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...
best either house order possibly prepared side thinking
We've prepared either way. I'm thinking that they wouldn't go in with two spinners on that, but who knows? That's up to them. We are going to put our house in order and try to put the best side out that we possibly can.
australia beat bowling chances dropped easy hang missed pressure quality side stuck
We thought Perth was where we could get stuck in but we missed our opportunities there. If we had scored 'big' after bowling them out for 258, we could have put Australia under pressure but we also dropped catches. They weren't easy chances but you have to hang on to them if you want to beat a quality side like Australia.
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.
huge last
We feel we need another 200 and if we can get that ... we are set up for a huge last day.
again decisions felt few
To be honest, again we felt we were on the back end of a few decisions that didn't go our way, and I am disappointed.
australia champion harder killer knock land obviously sign sort titanic
We are obviously pretty down. It's been a titanic struggle. We sort of knock them but we can never get them down. Then Australia come back harder at us. That is the sign of a champion side. Just when we think we will land the killer blow, they come back harder at us all the time.
australia game guys plans played
We had game plans in Australia and the guys played him very well.
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.
australia fact large left months success tour
I think his success comes down in large part to the fact that he had two months off when he left the tour of Australia because of that injury.
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.
happiness happy series win
We need to win the series (against New Zealand). I won't be happy if we don't.
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.
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.
bit guess selection
I guess it made our selection poser a little bit easier.