Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Andrew Puttick have resigned from their respective positions on the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore, introduced the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday. “Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Andrew Puttick, who were assigned duties at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore after a change in their portfolios in November 2023, have resigned from their respective positions,” mentioned an announcement from PCB. In the aftermath of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, Pakistan launched a brand new group of teaching employees and reassigned Arthur, Bradburn, and Puttick to roles with the NCA.

In April 2023, Arthur was appointed Director of the Pakistan males’s cricket crew whereas Bradburn was introduced head coach of the Pakistan nationwide males’s facet earlier final 12 months. Former South Africa cricketer Puttick has been Pakistan’s batting coach since April 2023.

Prior to his current stint, Arthur was the top coach of the Pakistan Men’s Cricket Team from 2016 to 2019 throughout which Pakistan attained the quantity spot within the ICC Test crew rankings and gained the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. In worldwide cricket, Arthur has additionally served as the top coach of South Africa, Australia and Sri Lanka.

57-year-old Bradburn, who had beforehand represented New Zealand in 18 worldwide matches from 1990 to 2001, served because the fielding coach of the Pakistan males’s crew from 2018 to 2020 earlier than taking on the Head of High-Performance Coaching function at NCA until October 2021. Under his tenure as head coach, Pakistan achieved the No. 1 spot within the ICC ODI crew rankings for the primary time in May 2023.

All three people knowledgeable the Pakistan Cricket Board of their resolution to depart their respective jobs by the top of January 2024. The resolution was taken amicably between all of the stakeholders. The PCB needs them properly of their future endeavours and is grateful for his or her companies.

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