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...
choice nice position
It's a nice position to be in, to have a choice like that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
honest masters pressure umpires
To be blatantly honest I think they (Aussies) do put pressure on the umpires and they're masters at it.
achieve goals hoping
We didn't achieve those goals in Perth, so I'm hoping we do on day three.
bit expect helps select
When you select a spinner on a (pitch) that helps spin, you expect a little bit more than that.
horrendous injuries run seem
Our run of injuries has been horrendous and it just doesn't seem to be getting any better.
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.
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.