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PCB reiterates support for Inzamam and Mickey Arthur

Lahore, 29 May 2019:

The Pakistan Cricket Board has strongly refuted media reports that suggest it has decided to part ways with chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and coach Mickey Arthur.

In a statement, the PCB reminded all stakeholders that it had clarified a few weeks ago that the future of the chief selector, coach and the player support personnel will be reviewed following the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. The PCB insisted there has been no change to that position.

The PCB added it was disappointing that a foreign news agency, attributing an unnamed PCB official, released a factually incorrect and baseless story, and termed it unfortunate that the local media published it without carrying out due diligence or fact-checking.

“At a time when the entire country and the Pakistan cricket fans are getting behind the national side, the release and subsequent publication of a factious story, such as this one, seems to be an attempt to derail the Pakistan cricket team’s campaign in the ICC Cricket World Cup by creating unnecessary disturbance in camp.

“The PCB has fully backed and supported the chief selector, coach and player support personnel, and will continue to do so at the upcoming tournament. The PCB further clarifies that there has been no discussion or decision on the future management of the Pakistan cricket team, which will only be reviewed following the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019,” the PCB said.
 
Absolute shambles! and Media in Pak has gone rogue anyway . .
PCB really needs to take crackdown on these lobbies at play . . they feed such news to TV anchors, media houses, etc. to further their agendas! (not unlike most other institutions in the country) . .
 
Good to see PCB clear things up. Regardless of what people want of the management moving forward. The timing would do no good to Pakistan's world cup campaign. It's really annoying that the media looks to ruin the excitement of fans to push their agendas.
 
Not a lot of response in this thread? When the PCB have actually made a sensible statement.

There's no way in the world some of our sports 'journalists' would have made a living thriving off masala like they have done in Pakistan.
 
Good, whatever opinion we have for Inzi and Micky, this is not the time to open this discussion.
 
Better late than never. I have already said in the original thread that I don't think Micky Arthur is the problem, he's a far more knowledgeable coach than some of the former Pakistan players who have had the job. He needs someone below him who knows the domestic game better.
 
Good to clear that up,some of the cricket experts and journalists finally gets a shut up call from the PCB which they needed.
 
The PCB has fully backed and supported the chief selector, coach and player support personnel, and will continue to do so at the upcoming tournament. The PCB further clarifies that there has been no discussion or decision on the future management of the Pakistan cricket team, which will only be reviewed following the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019,” the PCB said.
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It is pretty obvious that someone within the PCB spilled the beans to the media, and now as a damage control exercise, they have promptly released a statement to prevent it from blowing up.

It is a carefully worded statement. The management have the backing till the end of the World Cup after which their performance will be reviewed.

This is essentially what was reported in the media, except that they claimed that Arthur and Inzamam will be sacked after the World Cup.

If PCB intends to do that after the World Cup, they will obviously not acknowledge it now and the safe thing to do is to state that they will decide after the World Cup.

As far as I am concerned, they have not clarified anything and have not proved that media was making stuff up based on nothing.
 
So it was the usual made up hogash from Press Trust of India.

Nice to see PCB clear things up.
 
Mamoon said:
It is pretty obvious that someone within the PCB spilled the beans to the media, and now as a damage control exercise, they have promptly released a statement to prevent it from blowing up.

It is a carefully worded statement. The management have the backing till the end of the World Cup after which their performance will be reviewed.

This is essentially what was reported in the media, except that they claimed that Arthur and Inzamam will be sacked after the World Cup.

If PCB intends to do that after the World Cup, they will obviously not acknowledge it now and the safe thing to do is to state that they will decide after the World Cup.

As far as I am concerned, they have not clarified anything and have not proved that media was making stuff up based on nothing.
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The statement is absolutely fine. The problem occurred because some idiot leaked the the alleged decision to sack Arthur to a journalist. This is what PCB should be angry about as it was very unprofessional.
 
Mamoon said:
It is pretty obvious that someone within the PCB spilled the beans to the media, and now as a damage control exercise, they have promptly released a statement to prevent it from blowing up.

It is a carefully worded statement. The management have the backing till the end of the World Cup after which their performance will be reviewed.

This is essentially what was reported in the media, except that they claimed that Arthur and Inzamam will be sacked after the World Cup.

If PCB intends to do that after the World Cup, they will obviously not acknowledge it now and the safe thing to do is to state that they will decide after the World Cup.

As far as I am concerned, they have not clarified anything and have not proved that media was making stuff up based on nothing.
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Well no, I think it makes more sense that the situation is exactly how the PCB have described.

It is no secret that the performance of the team has been rubbish lately. If we flop in the World Cup then the PCB will likely get rid of Arthur and co.

If however we do well - which might be winning it, or might be doing well in the group stages ie beating India and the other strong teams but losing a close match in the Semis - then the PCB might retain them.

The previous incorrect report stated that the board had decided to get rid of Arthur / Inzamam already. Which wouldn’t make sense. In such a big tournament like the World Cup, ofcourse the outcome impacts their jobs.

Can you imagine the scenario where we pull of a World Cup win, the country is in disbelief and jubilation and a few days later the PCB get rid of the coach and selector? Just would not happen.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
The statement is absolutely fine. The problem occurred because some idiot leaked the the alleged decision to sack Arthur to a journalist. This is what PCB should be angry about as it was very unprofessional.
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The statement is fine but it doesn't clarify anything. I don't see why some people are celebrating.
 
Typical PCB.

The news was leaked first, then refuted to give a soft signal to the chief selector and coach.

In case of a really bad world cup, PCB is preparing to save face.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
The statement is absolutely fine. The problem occurred because some idiot leaked the the alleged decision to sack Arthur to a journalist. This is what PCB should be angry about as it was very unprofessional.
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We don't even know if anyone actually leaked anything or PTI just made up "an unnamed source".
 
Forum363 said:
Well no, I think it makes more sense that the situation is exactly how the PCB have described.

It is no secret that the performance of the team has been rubbish lately. If we flop in the World Cup then the PCB will likely get rid of Arthur and co.

If however we do well - which might be winning it, or might be doing well in the group stages ie beating India and the other strong teams but losing a close match in the Semis - then the PCB might retain them.

The previous incorrect report stated that the board had decided to get rid of Arthur / Inzamam already. Which wouldn’t make sense. In such a big tournament like the World Cup, ofcourse the outcome impacts their jobs.

Can you imagine the scenario where we pull of a World Cup win, the country is in
disbelief and jubilation and a few days later the PCB get rid of the coach and selector? Just would not happen.
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Obviously if a miracle happens and we win the World Cup, Arthur and Inzamam will get new contracts. However, PCB realises that it is a very long shot which is why they have agreed that in light of the pathetic performance in the last two years - and the seemingly inevitable early exit in the World Cup - it is time to give a new management a chance to take the team forward.
 
Good that PCB cleared up the things but I dont think either ways Inzi and Mickey should have been too effected as it was on the cards and if it wasnt for WC all the coaching staff and probably selectors well would have been long gone. WC team managementÂ’s only chance of redemption as I am not sure Mickey, Grant and Azhar have a very bright future ahead of them in international coaching arena.

Irrespective of how good or bad some people thing Mickey co and Inzi are but thing is they were hired to do a job which they couldnt do successfully. It doesnt matter how many good qualities you have when you cant deliver the end result especially in a competitive environment.
 
waleed88 said:
Typical PCB.

The news was leaked first, then refuted to give a soft signal to the chief selector and coach.

In case of a really bad world cup, PCB is preparing to save face.
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You are making the PCB sound too competent. There was no careful consideration before leaking the decision, it will have been done by some fool who couldn't keep his mouth shut when pushed as to the crap performance of the team over the last few months.
 
Good that PCB cleared it up, but post WC both Inzi and Mickey need to get the boot. In Pak history captain is always changed after WC, so I'm not worried about Sarf hanging on. All three are responsible for us going into the WC on the back of a 10 match losing streak.

The issue is that PCB will just recycle some oldie as the chief selector who will do the impossible and make even worse selection decisions than Inzi. Then we will get some low level failure as a coach in place of Mickey. The team also did not identify a vice-captain or a clear successor to Sarfaraz so picking a new captain will be issue as well. For all we know it will be given to softie Babar who is such a pathetic captain that Pak had their worst ever u19 WC under his captaincy even though team was very very talented.
 
Can never trust Indian news agencies. What was disappointing that local news outlet of repute like Dawn carelessly ran the story quoting an Indian news agency about the stuff purely related to Pakistan. They could easily have counter checked it.

RIP journalism
 
KyoOne said:
Can never trust Indian news agencies. What was disappointing that local news outlet of repute like Dawn carelessly ran the story quoting an Indian news agency about the stuff purely related to Pakistan. They could easily have counter checked it.

RIP journalism
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Dawn is so garbage these days, the other day they ran a news story that some locals have destroyed a historic place of worship of the Sikhs in Narowal. Their false reporting was refuted by none other than "Times of India". Imagine that, they are so crap that even Indian media is like hold on a second do not spread lies. Dawn isn't even worthy of being used as a toilet paper.
 
Syed1 said:
Good that PCB cleared it up, but post WC both Inzi and Mickey need to get the boot. In Pak history captain is always changed after WC, so I'm not worried about Sarf hanging on. All three are responsible for us going into the WC on the back of a 10 match losing streak.

The issue is that PCB will just recycle some oldie as the chief selector who will do the impossible and make even worse selection decisions than Inzi. Then we will get some low level failure as a coach in place of Mickey. The team also did not identify a vice-captain or a clear successor to Sarfaraz so picking a new captain will be issue as well. For all we know it will be given to softie Babar who is such a pathetic captain that Pak had their worst ever u19 WC under his captaincy even though team was very very talented.
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Anyone would be an upgrade over Sarfraz, atleast Babar makes the team on merit same can't be said about mr loud mouth.
 
Alleged Statement 1 by PCB: Inzimam and Mickey will be fired after the WC.

This statement would obviously have a bad effect on the team's morale. The source of this news is Press Trust of India claiming a "source".

Statement 2 by PCB: No Decision on the future of the coach and the chief selector until after the WC. The first report is an attempt to damage team morale.

This statement is just common sense.

Believe Press Trust of India or believe PCB is up to you. Anyone who doesn't see the difference between the two statements is being blind on purpose. No one is that stupid.
 
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its probably true, this is the token press release they had to send out to deny it.

unless by some miracle we reach the semis, there is no way a single person in this coaching staff should retain their job.
 
AZ said:
its probably true, this is the token press release they had to send out to deny it.

unless by some miracle we reach the semis, there is no way a single person in this coaching staff should retain their job.
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It may be true, but the problem is that these are all assumptions at the moment which can do a lot of damage if they aren't. Seems like there isn't even a verified journalist who's name we can put to the story.
 
Leaks from the PCB to the media is nothing new. This has been going on for ages. It is clear that there are some people in the PCB who are in cahoots with the journalists and perhaps the journalists pay them bribes to get inside information. I strongly believe the PCB security wings needs to wiretap phones, cellphones, monitor emails, internet activity and assign spies to keep an eye on officials, whom they meet, take photographs and also keep an eye on their assets, bank accounts and net worth statements.
 
As I wrote yesterday. The report was dodgy and not verified.

I believe PCB are keen to retain Mickey, but it all depends on how the team do at the World Cup and which other offers he has had.
 
Saj said:
As I wrote yesterday. The report was dodgy and not verified.

I believe PCB are keen to retain Mickey, but it all depends on how the team do at the World Cup and which other offers he has had.
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How can they be keen to retain a guy who has very little to show for himself if you remove the CT win and is now presiding over 11 consecutive ODI losses? Unless the PCB does not have any other choice.

To be honest when you sometimes give the impression to someone that he is irreplaceable they tend to abuse it.
 
Thers a saying in english - no smoke without fire.
Another saying in english -someone let the cat out of the bag.
And a final.one - cover your tracks.
 
I wonder why doesn't the PCB try some reverse pscyhology on Mickey and Inzi and issue a public statement, "if you want to save your jobs, perform well and win the WC or you are on your way out". Lets see how badly they want it
 
There is nothing wrong with selectors or coaches they can’t really do much if the players have minimal skill
 
What drama? It doesn't seem to end with Pakistan cricket or the management. After all the confusion with the squad announcement now this. They are always box office.
 
Where is Mickey Arthur hiding?

No seriously, I haven't seen or heard a word from him these past few weeks? Anyone know
 
He is sore loser.

“We are a proud team and we hate losing.”

Even the CT win wasn’t because of his him.

Needs to be booted out.
 
Mickey has lost all control of the direction of this team. The selectors and whoever else is backstage have taken over.

As much as I dislike the guy and his methods, he had a plan post 17, pick the best, fittest players and build a team full of young players without baggage. That has gone out the window and the team is in free fall.
 
barah_admi said:
Mickey has lost all control of the direction of this team. The selectors and whoever else is backstage have taken over.

As much as I dislike the guy and his methods, he had a plan post 17, pick the best, fittest players and build a team full of young players without baggage. That has gone out the window and the team is in free fall.
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Yea deflect the blame

This clown is responsible
 
We are a proud team that hate losing.

Sarfraz and Mickey are the biggest culprits.
 
He also failed for Aus - they were thrashed 4-0 against India and seemed to be in downfall. But once Lehmann came in they came back up.

So he has a history of failure.
 
barah_admi said:
Mickey has lost all control of the direction of this team. The selectors and whoever else is backstage have taken over.

As much as I dislike the guy and his methods, he had a plan post 17, pick the best, fittest players and build a team full of young players without baggage. That has gone out the window and the team is in free fall.
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I agree 100%. These Pakistani politics got the best of him. Shame on Inzi and Co.
 
barah_admi said:
Mickey has lost all control of the direction of this team. The selectors and whoever else is backstage have taken over.

As much as I dislike the guy and his methods, he had a plan post 17, pick the best, fittest players and build a team full of young players without baggage. That has gone out the window and the team is in free fall.
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To be honest, Mickey Arthur's plans all went out of the window when the team has been on a perpetual losing streak since the Asia Cup 2018. The selectors backed him and his selections but have only really taken over from the WC onwards
 
Slog said:
Yea deflect the blame

This clown is responsible
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There is truth to it that he has lost control. Otherwise how would players like Imad, Sarfaraz and Haris make it to the side despite having glaring fitness issues. They even made a "special case" for Imad when they selected him didnt they? Zero tolerance policy on fitness has gone to dogs. Such is the state of Pakistan cricket politics.
 
Mickey has no control of the team. This is all being run by Sarfraz and Inzi. They are responsible for this Carnage.

Poor Mickey's contract is over after the WC and he is just riding it out. Mark my words, you will hear a lot about what happened once he is not the coach any more...and it will all be about Inzi and his bullsh*t
 
SecularPakistanii said:
Mickey has no control of the team. This is all being run by Sarfraz and Inzi. They are responsible for this Carnage.

Poor Mickey's contract is over after the WC and he is just riding it out. Mark my words, you will hear a lot about what happened once he is not the coach any more...and it will all be about Inzi and his bullsh*t
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:hasan

Mickey has hidden into the background and he no longer holds the power and inlluence he should have he should have has the coach of the team.
The PCB need a new broom to brush away the all powerful sarfaraz who is a total liability and has lost any hunger he had. Secondly sack Inzamam who been an abject failure. Bring in Rizwan has the new wicketkeeper and appoint a new captain and chiel selection and team coach and manager, its the only way forward.
 
I don't feel like hearing his nonsense statements. His lines of our bowling is our strong point and we are a proud team who hates losing is becoming boring to listen to. He needs to go and our players need a different voice.
 
Agreed on Mickey. This team accepted losing a long time ago and he did little to stop it. He should face the music.
 
Mueez said:
He is sore loser.

“We are a proud team and we hate losing.”

Even the CT win wasn’t because of his him.

Needs to be booted out.
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More than that in the pre-game Pakistan video or whatever when they were talking about being unpredictable the dude said "we have defintley moved away from that unpredictably and are now more consistent." Yeah more consistent losing than we ever have been. :facepalm:

He's done absoloutley nothing with this team and he walks around like he has made us into a top side in the world. We are as bad in ODI's as we have ever been, he's taken us to new lows in Tests that we have never ever seen before. The T20I's streak was all down to the performances of the bowlers and Babar. He has done NOTHING, zilch for our cricket. Should be the first man to get fired after the WC.
 
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Mickey is not the culprit mickey wanted to inverst in yount team full of fitness but inzi agenda broke down the team players like imad didn't pass the fitness test but still get selected oldies like hafeez and malik are selected we are doomed i will not be suprised if we lose all the games barring sl or afg
 
This guy only does well when he has good players to coach. Anybody could of coached that South Africa team from 2005-2010 and been successful. That was Greame Smith's team more than anyone else. He was the leader of that team and it was filled with stars. It would've took a mere miracle for anybody to screw up with that team. He's been a pathetic coach for Australia, Pakistan and even a franchise T20 team in Karachi Kings. We need to get Dean Jones in as coach after the CWC. Heck I wish we would of selected him 3 years back in place of this clown.
 
When Mickey first came into the setup we had a conversation because we had a connection through CPL. At that time Shoaib Malik had just come back in and I had mentioned to him that Malik and Hafeez are players of the past. Mickey reiterated his commitment to both players.

Mickeys fingerprints are all over this team and he has take responsibility for being at the helm of three worst team in Pakistans cricket history.
 
The Yorker said:
:hasan

Mickey has hidden into the background and he no longer holds the power and inlluence he should have he should have has the coach of the team.
The PCB need a new broom to brush away the all powerful sarfaraz who is a total liability and has lost any hunger he had. Secondly sack Inzamam who been an abject failure. Bring in Rizwan has the new wicketkeeper and appoint a new captain and chiel selection and team coach and manager, its the only way forward.
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100% agree on the changes required.
 
New Set up thoughts

Chief Selector: Younis Khan
Coach: Dean Jones
Batting Coach: Mike Hussey
Bowling Coach: Wasim Akram
Captain: Imad Wasim (Babar looks too timid)

Thoughts?
 
Imad wasim, the guy who doesn't even deserve to be in the team, is going to be our captain. :)))
 
asadee said:
Chief Selector: Younis Khan
Coach: Dean Jones
Batting Coach: Mike Hussey
Bowling Coach: Wasim Akram
Captain: Imad Wasim (Babar looks too timid)

Thoughts?
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Imad needs to be replaced as he's railu katta. We need specialists. I'd get sharjeel back and make him captain
 
asadee said:
Chief Selector: Younis Khan
Coach: Dean Jones
Batting Coach: Mike Hussey
Bowling Coach: Wasim Akram
Captain: Imad Wasim (Babar looks too timid)

Thoughts?
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These are again cosmetic changes. You are talking about the top tier. The root causes are in the system from the bottom. What about the corrupt officials in the NCA or regional associations?

Massive overhaul is needed, this can be done if they first institutionalize PCB. Haroon Rasheed like people became part of this setup as they were the only ones who were happy to 'cooperate'be yes men with unelected chairmen
 
asadee said:
Chief Selector: Younis Khan
Coach: Dean Jones
Batting Coach: Mike Hussey
Bowling Coach: Wasim Akram
Captain: Imad Wasim (Babar looks too timid)

Thoughts?
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Will make no difference. Remember they can't play for you, they too will have deal with these poor players.
 
Imad is the only one who shows a bit of confidence. Bowled pretty well today. If he can improve his batting hr may be a good temporary solution until Babar becomes a man
 
asadee said:
Imad is the only one who shows a bit of confidence. Bowled pretty well today. If he can improve his batting hr may be a good temporary solution until Babar becomes a man
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Imad is a T20 player, that’s it.
We need a proper spinner in ODI.
 
England got rid of Alastair Cook before the 2015 WC. But we persist work a failing formula under the pretext of continuity
 
asadee said:
Imad is the only one who shows a bit of confidence. Bowled pretty well today. If he can improve his batting hr may be a good temporary solution until Babar becomes a man
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He bowled ok, but on a turning wicket he got one or 2 of the straight. Ignore the runs, meant nothing, game was over by then. Babar it must be
 
All 3 should get the boot aswell as the current batting and bowling coaches aswell. Time to move on.
 
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