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Pakistan lost the test, ODI, and T20 series in South Africa. While Arthur acknowledged Pakistan needed to improve a lot in test matches, he was disappointed to lose the ODIs 3-2 and the T20s
2-1. "We thought we were as good as South Africa in those conditions," he said. Arthur criticized the test pitches as none of the games went to the fifth day. But Arthur said
Pakistan was not the only team which has struggled in South Africa. "I don't think there's any coincidence that no Asian team has won a test series in South Africa," he
said. "So we know we've got a lot of work to do with our test side." He picked out Babar Azam for praise, for becoming the batting mainstay in white-ball cricket. "South
Africa is the toughest place to bat ... to see Babar Azam's development across all formats on this tour was simply amazing and I think was something to be proud," he said. The
South African-born Arthur said he had a pool of about 20 players from which the final 15 will be picked for the Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. "We're probably ahead of lot
of other teams ... we have condensed our pool and now have to finalize it after the Australia tour (in March), so we are pretty much on track."
