Removing Mickey Arthur as coach was a tough decision: Wasim Khan

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KARACHI: A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has admitted that removing Mickey Arthur as head coach of the national team was a tough decision to make.

Arthur has recently spoken about the manner in which PCB's cricket committee recommended his removal after the World Cup, saying he felt let down by people he trusted most.

PCB's chief executive Wasim Khan said in an interview on Sunday that the cricket committee, which was headed by him and included Wasim Akram and Misbah-ul-Haq, had held a robust meeting and asked a lot of tough questions to Arthur, captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and former chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq during the post-World Cup inquiry.

"The first question we asked ourselves was were we happy to be number seven in Tests and number six in One-dayers. Are we happy that we have been inconsistent over a long period of time," Khan said.

"In Mickey's defence, he did a lot of good things for Pakistan cricket. But we had to make a tough decision, it's a new regime, new domestic structure and we needed to be sustainable, have a proper succession plan for our leaders and coaches in Pakistan cricket."

He noted if recommendations are being put forward to the chairman, the cricket committee has to give reasons why they need changes.

"We felt they were a number of areas where we still needed to be better at. We plateaued a bit whether we could get any better or that was not good enough for us we needed to make a fresh start," he said.
Khan also insisted that the ICC Test Championship is important for Pakistan and that is why it has revamped its red ball domestic cricket.

"Because red ball cricket matters to us it is the health check of any cricket playing country. ODI and T20 cricket is important I am not demeaning them but Test cricket matters to us."

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[SensiblePakFan]

Im guessing the test championship was the decision maker here, if not for that arthur definitely would've stayed on.

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Anyone wondering why they removed MIckey, and hired Misbah, this is why. Wasim Khan specifcally says that Test cricket is like the health check of the game, and he was not satisfied with the test performances. And that WTC is important for Pakistan.

Arthur was picking 4 pacers, 1 spinner in UAE, that was worthy enough of removal. At least Misbah will (likely) know how to maximize our test potential and use better tactics.
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] what do you think? Valid reason?

 

[moghul]

Misbah formula for success in tests.

1-Find couple pf chuckers, like Ajmal and Hafeez
2-Play all the matches at UAE.

Mickey tried to win overseas also.

 

[Mamoon]

Anyone wondering why they removed MIckey, and hired Misbah, this is why. Wasim Khan specifcally says that Test cricket is like the health check of the game, and he was not satisfied with the test performances. And that WTC is important for Pakistan.

Arthur was picking 4 pacers, 1 spinner in UAE, that was worthy enough of removal. At least Misbah will (likely) know how to maximize our test potential and use better tactics.
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] what do you think? Valid reason?

The decision to remove Arthur was made prior to the World Cup, and only winning the World Cup would have changed PCB’s decision. Yes it had pretty much everything to do with lack of success in Test cricket.

Our ODI performances were disastrous as well, but because of the Champions Trophy in 2017 and the inflated T20 ranking, the perception was that Mickey had improved our white ball cricket but that wasn’t true.

Not extending his contract was the right decision. He had a fair crack and he didn’t deliver. However, appointing Misbah in this dual role was a blunder.

We were told that Wasim “I left England to help Pakistan” Khan has worked with ECB, supposedly one of the most professional and well run boards, for years.

Is this the professionalism that he picked up at the ECB? Is this how they make appointments? How can you make someone the selector and the coach when they have no track-record in either position?

Is it because he took Pakistan to the number one ranking in Tests? Probably, but it appears that PCB doesn’t seem to understand that he got incredibly lucky with a technicality - the fourth Test between India and West Indies was washed out which allowed Pakistan to leapfrog India in the points table.

No washout and India would have most probably won, which means no Mace for Misbah’s team.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sacking Mickey was right decision , but making Misbah was wrong. Misbah is simply not good enough to be an International coach.

 

[Shafi]

But we had to make a tough decision, it's a new regime, new domestic structure and we needed to be sustainable, have a proper succession plan for our leaders and coaches in Pakistan cricket.

This guy is full of vanity. He is there nearly 1 year but didn't do anything significant but worse. This guy is a good salesman and he keeps his job by good customer service skill rather than perform the job.

 

[Hasan]

Not extending MA’s contract was a very stupid decision and as a result of which Pak cricket has been put back 2 years across all formats.

The dynamics of the team have been disrupted and a perfect example of which is the bring back of Umar Akmal and Shazad Ahmed.

Now some people on PP are taking about change of captain as well. Are people too stupid to understand that teams are built on consistency and not on continuous chopping and changing!

 

[Asif321]

Micky and Sarfraz combo should have been continued
even though we lost many games but team was looking good which showed in last part of WC too
Number 1 T20 side , Won the CT out of nowhere
i dont think under Misbah we will achieve anything special specially with waqar in dressing room also . he is name sake bowling coach but im sure he will have influence on misbah and misbah likes him too

 

[Usman Chadda]

We won't even be good enough to 'fluke' wins under Misbah.

Getting rid of Mickey was wrong.

 

[Mamoon]

Now some morons on PP are taking about change of captain as well. Are people too stupid to understand that teams are built on consistency and not on continuous chopping and changing!

Sticking with something that is not working is stupidity not consistency. Sarfraz is a poor player and a poor captain. Pakistan gains nothing from keeping in the team let alone giving him the privilege of captaincy. His time in international cricket is done.

 

[Hasan]

He has achieved more as captain than most other captains in Pakistan history, both internationally and domestically. CT, 1# T20 ranking, Domestic PSL champions, U19 WC.

And you want to replace that experience with Imam Wasim who only become a regular feature a year ago.

If that is not stupidity than might as well let monkeys run Pakistan cricket.

 

[The_Odd_One]

The decision to remove Arthur was made prior to the World Cup, and only winning the World Cup would have changed PCB’s decision. Yes it had pretty much everything to do with lack of success in Test cricket.

Our ODI performances were disastrous as well, but because of the Champions Trophy in 2017 and the inflated T20 ranking, the perception was that Mickey had improved our white ball cricket but that wasn’t true.

Not extending his contract was the right decision. He had a fair crack and he didn’t deliver. However, appointing Misbah in this dual role was a blunder.

We were told that Wasim “I left England to help Pakistan” Khan has worked with ECB, supposedly one of the most professional and well run boards, for years.

Is this the professionalism that he picked up at the ECB? Is this how they make appointments? How can you make someone the selector and the coach when they have no track-record in either position?

Is it because he took Pakistan to the number one ranking in Tests? Probably, but it appears that PCB doesn’t seem to understand that he got incredibly lucky with a technicality - the fourth Test between India and West Indies was washed out which allowed Pakistan to leapfrog India in the points table.

No washout and India would have most probably won, which means no Mace for Misbah’s team.

Forget about the #1 ranking, Pakistan was still a respectable test team. The current team is at almost minnow level. Even if Misbah can bring Pakistan into top 3 which is actually possible, he would have done a better job than Mickey.

 

[Titan24]

He has achieved more as captain than most other captains in Pakistan history, both internationally and domestically. CT, 1# T20 ranking, Domestic PSL champions, U19 WC.

And you want to replace that experience with Imam Wasim who only become a regular feature a year ago.

If that is not stupidity than might as well let monkeys run Pakistan cricket.

Except a good T20 run and CT17 he hasnt achieved anything in his tenure. We lost every bilateral series in ODIs against top 5 teams (Exception of 1-1 draw with NZ in UAE), we had an embarrassing performance in Asia cup, we also lost not only away test series but home ones as well with the exception of 1-0 win against Aus at home and an away drawn series against Eng with 1-1.

I am a believer in consistency but no point in sticking with a captain who deosnt deserve a spot in the team as a player, cant keep his cool in the field and creates necessary panic when things are not going his way.

Consistency based upon good decisions can reap good results but if you are backning poor decisions irrespective of how consistent you are with them, they cant reap the rewards required.

 

[Titan24]

We won't even be good enough to 'fluke' wins under Misbah.

Getting rid of Mickey was wrong.

What did we even win as fluke under Mickey except CT 17 and a good run of T20 series? With Misbah becoming coach, people are making Mickey look like some legendary coach but his numbers dont back him. Not liking Misbah shouldnt create an illusion that Mickey was great.

 

[Savak]

I was against Misbah's dual appointment, but now that he has been picked, he must be backed for 3 years similar to Arthur.

 

[Usman Chadda]

What did we even win as fluke under Mickey except CT 17 and a good run of T20 series? With Misbah becoming coach, people are making Mickey look like some legendary coach but his numbers dont back him. Not liking Misbah shouldnt create an illusion that Mickey was great.

Never said Mickey was great. His Test record was atrocious and the ODI record wasn't too flash aswell. However, we did 'fluke' our way to a whisker away from a WC semi-final earlier this year, and ofcourse the CT win is there for all to see. We also beat a much stronger Sri Lanka 5-0 in the ODI series in 2017, and 3-0 in T20 cricket back in 2017.

That last example was just for perspective sake. Under Misbah, we have just been destroyed by a newbie Lankan team in his first assignment

 

[GreenRunsDeep]

You paid the price lol by hiring a Tuktuk who will bring team down to low rankings lol

 

[sweep_shot]

Mickey Arthur was not perfect but he is a much better LOI coach than Misbah.

Misbah's methods are outdated.

 

[Shafi]

But it will be easy to kick vanity salesman and bludger like you. So far all talk but all poor decision making, An average ppier can do better job taking salary 10 times less than you.

 

[Shazzam]

I had hope for this new management. Unfortunately all hope is long gone now as there is no way we will become a better team under an inexperienced coach.

 

[Asif321]

waqar and misbah in dressing room is last thing you need