Rating the last 5 Australian coaches

#2 Mickey Arthur (2011-2013) – 5/10

Mickey Arthur

In 2011 when Mickey Arthur filled Tim Nielson’s shoes as Australia’s head coach, he became the first foreign-born coach for Australia. He had a pretty successful stint as South Africa coach, and there were some high expectations when he joined the Australian set-up.

He started off with a couple of Test series draws (against South Africa 1-1 and against New Zealand 1-1), but Australia thrashed India 4-0 to raise the expectations. But since that Australia weren’t consistent as they lost 2 and won 2 series in the next 4 Test series'.

The ODI form was also inconsistent as they could never manage to win more than 2 ODIs consistently (barring the 5-0 whitewash vs West Indies in 2013).

2013 was an eventful year for Arthur as coach. The ‘Homework-gate’ saga broke out during the India tour, which brought a lot of criticism with it. Australia failed to win a game in the 2013 edition of the Champions trophy and were knocked out early.

This series of events along with mixed results and Arthur’s not-so-great rapport with the players led to his sacking just ahead of the 2013 Ashes in England.