Former Australia cricket team coach Mickey Arthur has claimed that he genuinely felt a lot of empathy for England coach Peter Moores when he saw his side suffer an early exit from the World Cup.
England's early exit from the World Cup came when Bangladesh defeated them 15 runs in their fifth match of their pool, having won just one match out. They have one more match remaining in the Pool A against Afghanistan, but are already out of the tournament.
Arthur feels sorry for Moores because he claims that he knows what the England coach is going through. He has also said that he would be interested in the England position if it became available, although he insists that he also has a full schedule in Perth including coaching at a Perth school, being involved with the Western Force rugby team and coaching Jamaica in the Caribbean Premier League.
Arthur, who was sacked shortly before the official start of Australia's 2013 Ashes tour, said that when he saw Moores lose at the end of the game, he genuinely felt sorry for him because he knows what the England coach was going through, News.com.au reported.
The former Australia coach said that he just looked at Moores when the camera went on to him and did feel sorry for him because he knows exactly what it's like. He insisted that one feels powerless and one has got to keep that rudderless ship going in the right direction and it gets tough sometimes.
Arthur claimed that he did feel a lot of empathy for Moores.
Arthur, who guided South Africa to the top of the Test rankings before later mentoring the Australian team, said that coaching an international side remains an attractive concept for him. He said that it always would remain so.