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Dubai, Sept. 2 (TNS): Pakistan Head Coach Mickey Arthur is hopeful that the culture of high quality fielding standards will be sustained within the country\u2019s cricket circles even when he leaves for his next assignment.<\/p>\n
During the past couple of years, there has been a marked improvement in Pakistan fielding which is partly due to the great emphasis laid on this important aspect of the game by the current Pakistan coaching and support staff headed by Arthur.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that\u2019s a legacy of ours \u2014 mine, Steve [Rixon], Grant\u2019s [Flower], Azhar Mahmood\u2019s \u2014 as a coaching staff and a support staff,\u201d said Arthur while talking to ESPNcricinfo.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we can sustain this for another couple of years, it means then that it\u2019s inculcated in the players. And these young players will keep driving it for the next generation, and they\u2019ll drive it for the next generation. So I hope when this coaching group is not here, people will look back and see us field and say, \u2018During these guys\u2019 time, we revolutionised our fielding culture, and this is what we still have to show for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arthur was delighted to see the overall direction in which Pakistan cricket was headed and hailed the efforts of the team management in bringing about this massive improvement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got everything going in the right direction,\u201d he said. \u201cI want Pakistan cricket to be the best it can be in all aspects. From where we were when me and my support staff started to where we are now is a massive, massive improvement. Our T20 side is brilliant. We\u2019re No. 1 in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arthur also spoke about the appalling standard of Pakistan fielding when he first took charge of the side. He also cited Pakistan tour of Australia in 2016-17 as his first experience of team\u2019s embarrassing fielding and fitness levels.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Test series had finished, and we\u2019d been flogged. We wanted our one-day players with us at the Sydney Test match [third Test]. But when we looked at them, they were incredibly unfit. It was embarrassing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He further stated that it was the need of an hour to deploy a strict policy \u2014 for the betterment of Pakistan cricket \u2014 which focused on evaluating players based on how they fared in the field.<\/p>\n
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