In a candid conversation, Mickey Arthur discusses his coaching philosophy and how being fired from Australia helped him become a better coach during stints in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Also why he took on another challenge as head coach of ailing England’s National Club Derbyshire, why he had just signed a three-year contract extension after starting to turn the tide for the club, and why he I will also explain why I am passionate about so many things. It’s cricket in a malicious county.
You said your coaching career wouldn’t be complete without a stint at County Cricket. He also spoke about how impressed he has been with the quality of England’s game at home since taking the job at Derby. They do not endorse the drastic changes suggested by Sir Andrew Strauss’ English Cricket High Performance Review. Do you think other tweaks are needed? Yes, because I think the structure surrounding county cricket is very good. Yes, there are scheduling issues and of course you can look them up, but the actual core county cricket is outstanding. It’s good cricket, it’s competitive cricket. Very structured and very organized. I loved attending county cricket for the simple reason that it was the daily development of the players.There are so many things I want to achieve. Promotion [from his second division of the County Championship] is something that has always been wanted and very much wanted. And he wants to test himself and see how far he can go in white ball competition. I have seen the best cricket around the world so the rhetoric surrounding county cricket gets on my nerves at times. may also try to degrade the
We hear your passion for county cricket.
We definitely wanted to bring that passion to Derbyshire. Derbyshire is a county close to my heart having worked with the likes of Eddie Barlow and Fred Swarbrook, and my first season at the club reinforced that feeling. I care deeply about my players and want them to be the best they can be. Great project. After 12 years of international cricket and his 12 years of continuous travel, this is what I needed at this stage of my career. The last five years spent in hotels in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Having a stable foundation and having the whole county working towards an open and dedicated goal is very rewarding right now. What drives you as a coach? Is it these new challenges?
This is another challenge that motivates me. And I wanted to do it in a county like Derbyshire. You can go anywhere in the world where all the resources are, making your job much easier. But I wanted to leave a legacy. I wanted to come to Derbyshire and leave a legacy. At that time we were the county that gave the best of ourselves, the county that delivered really good positive cricket, the county that achieved all it could achieve. It’s like sitting. And like I said, I’m really into it at the moment.
I love the adrenaline rush on match day. One thing he’s struggled with this winter is not getting his adrenaline pumping on game day. But sometimes I go to franchise tournaments. Joining these franchises in his tournaments keeps them relevant and keeps the fire burning when it comes to these types of comps. Whiteball around the world touches on different strategies and tactics of his play. But my passion, drive and stability are in Derbyshire and I really enjoy it.
When you started working for Derbyshire, you wanted us to play fearlessly for Derbyshire. Was that always part of your mantra as a coach?
Yes, in any case. I tried to take the opponent out of the equation for any team I’ve ever been in and try to create the best version of ourselves. It may sound clichéd, but all of this requires a great deal of work. I always look for 4 levels that improve the player.
Technical, tactical, physical and mental. And we put a lot into every individual player’s plan so that everyone can be the best version of themselves. Some need a little more time than others, some need a little more love, and some need a little more fire. You have to know these guys. But together we have seen how something special has developed. And when you look at collective agreement on philosophies, goals and challenges, it becomes very powerful. That’s where I feel like we’re sitting right now. We haven’t achieved anything yet, just showing that we are a little better than before. We have players playing above the prime average, which always indicates that the upper limit is much higher than previously thought. But we are on the right track and we are happy about it.
They have trained all over the world and continue to do so. How has your coaching style evolved and had to adapt to the countries and teams you worked with?
It has evolved a lot. You just keep getting better and better as a player. I think I’m at my best as a coach and I think I achieved my best in Pakistan. I was 35 or he was 36 when I started working in South Africa. And I was very lucky in South Africa. I have a very talented team of individuals, a very young captain named Graeme Smith, and he and I got along well the first year or two. I found. This worked really well and he had a lot of success in his five years in South Africa.
And I think when you get fired, you actually sit down and think about where you are, where you are as a coach, what’s different… And it took me a while to process it all. During that time, I went through franchise leagues and tried to find myself as a coach ready to step into a job in Pakistan.
Finding young talent and actually watching them grow and become world class was probably the most rewarding year of my coaching career.Babar Azam was the best in the world. Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi. Developing a player like her is very rewarding for me, and it’s great to win the Champions Trophy and some success along the way.