Steve Rixon, ex-Pakistani fielding coach, has accused and called the Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) "stupid" for treating him improperly during his tenure with the country's national squad. Rixon resigned from his position only recently and has now, blamed the board for "lack of professionalism" in the way it operates. 

The former Australian Test wicketkeeper, who joined the Pakistan side in 2016, did a really good job with the team and was even praised by head coach Mickey Arthur for making significant improvements in the teams' fielding standards. 

It may not have much correlation but Rixon leaving has directly impacted the fielding routines in the Pakistani camp, the result of which could be seen in their disappointing on-field Asia Cup 2018 campaign. 

"They didn't pay subsidiary staff on time. Everyone was meant to go to the World Cup, which would be the sensible thing to do but not unless they improved their act," Rixon told Fairfax Media, "[I told them], 'you guys will make me angrier and angrier, and I don't need it.' I said 'thanks, but no thanks'."

He went on to further state, "Let's make sure one thing is clear, the players and the coaches so forth no problems at all, thoroughly enjoyed my time," and stressed, "Seriously, the PCB not being a professional unit and doing things they should. If they want outsiders to the country doing the job make sure you look after them."

"Hence they lost myself – they're losing good people because of their stupidity and lack of professionalism. It's no skin off my nose. Shame because I enjoy the players and saw some fantastic things there." he added. 

Rixon had received huge praise from the current head coach Mickey Arthur, who termed him a "tough taskmaster" and in an interview with ESPNcricinfo said, "What Steve did incredibly well was, he didn't miss anything, He watched the game closely, and if something happened in the game he didn't like, that player would be out the next day at the next training session, working on that, whether it be a throwing technique, diving technique or catching technique, and doing some individual work with him."

"Steve could tell the number of ones or twos saved. He always had a rubbish bin – a misfield or an overthrow would go in there, and at the end of that game, in our debrief, we would look at our rubbish bin and see how full it was."

(Inputs from stuff.co.nz)