Umar Akmal hits out at Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur for alleged foul language

Sport360 staff 18:39 16/08/2017
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  • Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal has hit out against head coach Mickey Arthur for using abusive language towards him in front of national selector Inzamam-ul-Haq.

    Akmal has also claimed that Arthur used such language against the other players too.

    The player alleged that he was also asked to refrain from using the services of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore by Arthur who asked him to go play club-cricket first.

    Akmal was recently dropped from the Pakistan squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in Birmingham earlier this May after the batsman failed two fitness tests in as many months.

    The 27-year-old was sent home from England for his regress with Haris Sohail flown in as his replacement.

    He was previously not picked for the West Indies tour in April after he became the only player among a camp of 31 to fail the fitness test.

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    The mercurial right-hander apologised to fans after being dropped from the Champions Trophy squad that went on to win the tournament and vowed to return stronger than ever.

    Akmal made these strong statements against Arthur in a press conference on Wednesday.

    The South African meanwhile has hit back at Akmal’s allegations saying that he has never stopped the batsman from using the services of the NCA but has only asked him to refrain from using the services of the support staff.

    Arthur has hit back at Akmal's allegations.

    Arthur has hit back at Akmal’s allegations.

    “Umar Akmal wanted to use Grant Flower’s services for batting, I told him he must first earn the right. Go and play club cricket since he is not under a PCB contract anymore. He needs to prove himself before using our support staff,” Arthur commented.

    “I never stopped him from using the academy, I told him to not use the services of our support staff until he earns the right. Umar Akmal cannot expect the support staff for contracted players to be at his beck and call, go back and play some club cricket,” the South African added.

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