Umar Akmal alleged Mickey Arthur for Abusing
Mickey Abused me at NCA
He has not domain to restrict me to enter NCA, Umar Akmal
I am afraid Inzimam and Mushtaq also dint react even though they were present at moment
Current Line (Adrees Malik)
Pakistan middle order batsman who axed from the team because of Fitness issue alleged National Team head coach Mickey Arthur in Abusing during a press conference at Lahore.
“Yesterday i was at NCA for the Practice session but batting coach refused to do work with me and on complain to the Head coah in the presence of Inzimam and Mushtaq, Mickey abused me” Umar said.
On a question for the cause of this incident Umar has not proper answer
“I dint know why he misbehaved even he did it with me in the past in England during ICC Champions Trophy Camp when he ignored me” Umar’s clue less answer.
The middle order batsman who is famous for his disputes and out of the field affairs failed 7 times in fitness test on different occasions said he did hard work in England and will get back his fitness soon.
” I know i failed several time in the fitness test and to remove this bad element from my career did my best in England with the private trainer” Umar cleared himself from extra cricketing problems.
Head Coach Mickey Arthur
on the other side head coach completely denied all allegations and said the incident was different and my statement was as per rules of PCB.
“National team staff is only for the national team and cor Centrally contracted players of PCB and it was clearly told to UMAR that if he want to avail this facility than play club cricket and earn his status back” Mickey said in his Statement.
PCB Response
PCB spokesperson confirmed that they will issue the Show cause notice to Umar Akmal on this issue and it will be served soon while the well informed sources said the video analysis has been completed and notice should be dangerous for Umar Akmal as he was already served it in the past for Disciplinary issues.
Other Coaches
Umar Akmal’s dispute with team management and PCB management is not new, in the past he was accused by Dave Watmore, Waqar Younis and Team Manager Naveed Akram cheema on various time.