Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur looking to dish out a 'couple of hidings' after huge Headingley defeat to England

Waseem Ahmed 14:26 05/06/2018
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  • Arthur is ready to lay down the law for his young Pakistan side.

    That Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has a reputation for being a strict disciplinarian is no secret. Over the years, the likes of Australia’s Shane Watson and even Umar Akmal have learnt that fact the hard way.

    Judging by Arthur’s latest comments following Pakistan’s defeat to England in the Headingley Test, a few more players could come under the firing line of the South African.

    Pakistan, who had beaten the hosts convincingly in the first Test at Lord’s, slumped to a defeat by an innings and 55 runs in the second Test. That turnaround hasn’t gone down too well with the head coach.

    “We need to dish out a couple of hidings but it’s how they grow. The talent we have in that dressing room is phenomenal so we’ve just got to get more consistency and that’s what we’re striving for,” Arthur told Sky Sports after the huge defeat.

    Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed led a relatively inexperienced Pakistan on the tour, with as many as seven players who took the field at Lord’s playing Test cricket in England for the first time in their careers. As such, the Pakistan coach believes that the team will learn from its inconsistencies.

    Arthur wants the young Pakistan side to weed out the inconsistencies.

    Arthur wants the young Pakistan side to weed out the inconsistencies.

    “We’ll have a hard discussion about it, but as long as that dressing room has learnt from it. We’re a young team and hopefully we can grow and grow quicker. Inconsistency is one of the things that comes with a young team, however hard that is for all of us to take at the moment,” he said.

    The performance of the bowlers on the tour was more than satisfactory, but the fact that not a single Pakistan batsman notched up a century has stood out sorely for Arthur.

    “The key thing that we’re going to discuss is that a number of our batsmen in this series got starts, but we didn’t get a hundred. And for us to grow as a team we need someone in the top six getting hundreds consistently,” Arthur explained.

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