ISLAMABAD – Atleast five top Pakistani team management members to be sentpacking home, PCB sources have reveled.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly decided not to extend thecontract of head coach Mickey Arthur and others after the World Cup.
According to the local media reports, PCB will bid farewell to Arthur whenhis three-year contract ends in August.
Following the continuous dismal performance of the national team, the boardhas decided to make drastic changes in the team management in thepost-World Cup crackdown.
The expected shake-up might see Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and his team,bowling coach Azhar Mahmood, batting coach Grant Flower, team manager TalatAli losing their jobs.
Reports have it that Arthur’s lobbyist and sympathizers have failed to makea case for another extension in his term.
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Mickey was appointed as the head coach with full authority in 2016 afterWaqar Younis stepped down from the post. However, in his three years oftenure, Arthur does not have much to show keeping the Champions Trophyaside.
He was asked to up the national team’s performance according to the modernstandards. But, his experiments with the bowling lineups cost us Testseries against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in UAE – once known Pakistan’sfort.
Since 2016, Pakistan has only won 7 out 28 matches against top ODI teamsincluding South Africa, New Zealand, England, and Australia. Most ofPakistan’s wins came against the low-ranked sides such as Sri Lanka, WestIndies and Zimbabwe.
In the meantime, the green shirts lost Test series to Australia, NewZealand, Sri Lanka, and South Africa.
