The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday held a review meeting of their woeful Asia Cup show in the wake of their World Cup squad announcement.
Former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez is a front-runner to become the national team's chief selector after the conclusion of the team's ongoing Sri Lanka tour.
West Indies great Brian Lara has been named in a three-person panel to review the Caribbeans' flop at the T20 World Cup in Australia.
"Shocked and shattered" at being sacked as coach of the Australian cricket team, Mickey Arthur also suffered a personal blow as his mother passed away following a long battle with cancer.
Former Australia coach Mickey Arthur has come to a financial settlement with Cricket Australia (CA) following his sacking from the national team last month, the two parties said in a joint statement on Wednesday.
'It didn't seem like ICC event, it seemed like BCCI event'
Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne threw his weight behind Australia coach Mickey Arthur, saying it would be unfair to make the South African the scapegoat for the team's poor showing on the ongoing tour of India.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf on Friday gave a pep talk to the Pakistan cricket team ahead of its much-anticipated World Cup match against arch-rivals India in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
'I do think, though, that Twenty20 cricket should become franchise dominated'
Ramiz, who was replaced as PCB chairman by Sethi by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif last December, has been quiet for a while, after initially lashing out at the changes in the board.
Yousuf, who had been attached with the Pakistan Cricket Board in different roles since last year, was part of a broad-based national selection committee that includes two former Test players, head coaches, captains and an analyst, among others.
Former Test captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is set to take over as Pakistan team chief selector.
Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, who is in line to take over as Pakistan cricket team's head coach, is yet to make up his mind despite the PCB accepting his remuneration demands.
Udana had suffered a back injury during a warm-up session just before Sri Lanka went out to bowl in the 2nd T20I in Indore on Tuesday.
A furious Pakistan Cricket Board lodged a complaint with the ICC over delays in visas and 'inappropriate conduct' targetted towards the Pakistan players.
Zaka Ashraf back in Pakistan, discussing 'incidents' in India with senior board officials
Sacked Australia coach Mickey Arthur has been left "extremely upset and disappointed" after his confidential lawsuit against Cricket Australia was leaked to the media leading to a massive controversy.
Javed Miandad feels Sarfaraz Ahmed was better suited to lead the Test team in Australia
Former Pakistan bowlers, Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal have been appointed as the fast bowling and spin bowling coaches of the national squad for the upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Russell Domingo coached South Africa to the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup in 2014 and the 50-overs World Cup in 2015.
Team Director Mickey Arthur accepted that Pakistan's batters lacked aggression against India during their first defeat in three matches at the ICC World Cup.
Pakistan made a disastrous start, losing two wickets for three runs before getting all out for 162. India chased down the modest target in 29 overs for a thumping win on Wednesday.
The youngsters in the Indian cricket team lack "grace and humility" when they celebrate victory, feels former South African coach Mickey Arthur.
Mickey Arthur, Pakistan's former Team Director, admitted that the ODI World Cup match against India at Ahmedabad was one of the toughest moments during his stint.
Arthur described coaching the Pakistan team as a fulfilling period of his career.
Former South Africa coach Mickey Arthur has made a shock revelation that they suspected match-fixing when Pakistan lost a One-dayer against them in Lahore in 2007.
South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs, whose autobiography 'To the Point' has irked fellow players and administrators, is about to get a taste of his own medicine when a book by former Proteas coach Mickey Arthur would hit the stores on Monday.
'Making a connection between the bowler now and then would be wrong. But had he not had those five years out of the game, I think he would be up there with the very best Pakistan have ever had'
South Africa are faced with the daunting prospect of taking on top-ranked India on their home soil just days after long-serving coach Mickey Arthur resigned. The entire selection committee was sacked after Arthur quit citing differences with the board following the drawn series against England, disrupting their preparations for the Two-test series between the world's top ranked teams.
Australian cricket coach Mickey Arthur has received abusive comments on Twitter by fans angry over the rotation policy devised by him, after Australia suffered a humiliating defeat against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.
Usman Khawaja along with three others was suspended for one Test during Australia's tour of India in 2013 for not submitting a 'homework' assigned by the coach.
Former coach Arthur calls out Aus cricket's hypocrisy, deteriorating culture
Former Indian cricketer Nikhil Chopra said that Pakistan should accept their defeat against India in the World Cup as they lost fair and square.
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur says his team is calm ahead of the big match against arch-rivals India and says he will field a wicket-taking attack on Sunday
Pakistan's bowling coach Morne Morkel hoped that spinners would lift their game against Sri Lanka, a virtual semi-final, on Thursday.
The ICC is unlikely to take any action on Pakistan Cricket Board's complaint for alleged boorish crowd behaviour during their World Cup game against India in Ahmedabad on October 14,
Australia captain Michael Clarke played an impeccable straight bat on Wednesday to a barrage of questions about the abrupt dismissal of former coach Mickey Arthur and suggestions of a rift in the touring side.
England's Test squad came under criticism after they lost the Ashes series 4-0 against Australia
Australian cricket coach Mickey Arthur conceded that his team made a mistake by not going in with two spinners in the lost opening Test against India but it remains a "difficult" selection dilemma for the second match as well due to the pacers' decent performance.
Former Pakistan Test all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has been offered the assistant coach's job with the national cricket squad, which is set to tour England this summer.
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