Mickey Arthur wants to ruin Wahab Riaz's career, claims Abdul Qadir

Pakistan legendary leg spinner Abdul Qadir has slammed cricket head coach Mickey Arthur, calling him an ‘incompetent’ person who is mistreating ‘Pakistani cricketers’.

“You have handed over the reins to an incompetent white man who has not played Test cricket himself,” said Qadir while talking to local media. The legendary spinner further criticized Arthur over ‘mistreating’ various players, including Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz.

“Who is Mickey Arthur? He is someone who was kicked out by South Africa and Australia. Mickey Arthur is the one who ruined Shane Watson’s cricket. Ruined the cricket of Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal. Now he is after Wahab Riaz.

“If you hire such incompetent people… they are playing with our cricket. They are mistreating our star players. And those who perform in domestic cricket are not getting picked.”

Qadir, however, praised Pakistan’s performance limited overs cricket, but his concerns lies with the deprecating state of Test cricket following a ‘home’ series defeat to Sri Lanka. Pakistan are currently ranked seventh in Test cricket.

“Looks like we are making Test team from T20s. It’s unfortunate. Then might as well end the [domestic] Quaid-e-Azam trophy,” he added.

“They sent players to T10 League (in UAE). They took those players out of first-class cricket and took $400,000 for it. So what is left? What will youngsters learn? Test cricket is at the bottom. I praise the performance in T20s. But if you start making Test teams out of T20 cricket, it’s not right,” he said.

Pakistan, under the leadership of skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, will play against Ireland, which will be their first-ever Test against Pakistan from May 11 to May 15 in Dublin. Pakistan will then play two Tests against England at Lord’s from May 24 to May 28 and Headingley from June 1 to 5.