ISLAMABAD – Mickey Arthur breaks silence over the issue of his sacking fromtop slot of Pakistani Head Coach.
Former Pakistan head coach, Mickey Arthur, has said that he deserved towork with the Men in Green until at least the T20 World Cup. The mega eventis scheduled later this year in October and November and Arthur will be inSri Lanka camp as their head coach.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided not to renew Mickey Arthur’scontract alongside his coaching staff including Azhar Mehmood, and GrantFlower. Arthur was preceded by Misbah-ul-Haq, who was a part of the cricketcommittee that recommended former head coach’s sacking.——————————
Talking about his termination, the South African said that he should havebeen given another 18 months especially after he had built a strong team ofyoungsters.
I definitely felt I had more to give which is why I publically said that Iwas disappointed when they did not renew my contract. I had built a youngteam and I certainly wanted another 18 months and that would have taken meto the T20 World Cup, which would have been the end of my term withPakistan.
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While Pakistan’s performance was not good in the other two formats, the Menin Green were playing brilliantly when both Sarfaraz Ahmed, the formercaptain, and Mickey Arthur were removed from their roles.
We started at number nine in T20 cricket but we got to number one positionand won 11 series in a row. I feel I deserved the right to take the team tothe T20 World Cup.
Under Arthur’s coaching, Pakistan lifted the ICC Test Mace, clinched theChampions Trophy title in 2017, and won 11 consecutive T20I series to stayat the top of T20I rankings for over two years.
