Abdul Qadir lashes out at ‘foreigner’ Mickey Arthur’s control of Pak cricket

Former leg-spinner, Abdul Qadir has warned that Pakistan could face more problems in future if the cricket board kept on giving the national head coach, Mickey Arthur complete control of team matters.

“I don’t know who is responsible for giving this foreign coach so much power that he has decided to wreck the careers of Sohail Khan and Umar Akmal,” Qadir said in an interview.

“But I am really also very disappointed with the chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq who appears powerless in front of the coach,” he added.

Qadir said while Pakistan has managed to make the semi- finals of the Champions Trophy but the real issues with the team still remained in place.

“How does reaching the semis justify the treatment meted out to Sohail and Umar. The coach has his own blue-eyed players in the team and Muhammad Aamir is one of them.

“Aamir took a fiver in a test match recently after nearly one and half years. In contrast, Sohail twice took fivers in the test series in England and has even otherwise performed consistently and yet he is out of the team,” Qadir said.

The former chief selector said if the coach had any issues with the fitness or attitude of Sohail and …read more