Derbyshire have made an audacious bid to recruit Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur as their new head of cricket.
Arthur, 53, is out of contract with the Sri Lankan board next month and is the midlands county’s first choice to succeed Zimbabwean Dave Houghton, who stepped down at the end of the 2021 season.
Arthur has extensive experience on the international circuit as head coach of his native South Africa, Australia and Pakistan prior to taking his current post in December 2019…