Mickey Arthur sacked as Australia's coach

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His Mom died.. RIP.

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RIP talk about bad news coming all together

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^ RIP

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RIP

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this would never have happened if warner hadn't punched that 13 year old english batsman in the face

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Sacking 'totally unfair', says Arthur http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/653729.html

"James Sutherland himself said that, to an extent, I had been made, I quote, 'a scapegoat'," Arthur said. "I find that a totally unfair basis to end my career. The damage to my reputation and career has been immense, which means the chances of me getting a senior job are that much less. I was truly shocked and devastated by my dismissal. I had received a positive appraisal on all my key performance indicators just prior to departing for the Ashes tour. "I am told that David Warner's conduct was 'the last straw' for the board. I received no hearing at all over that issue, and no one was doing more to improve discipline in the young Australian team than I was. After my dismissal, I received nothing in writing from Cricket Australia, no contact, and no payment at all, not even of my basic leave pay, until I was forced to bring in lawyers to assist in the process. I had tried on a number of occasions to make direct contact at a very senior level of Cricket Australia, for days there was just no response. "I thought, perhaps naively, that, under all the circumstances of my dismissal, that Cricket Australia would be willing to have sensible and good faith talks in private. Sadly that hasn't happened. And here we are today. I never wanted to launch legal action but Cricket Australia simply left me no option."

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ESPNcricinfo ‏@ESPNcricinfo Mickey Arthur and Cricket Australia have reached a confidential financial settlement after lengthy talks in Sydney.