Yasir Arafat will lead coaching staff in Mickey Arthur’s absence

• Yasir Arafat named bowling and assistant coach.
• Arafat played for Pakistan in three Tests, 11 ODIs, and 13 T20Is.
• He amassed more than 1400 wickets and over 11,000 runs as a player.

Yasir Arafat, a former cricketer, will be named the bowling and assistant coach of the men’s national team by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Sources claim that Arafat will lead the coaching staff in Mickey Arthur’s absence, who is likely to be named the team’s director.

It should be noted that because Arthur will continue to work full-time for English county team Derbyshire, he won’t always travel with the Pakistan team.

In addition, Arthur previously led the Pakistan team for three years after taking over in 2016.

Nevertheless, following the team’s fifth-place finish in the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, the PCB made the decision not to renew the contracts of Arthur and his support staff.

The chairman of the PCB Management Committee, Najam Sethi, thinks Arthur is qualified to lead the Pakistan team and select the coaching staff.

Arthur proposed Arafat as his assistant coach after receiving permission to choose his coaching staff.

Arafat recently earned his level four expert coach degree from the England and Wales Cricket Board, it must be emphasized (ECB).

Over the course of his brief career, Arafat represented Pakistan in three Tests, 11 ODIs, and 13 T20Is.

In Karachi, Pakistan, in 2000, the 40-year-old made his international debut during a Test match against Sri Lanka.

In all forms of cricket, Arafat amassed more than 1400 wickets and over 11,000 runs as a player.

In addition to working for Surrey in County Cricket and the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League, he has spent time coaching all over the world.

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