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Mickey Arthur

Mickey Arthur
Arthur in 2019
Personal information
Full name
John Michael Arthur
Born (1968-05-17) 17 May 1968 (age 56)
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986–2001Griqualand West
1987–1990Impalas
1990–1995Orange Free State
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2005–2010South Africa
2010–2013Australia
2016–2019Pakistan
2019–2021Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 110 150
Runs scored 6,657 3,774
Batting average 33.00 26.76
100s/50s 21/89 2/19
Top score 165 126*
Balls bowled 6 355
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 74/– 41/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 July 2011

John Michael Arthur (born 17 May 1968) is a South African-Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club since November 2021.[1]

He coached the South African national team from 2005 to 2010, was the coach of the Australia national cricket team from 2010 until his sacking in June 2013 (then to be replaced by Darren Lehmann) and was the coach of the Pakistan cricket team from 2016 to 2019. During his time with Pakistan, he led the team to being the winners of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. In December 2019, Mickey was appointed as the new head coach of Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Cricket replacing interim coach Rumesh Ratnayake.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Mickey Arthur to leave role as Sri Lanka head coach and become Derbyshire's head of cricket". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka appoint Mickey Arthur as new head coach". 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Mickey Arthur set to become Sri Lanka head coach". ESPNcricinfo. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

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