The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to part amicably with its foreign coaches Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Andrew Puttick following the senior team's poor form in recent times, including a forgettable World Cup campaign. A senior board official said on Tuesday that PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf and chief operating officer Salman Naseer would negotiate a final settlement with the trio.
The three who were part of the Pakistan team management during the Asia Cup and the World Cup decided to take vacations after returning to Lahore from India and were told that their services were no longer needed with the national team.
The three were told that the PCB had instead decided that they would work at the National Cricket Academy as Mohammad Hafeez was appointed director of the Pakistan team and a new set of coaches.
But apparently the board found out that there was no clause in the contracts of the three that gave them the right to force the trio to work at the NCA permanently as they had signed to work with the Pakistan team.
“After some discussion, as Mickey is already with Derbyshire and Puttick and Bradburn have found new assignments, it was decided to end the matter amicably and release them from their contracts,” the official said.
He admitted that the board would pay several months' salaries as compensation to the trio.
He also confirmed that Puttick, the batting coach, had informed the PCB about his new assignment with Afghanistan before accepting the contract.
Similarly, Bradburn has also informed the PCB that the English province of Glamorgan wants him to work as head coach.
The Pakistan team was whitewashed 3-0 in Australia despite having a new team director and coaches.
Arthur, Puttick and Bradburn were all appointed by the PCB during the tenure of the last chairman of the cricket management committee, Najam Sethi, in April-May last year.
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