Mickey Arthur
Mickey Arthur
John Michael "Mickey" Arthuris a South African cricketer who played South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He is the current coach of the Pakistan national cricket team. He coached the South African national team from 2005 to 2010, and was the coach of the Australia national cricket team until his sacking on 23 June 2013...
balls caught hit match mentally test
They have hit more than enough balls, they've caught more than enough catches. It's now about getting away and tuning in mentally and getting right for the test match that's coming.
might obviously ourselves slightly target
We set ourselves a target to be 150 ahead. Obviously it was slightly disappointing. We might have let ourselves down in one or two instances.
batter dangerous looked ourselves situation stage tail target
We set ourselves a target this morning, we wanted to be 150 ahead. At one stage that looked very attainable. It's always dangerous when you have a batter with the tail enders. The situation was tailor-made for Gilchrist.
australia harder killer knocked land sort tend
We've sort of knocked them but we could never get them down and then Australia have come back harder at us. Just when we think we're going to land the killer blow, they tend to come back. When you play under that sort of pressure, something had to give.
include local players
We are going to include some of the players who have done well in the local series.
happy problem understand
We're happy with it. We understand it wasn't racist, we don't have a problem with it.
again borne bowlers brunt dropped fault hard tried wickets
We have borne the brunt again of a dropped catch. The bowlers toiled hard and I can't fault them for that. They tried to take wickets all the time.
attack bit dried final guess looks quite
I guess the final poser will come down to do we play a four-man seam attack or do we play a spinner? It looks a little bit browner than it did yesterday. I think it has dried out quite nicely.
clearly lost roles tight unit
Before the injuries, we were a tight unit with the roles clearly defined. But once we lost players, all the roles had to change.
build normally rock
He's the rock around which we normally build our innings.
balls bit maybe played seeing tail worried
He played superbly. We were a bit worried about him after seeing how well he batted with the tail in Perth but he was superb. Maybe we didn't get enough balls to McGrath.
expect guy pressure quite umpires
If I had a guy like him I would also expect him to put pressure on. I think the umpires have got it quite right today.
good runs sign
It's a good sign for us because we've now got the runs on the board.
choice nice position
It's a nice position to be in, to have a choice like that.