was feeling so low and disappointed after his team's loss to India in the ongoing World Cup that he wanted to "commit suicide".
Pakistan still have the chance to reach semifinals of the 2019 World Cup, and coach Mickey Arthur looked pleased with the side's comeback after the loss to India.
It was reported in the media in Pakistan that the players and the coach aren't on good terms, and that Inzamam-ul-Haq was sent to England to play 'peacemaker' between the two.
Pakistan's coach believes that Sunday presents them with an "incredible opportunity" to set their dismal World Cup record straight against the arch-rivals.
It has been decided in principle to make the changes regardless of how Pakistan fared in the World Cup which begins from May 30.
Wahab Riaz's last ODI was in the Champions Trophy 2017 against India in Birmingham but he last represented Pakistan in the Dubai Test against Australia in October 2018.
Pakistan, who are usually termed as a very good bowling side, lacked bite and conceded totals in excess of 300 in the four completed matches against England and lost all of them.
Sarfraz was reaffirmed as captain to the end of the World Cup in July, despite the Pakistan Cricket Board saying its policy was to name the captain on a series-to-series basis.
Arthur was found to have violated Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct which relates to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision during an international match".
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