Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) former chairman Ramiz Raja has slammed the appointment of Mickey Arthur as the nationwide team’s director. Ramiz questioned the previous head coach’s loyalty to the nation’s cricket.
“A primary-of-its-kind coach/director of cricket picked to run Pakistan cricket remotely, whose loyalty is first together with his county job than Pakistan cricket.
This is as crazy as a clown in a village circus,” Ramiz stated.
He additionally expressed his tackle the PCB chairman Najam Sethi and his cricket administration committee.
“A PCB chairman who doesn’t understand cricket, probably was not even good enough to make it to the XI in a club game, heads a cabal of political, petty-minded club runners for a management committee to run Pakistan cricket affairs, who are on a Rs 12 lakh a month salary,” Ramiz stated.
A senior official of the board dismissed Ramiz’s declare of the cricket administration committee members getting good-looking month-to-month salaries.
“It is incorrect and as per service rules, management committee members get a meeting allowance and daily allowance and PCB provides accommodation for outstation members.”
Ramiz was changed as PCB chairman final December. He has been quiet for some time, after initially lashing out on the modifications in the board.
Sethi stated the choice to convey Arthur was taken due to his previous work in Pakistan cricket.
“He knows our cricket culture and set-up and is respected by the players,” Sethi stated.
Arthur was the pinnacle coach of the Pakistan team between 2016 and 2019. He will proceed working with Derbyshire and can journey with the Pakistan team when he is out there from his Derbyshire duties. During Arthur’s tenure as head coach, there have been controversies about his dislike for the Akmal brothers. He acquired into an argument with Umar Akmal on the high-performance centre, resulting in an inquiry from the PCB.
