Mickey Arthur drafted into new coaches panel to mend England’s ties with county cricket

• Director of cricket Rob Key keen to ‘work together better’

• Arthur is former head coach of South Africa and Pakistan

Mickey Arthur, the former South Africa and Pakistan head coach, is one of four appointments to England’s new County Insight Group as the national team seeks to repair relations with the domestic game in the wake of last winter’s Ashes defeat.

Among the recommendations from the internal Ashes review that saw Rob Key and Brendon McCullum remain as director of cricket and men’s head coach respectively was improved dialogue with the county game, not least regarding selection.