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14Oct

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After India vs Pakistan game, Mickey Arthur says: ‘Didn’t seem like ICC event… didn’t hear Dil Dil Pakistan’

[ad_1] Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur said the atmosphere at the Narendra Modi Stadium for the India versus Pakistan encounter felt like a bilateral series was being played. With Pakistani fans and journalists still awaiting their visas from India, the match was played in front of a sea of blue jersey sporting fans. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad can host over 1,30,000 people. On Saturday, all of them were partisan Indian supporters, thereby making the atmosphere even more intimidating for the visiting team, which has not played in Indian conditions for many years. “It didn’t seem like an ICC event to be brutally honest. It seemed like a bilateral series; it seemed like a BCCI event. I didn’t hear Dil Dil Pakistan coming through the microphones too often tonight,” he said a...

16Feb

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Arthur to be named Pakistan team director and consultant: PCB chief

[ad_1] Former Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur will be appointed national team director and consultant before the T20 International series against Afghanistan in Sharjah next month, Board chief Najam Sethi said on Thursday. PCB chief Sethi said a contract with Arthur would be inked in the next few days and a new team management will be announced. Arthur, who has remained head coach of the Pakistan team between 2016 and 2019, will continue working with Derbyshire. He will travel with the Pakistan team when he is available from his Derbyshire duties. “Chief Selector Haroon Rasheed is working with Arthur to finalise the names of the support staff that will work with the national team,” Sethi told reporters here. He said all the support staff members would be announced with the consent of Arthur...

11Jan

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Mickey Arthur rejects Pakistan Cricket Board’s offer to return as coach

[ad_1] Pakistan’s coach Mickey Arthur. File | Photo Credit: AP Mickey Arthur has spurned an offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to return as the head coach of the national team, forcing the board to continue its search to find a replacement for incumbent Saqlain Mushtaq.The PCB on January 10 said it was in discussions with Arthur for a new stint as head coach but the South African won't be able to take up the role right away as he has a long-term contract with Derbyshire."Owing to his long-term contract with Derbyshire, we have also discussed a proposal to act as a consultant to the PCB on a time-sharing basis with Derbyshire," PCB said in a statement."Unfortunately, however, this option is proving difficult to materialise for various reasons on both sides. Under the circumstanc...

8Jan

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Shahid Afridi might continue as chief selector, Mickey Arthur to decide on Pakistan future later this month | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] KARACHI: Shahid Afridi could continue as chief selector after the home series against New Zealand while Mickey Arthur is expected to make a decision on whether to return as Pakistan's head coach later this month.According to reliable sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Afridi, who is the interim chief selector, had initially only accepted the responsibility for the ongoing series against New Zealand, but is now having second thoughts."Shahid has had talks with PCB Chairman Najam Sethi who had initially convinced him to work as interim chief selector but now discussions have taken place on the possibility of the former captain continuing in the role given that this year Pakistan has two major events -- the 50-overs Asia Cup and the World Cup in India," one source said.The ...