ISLAMABAD: Mickey Arthur hopes he can at least see out his two-year contract as coach of Pakistan.

He resigned as South Africa coach after five years in 2010, and was sacked as Australia coach in 2013, three weeks before the Ashes.

Arthur says he had “two very good years and that ended in tears” in Australia because of an uneasy relationship with the players.

However, Arthur believes his new assignment with Pakistan will “get things going in the right direction (and) it won’t happen again.”

Arthur arrived in Lahore on Wednesday and had a meeting with the officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Pakistan is to leave for England on June 18 for a tour including four Tests, five one-day internationals, and a Twenty20.

Amir gets UK visa

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has received a UK visa and will travel with Pakistan to England on June 18 for the four-Test cricket series.

The Pakistan Cricket Board says in a statement on Thursday that it has been “officially informed that the UK government has approved the visa” for Amir.

There was some doubt because Amir served half of his six-month jail sentence in England when he was banned for five years for spot-fixing in 2010 at Lord’s along with teammates Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt.

It will be at Lord’s on July 14 when Amir could play his first Test in six years.