• Source:JND
Add as a preferred

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has parted ways with foreign coaches Mickey Arthur, Andre Puttick and Grant Bradburn after the team's debacle in the ODI World Cup in India and a 3-0 Test series whitewash in Australia.

A senior official of the board said on Tuesday that PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf and chief operating officer Salman Naseer would negotiate a final settlement with the trio, the PTI reported.

The three coaches opted for vacations after returning to Pakistan from the World Cup campaign in India and were told to not join as their services were terminated. The trio did not travel with Pakistan in their recently concluded tour of Australia. 

ALSO READ: Mohammed Shami Confident Of Playing England Tests, Says 'Started My Training Sessions'

The three were told that instead the PCB had decided they will work at the National Cricket Academy as it appointed Mohammad Hafeez as director of the Pakistan team and new set of coaches.

But, apparently, the board found out that in the contracts of the three, there was no clause giving them the right to force the trio to work at the NCA permanently as they had signed up to work with the Pakistan team.

ALSO READ | 'Our Umpires Were Cheats And ‘Delhi Butchers’...': Sunil Gavaskar Lashes At Cape Town Pitch Horror 

"After some consultations since 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 conceded the board would be paying some 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 English county, Glamorgan, want him to work as their 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.

(With PTI inputs)