{"id":55608,"date":"2024-02-02T23:10:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T23:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/mickey-arthur-expresses-disappointment-with-current-state-if-pcb\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T23:10:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T23:10:10","slug":"mickey-arthur-expresses-disappointment-with-current-state-if-pcb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/mickey-arthur-expresses-disappointment-with-current-state-if-pcb\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Arthur expresses disappointment with current state if PCB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n <\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">Mickey Arthur expresses disappointment with current state if PCB<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Mickey Arthur and other staff were dismissed after Pakistan\u2019s World Cup exit.<\/li>\n<li>Arthur was disappointed with the current state of PCB.<\/li>\n<li>He said players are now playing for themselves rather than Pakistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mickey Arthur, the former Director of the Pakistan Men\u2019s Team, has expressed his disappointment with the current state of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/11\/mickey-arthur-backs-babar-azams-growth-as-captain\/\">Arthur<\/a> and his support staff, including head coach Grant Bradburn, were dismissed after the Men in Green did not make it to the semi-final of the 2023 ODI World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>In a conversation with ESPNCricinfo, the 55-year-old recounted the surprising turn of events when Zaka Ashraf, the then Chairman of the Management Committee, dismissed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the World Cup we went back to Lahore. We had planned the whole Australian tour, so much so that we had thought about teams and combinations. We arrived in Pakistan and there was silence initially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then Zaka wanted a review meeting of the World Cup. We went to that, I did a presentation, Rehan [ul Haq, the team manager] did a presentation. Grant [Bradburn, the head coach] spoke, the whole management team was in this meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a recess and we were starting a camp two days later. I was still on the balcony organising with Usman Wahla what our logistics were going to be. And I wondered why there was such a break in this review. And then I got a little whisper in my ear that Zaka wanted to see me in a separate office in the museum at the HPC [High Performance Centre]. I went in, he asked me a whole lot of questions and then he said, \u2018look, we\u2019re going to remove the whole support staff and captain, basically, and that was it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/11\/mickey-arthur-pakistan-aiming-to-win-and-boost-net-run-rate-against-new-zealand\/\">Arthur<\/a> and his team were assigned to the National Academy, but they never served there and resigned after three months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole review was just a charade,\u201d Arthur says. \u201cI would have had a bit more respect for Zaka if he\u2019d said it straight out. The way I realised the whole thing was a charade was Mohammad Hafeez was already sitting at the PCB offices and that\u2019s why Zaka got into trouble because our meeting went on and on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was savvy enough in my contract negotiation to put in a clause that there was a three-month termination settlement, not a one-month settlement. We weren\u2019t going to resign because the minute you resign, you walk out and that\u2019s it. For all the efforts we put in, the coaches and I deserved the three-month settlement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PCB said we would be reassigned, but that was impossible. You can\u2019t reassign people who have signed contracts. You can\u2019t just reassign the team director, head coach and batting coach of the national team. That was a charade to get rid of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/10\/pak-vs-sl-mickey-arthur-ready-to-exploit-sri-lankas-weaknesses-in-world-cup-clash\/\">Arthur<\/a> also shared that his passion for Pakistan cricket has diminished slightly after the incident in Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be brutally honest, I think Pakistan cricket is in a very disappointing place. There\u2019s a massive amount of talent there, There are some world-class players, not just talented players. They\u2019re not given the support structure that they need to flourish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing we had in 2019 and from the time we won the [2017] Champions Trophy to the end of it was an environment where the players were pushed. There was a lot demanded of them, but I backed every one of those boys 100%. So then they went out and played for the team instead of playing for them themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there\u2019s security within the environment, Pakistan is very good. When there\u2019s that insecurity, players start playing for themselves instead of the team because they\u2019re thinking of the next tour, and the next contract. That\u2019s a dangerous place to be in, and that\u2019s kind of where Pakistan cricket is now. And that\u2019s something that\u2019s very disappointing and sad for me,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-36-2-254x144.jpg\" alt=\"Mickey Arthur Reveals Insights on Pakistan Cricket\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Mickey Arthur Reveals Insights on Pakistan Cricket<\/h5>\n<p>Arthur: ODI World Cup challenge &#8211; no Pakistan support. 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