Pakistan team director<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/Coach-Mickey-Arthur-abused-me-Pakistan-test-batsman-Umar-Akmal-cricket-news-18513159" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"> Mickey Arthur</a> reckoned that it&rsquo;s unfair to start a witch-hunt against skipper<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/under-fire-babar-could-lose-captaincy-if-pakistan-crash-out--23316650" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"> Babar Azam</a>, chief selector Inzamam ul Haq and his coaching staff. South Africa beat Pakistan by one wicket in a thrilling encounter at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
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&ldquo;They [PCB] are going to be blaming everybody, don&rsquo;t worry. It&rsquo;s just the way of the world. Yeah, look, it&rsquo;s unfair. It&rsquo;s really unfair to start a witch hunt, certainly on Babar Azam, on Inzi, on our coaches, on the management team,&rdquo; Arthur remarked at the post-match press conference on Friday night, when asked about whether the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has already started blaming the captain and chief selector for the team&rsquo;s poor show in the World Cup.
Pakistan suffered their fourth successive defeat in the tournament. But Arthur backed his boys: &ldquo;What I do know is the boys have tried and the effort of the coaching staff, the effort of the players has been first-class. If they [PCB] would see the amount of effort that the players and staff put in, they would be amazed.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Batting first, Pakistan were bowled out for 270 in 46.4 overs. Azam (50) and Saud Shakeel (52) registered half-centuries, but &nbsp;failed to capitalise for their team to pass the 300-run mark. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think we managed the last five overs particularly well tonight [Friday]. There was still, at one point, in the 45th over, I remember saying to the dressing room a run-a-ball gets us 295 and a little bit more would have got us 300. I know we would have defended 300 tonight. So, I don&rsquo;t think we managed that back end particularly well at all. And we left 10-12 balls [20 balls] out there that we didn&rsquo;t face,&rdquo; Arthur explained.
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