PAK vs SL: Mickey Arthur Is In Derbyshire, Tweeting About County Games - Wasim Akram Launches Attack At Pakistan Team Management

Former Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram lashed out at the Pakistan team management. He highlighted the failure in the support staff of the team, saying that the team director of Pakistan, Mickey Arthur, is in Derbyshire and is tweeting about the county instead of being in Sri Lanka for an important tournament.

All of a sudden the tides are against Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 and they have come under immense pressure. At one stage of the tournament they were dominating but their massive loss against India in the Super Four stage has put them on the edge of the mountain.

Pakistan suffered a massive 228-run thrashing against India that not only saw them lose the game but their NRR also got hampered big time. They struggled with both bat as well as ball against arch-rivals and also ended up losing their two key players due to injury.

Following this Pakistan team management has come under a lot of scrutiny. In particular, Mickey Arthur, who is the team director of Pakistan. The former head coach of the team has not traveled with the team and is currently with county team Derbyshire, where he is serving as head coach.

Wasim Akram Launches Attack At Pakistan Team Management

Wasim Akram, however, didn’t like this and during a discussion on Star Sports said that Mickey Arthur should have been with the team in the Asia Cup 2023. He said:

“Our team director is in Derbyshire and tweeting about county games instead of being here with the Pakistani team in the Asia cup”.

Pakistan team are in a do-in-or-die situation in Asia Cup 2023. If they lose against Sri Lanka, they will be eliminated. A win here would take them to the final, which will be played against India.

After the loss against India, Pakistan made changes in bulk for the must-win game against Sri Lanka. Fakhar Zaman has been dropped from the team along with Agha Salman and Faheem Ashraf. Whereas Zaman Khan and Mohammad Wasim Jr have replaced injured Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah.

Here’s Pakistan’s playing 11 for the game against Sri Lanka:

Mohammad Haris, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Zaman Khan