PCB askes Mickey Arthur to apply again to continue as head coach
Cricket | July 10, 2019 16:49 ISTThe PCB are inclined towards extending Mickey Arthur's stay as the head coach of Pakistan's men's cricket team.
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".
This is not the first time that Pakistani players would be interacting with a sports psychologist as in the past such experiments have been done with little or no success.
The PCB while appointing the cricket committee recently has also given Arthur a contract until next year's World Cup in England.
Amir was also dropped for the ongoing two-test series against Australia. The left-arm fast bowler hasn't taken a wicket in his last five ODIs.
Pakistan's head coach Mickey Arthur dubbed Pakistan's loss to India as one of the 'worst performances' and felt that the Men in Blue made them pay for every mistake.
After initially being contracted in May 2016 to serve for up to two years, PCB extended Arthur's contract as Pakistan head coach till the 2019 World Cup in October last year.
Arthur said that his presence in the Pakistan Super League would allow him to check if the players are suitable for playing at the international level or not.
Pakistan head coach Arthur lauded Kohli as a 'fantastic player', but believes that the aggressive batsman would find it highly difficult to score a ton on Pakistan soil.
Reflecting on Usman's injury, Pakistan head coach said that though the news is disappointing, it would give him best chance to recover quickly.
PCB has been satisfied with Arthur's performance after he led Pakistan to the ICC Champions Trophy and would want to keep the momentum going.
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