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Full name | John Michael Arthur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | 17 May 1968|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–2001 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1990 | Impalas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1995 | Orange Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2010 | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]