ISLAMABAD: Following his arrival a day earlier, the Pakistan cricket team’s high-profile ‘Online’ Director Coaching Mickey Arthur will hold a formal meeting with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee head Najam Sethi here today (Wednesday).

Arthur — who is on a two-day contract signing trip to Pakistan — is scheduled to hold meetings with Sethi, skipper Babar Azam and chief selector Haroon Rashid. English County Derbyshire head coach got a few-day break in between the County engagements to meet the PCB management committee’s officials and discuss the roadmap of preparation in the run-up to the ODI World Cup in October and later for the away series against Australia in November-December. “Mickey will not be available in person most of the time during these months till the ODI World Cup. As director coaching his presence will be online barring a few occasions when he is expected to join the team, especially for mega events,” a well-placed source confirmed The News. The publication learnt that a formal meeting between Sethi and Arthur is expected today where all the details of his contract will be discussed and the signing of the contract will take place. “Mickey Arthur’s trip to Pakistan is more for holding final negotiations which now has become a mere formality. The signing of the contract is also expected on Wednesday.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, April, 20 2023

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