Talks with PCB fail to materialise
Arthur is currently head coach of Derbyshire in the UK
Islamabad
The PCB’s talks with former head coach Mickey Arthur for a role as head coach or consultant of the men’s team have not worked out. The Pakistan Cricket Board, via a statement, said that Arthur’s long-term contract with Derbyshire meant he couldn’t take the head coach role right away and conversations over consultancy proved “difficult to materialise for various reasons on both sides.”
Arthur was Pakistan’s head coach from 2016 to 2019. Under his coaching, Pakistan won the 2017 Champions Trophy and also reached the No. 1 position on ICC’s T20I rankings. However, he lost the job after Pakistan’s fifth-place finish at the 2019 ODI World Cup.
On December 27, ESPNcricinfo reported that PCB chairman Najam Sethi was in talks with Arthur over returning to his previous job, but they will now have to look at other candidates.
The PCB in its statement also said that “some top names are in consideration” as the board continues its search for a head coach with Saqlain Mushtaq set to leave after his contract ends.
