South Africa coach Mickey Arthur was fined 25 percent of his match fee for swearing at an umpire during the fifth ODI against New Zealand.
While ODI captain Aaron Finch said the team backed Justin Langer "100%", reports of players being put off by the coach's "grumpy" temperament have continued to surface.
Mickey Arthur feels his reputation took a big hit when he was sacked as head coach of Australia three years ago but the Pakistan mentor says he is not on a "revenge mission" as he prepares to take on his former charges.
Team India will have to choose between experimenting and continuing the winning combination
Pakistan have adjusted their plans for Alastair Cook and Joe Root ahead of Wednesday's third test at Edgbaston, the touring side's coach Mickey Arthur has said, adding he considers the duo as the backbone of England's batting. Root scored 254 and an unbeaten 71 while Cook made 105 and 76 not out as Pakistan were beaten by 330 runs on the fourth day of the second test at Old Trafford last week to level the four-match series at 1-1.
Umar was slapped with a three-year ban from all forms of cricket by the PCB. Kamran said he can also benefit from observing the conduct of Tendulkar and Dhoni who have always steered clear of controversy.
Australian captain Michael Clarke has told Ricky Ponting that he has his number and he should call him if there is anything worth talking about as the pair wrestle publicly over comments in the former captain's book.
Controversial Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal was charged on Friday for two separate breaches of the Pakistan Cricket Board's Anti-Corruption Code. He was charged for failing to disclose corrupt approaches to the PCB Vigilance and Security Department (without unnecessary delay).
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After facing allegations of racially vilifying South African born former coach Mickey Arthur and a revelation about Michael Clarke considering Shane Watson a 'cancer', Cricket Australia is set to be in more trouble as Nathan Bracken prepares to take the board to the New South Wales Supreme Court on July 31.
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur heaped lavish praise on his batsman Asad Shafiq and also compared him with India's legend Sachin Tendulkar. Shafiq, 30, posted a crucial century in the fourth Test against England at The Oval, a result that secured Pakistan a historic 2-2 draw and catapulted them to the top of the ICC's rankings for the first time. Arthur, who has coached Australia and South Africa in the past, has called Shafiq Pakistan's best batsman and said that the diminutive right-hander is so technically correct that he reminds him of Tendulkar.
Mani said the selectors and management had solid reasons for resting six regular players against Australia.
Arthur suggested to the members that Shahdab Khan should replace Sarfaraz as captain in the limited-over formats while Babar Azam should be given the reins of the Test side.
PCB Cricket Committee to take decisions on splitting captaincy, inviting applications for new coach
Cricket World Cup Instagram handle too shared the picture of Gayle in his India-Pakistan suit and wrote, 'the Universe Boss is ready for the match'.
Netherlands' Kingma gets four-match suspension for ball-tampering.
'We were very disappointed we lost 11 ODI games in a row but one thing is very important, we believed in ourselves'
The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shahryar Khan has conveyed to Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq that the board wants him to retire after the tour to the West Indies in March-April.
PCB CEO Wasim Khan told the media that he and Chairman Ehsan Mani would be meeting with Misbah very soon to discuss his performance.
Arthur described coaching the Pakistan team as a fulfilling period of his career.
Exasperated at his sudden removal, Mickey Arthur on Sunday said his unfair sacking was the result of a "deliberate campaign" against him but Cricket Australia has challenged his claim.
'All credit goes to my bowlers, Muhammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, they bowled really well'
Sunday's clash at Old Trafford is the most eagerly-anticipated of all the group-stage matches at this ICC men's cricket World Cup.
Pakistan hosts its first Tests on home soil since the 2009 militant attack on Sri Lanka's team bus in Lahore.
Sarfaraz said that he was under no pressure as captain before the mega-event.
"It has been an honour to represent Pakistan in the pinnacle and traditional format of the game. I, however, have decided to move away from the longer version so I can concentrate on white ball cricket."
The man who made the verbal offer to Sarfaraz is based in Dubai and known to the Pakistani players.
Azhar Ali to lead the Test side, Babar Azam to lead T20s
Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur believes that international cricket teams can learn from India on how to nurture young players and empower them with responsibilities at critical junctures. Be it in the bowling or batting department, cricketing powerhouse India has built a solid bench strength for all formats under Virat Kohli's leadership, which has left Arthur impressed.
Buttler blasted a 50-ball century, his eighth in one-dayer, in Saturday's second ODI against Pakistan, prompting former England captain Nasser Hussain to rank the 28-year-old among the all-time greats in this format.
Retired pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson has slammed the Australian team culture under former captain Michael Clarke and coach Mickey Arthur as fractured and "toxic", saying the dynamics changed when Ricky Ponting retired. In his newly-released autobiography 'Resilient', Johnson suggested things were so bad that some teammates did not want to play, with cracks emerging after veteran Ponting called it quits in late 2012. "The dynamics definitely changed. It became more groups in the team. It wasn't a team. There was different little factions going on and it was very toxic," Johnson told Fox Sports News late Thursday.
Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was referring to Pakistan's victory against India in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in England in 2017, when they claimed a crushing 180-run victory.
Pakistan will be eager to raise their game.
The former Pakistan captain said he is aware that expectations would be high but he is confident he can work well with some of the most talented and exciting cricketers in the country.
'I do think, though, that Twenty20 cricket should become franchise dominated'
Pak seniors don't retire on time, compromise team's fitness and form, says Waqar.
'Ponting would have been dropped had he not retired in 2012'
Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke believes the coach and the team management have too much say and authority in Australian cricket.
Karthik is a certainty if it's a 40-over-plus per side game.
Misbah said with time he understood that it would be possible to give his best only to one role.
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