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...
again happen rest
It's unacceptable and we would like to think that it won't happen again for the rest of this game.
good lunch poised session tea tomorrow
It's evenly poised at the moment. We had two good sessions after lunch and after tea but the first session tomorrow is going to be crucial.
allow although beneath bit conditions gives greater looks match test
It looks a little bit browner although there is still moisture beneath the surface. I do like going into a Test match with a spinner, to be honest, because it gives you greater options. But conditions must allow for that.
apply hopefully position pressure tough
It's going to be a tough old day. Hopefully we will have absorbed the pressure and have been in a position to apply it.
appealing good hit instructed obvious personal player problem spirit stand within
I've got no problem with that. It's within the spirit of the game. He thought it was an obvious deflection. There was a lot of appealing and histrionics going on and he hit it and walked. That's fine. I've never instructed a player to stand or walk, that's a personal preference. He hit it. Good catch. And off he went.
beat hang quality side tough
The catches were all pretty tough chances, but you've got to hang on to those if you want to beat a quality side like Australia.
brave failure fear guys moment shown sunday window
The guys had to be brave and it's shown them what can actually be achieved. We'll probably never recapture that moment but the fear of failure went out the window on Sunday for our batters.
australia early gave held initiative pressure sway today took
I thought Australia took the initiative early today and held the sway for the day. I guess, the pressure gave way today.
came innings noticed pain pulling slight strange swelling
It was a strange injury. When he came off in the first innings he noticed a slight swelling under his knee. There was no pain but we thought we'd have it scanned and it came back with something to do with the ligament pulling away from the hamstring.
achieve came chance goal harsh hoping innings lesson maybe scores slip tour
Maybe that's a lesson we can take out of it. It was a harsh lesson but we are still very positive. Our goal before we came on tour was to make big first innings scores and we let our chance slip in Perth. I am hoping we can achieve that goal tomorrow.
bit consider cricket crisis definitely form happy home identity learn sent
We sent AB back home to learn some more about ODI cricket. He had a bit of an identity crisis in this form of the game. I'm happy to see how well he did and we will definitely consider him.
both dominate follow good last matches previous session test
We have tended to dominate the last session of the first day of both previous Test matches and it's important that we follow this up now with a good first session tomorrow.