John Michael Arthur was born on 17 May 1968 and is a South African-Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001.
21 Facts About Mickey Arthur
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Mickey Arthur has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club since November 2021 and as the director of the Pakistan national cricket team since April 2023.
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Mickey Arthur coached the South African national team from 2005 to 2010, was the coach of the Australia national cricket team from 2010 until his sacking in June 2013 and was the coach of the Pakistan cricket team from 2016 to 2019.
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In December 2019, Mickey Arthur was appointed as the new head coach of Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Cricket replacing interim coach Rumesh Ratnayake.
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Mickey Arthur is an old boy of Westville Boys' High School.
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Mickey Arthur scored 6,557 runs playing for Orange Free State, Griqualand West and South Africa A before retiring in 2001.
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Mickey Arthur began his coaching career by coaching Griqualand West cricket team in the domestic competition before taking over the Eastern Cape side in 2003.
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Mickey Arthur was a surprising choice to take over as the national coach in May 2005, succeeding Ray Jennings.
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Mickey Arthur had a tough introduction into international cricket with his first two Test series as coach happening to be against a rampant Australia, both away and at home, during which South Africa were easily beaten.
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In 2008, Mickey Arthur became the first South African coach to guide his team to a test win in Australia.
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Mickey Arthur was the coach of the Western Warriors and later coached the Australian cricket team.
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Mickey Arthur continued to coach the team until the Champions Trophy-2013 in England, where Australia crashed out in the group stages.
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Mickey Arthur was appointed as the head coach of Karachi Kings in the debut season of Pakistan Super League which was held from 4 February 2016 to 23 February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates.
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Mickey Arthur was appointed as the head coach of Dhaka Dynamites for 2015 BPL season.
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Mickey Arthur was appointed as head coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team on 6 May 2016, thus becoming a head coach of an international team for the third time.
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Mickey Arthur has had his fair share of success with Pakistan.
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Mickey Arthur coached Pakistan to the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy title on 18 June, with a stunning 180 run victory against arch-rivals India in the finals.
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Mickey Arthur was approached to return as head coach of Pakistan after Saqlain Mustaq's contract ends in February 2023 but turned it down saying "He was absolutely committed to the project he'd started at Derbyshire" according to Derbyshire CEO Ryan Duckett.
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However, the PCB later offered Mickey Arthur to become the Pakistan cricket team's director which allowed him to work with both Derbyshire and Pakistan with Mickey Arthur not required to travel for any bilateral series.
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Mickey Arthur joined Derbyshire upon the Expiry of his Sri Lankan contract becoming the Head of Cricket in December 2021 replacing the outgoing Dave Houghton.
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Mickey Arthur moved to bring in Suranga Lakmal as an Overseas player on a 2 year deal and later added Shan Masood for the solitary season.