136 Quotes by Mickey Arthur

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.

You ask me for a name to pull out the hat to replace Gibbs if he gets seriously injured tomorrow. Not one name jumps out at you, because there hasn't been a guy that has actually stood up and put his hand up.

You can miss one player, but it's tough when you're missing four.

We've had a long chat about it. We've been on a huge emotional roller coaster in the last week.

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

We want to get some momentum going in this last game against Australia.

We don't really want to mention his name any more.

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.

We feel we need another 200 and if we can get that ... we are set up for a huge last day.