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...
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.
managing match test throughout
We'll have to keep managing that throughout the test match ... he'll be fine.
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.
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.
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.
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.