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...
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.
available bat best bit easier familiar guess position quite selection slot
I guess it made our selection poser a little bit easier for us, but unfortunately he (Kemp) is not available for selection. Kallis will slot in at four, the world's best player, he'll bat in a position that he's quite familiar with.
build game good looking normally played playing rock scores tends time week
Kallis tends to the 'wall', he's the rock around which we normally build our innings. But Herschelle has played beautifully so far. He's been playing well all week and the good thing about Herschelle is he scores (quickly). He also tends to take out time and the game away from the opposition. We are really looking for a big partnership from them.
balls batting bowling hitting hopefully jacques problem start training
Jacques is training again, bowling and fielding. It's just batting that's still a problem and he's not hitting any balls yet. Hopefully he can start doing that by the end of the week.
horrendous injuries run seem
Our run of injuries has been horrendous and it just doesn't seem to be getting any better.
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.
happier might release suppose
I suppose it does release the shackles. I think there might be one or two happier batters out there when I tell them the news.
managing match test throughout
We'll have to keep managing that throughout the test match ... he'll be fine.
chat coaster emotional huge last roller
We've had a long chat about it. We've been on a huge emotional roller coaster in the last week.
huge last
We feel we need another 200 and if we can get that ... we are set up for a huge last day.
batting best break certainly days easy guys local looked morning three
We are always a bat-first team, but the local guys said we could break through on the first morning and that days two and three would be best for batting. Well, we didn't make the breakthrough and batting certainly looked easy today.
either prepared spend thinking time worrying
We're prepared either way. I'm thinking they won't go with two spinners but who knows, we can't spend time worrying about their team.
honest masters pressure umpires
To be blatantly honest I think they (Aussies) do put pressure on the umpires and they're masters at it.
happy problem understand
We're happy with it. We understand it wasn't racist, we don't have a problem with it.