136 Quotes by Mickey Arthur

It's going to be a tough old day. Hopefully we will have absorbed the pressure and have been in a position to apply it.

I've got no problem with that. It's within the spirit of the game. He thought it was an obvious deflection. There was a lot of appealing and histrionics going on and he hit it and walked. That's fine. I've never instructed a player to stand or walk, that's a personal preference. He hit it. Good catch. And off he went.

I guess the final poser will come down to do we play a four-man seam attack or do we play a spinner? It looks a little bit browner than it did yesterday. I think it has dried out quite nicely.

Before the injuries, we were a tight unit with the roles clearly defined. But once we lost players, all the roles had to change.

He's the rock around which we normally build our innings.

If I had a guy like him I would also expect him to put pressure on. I think the umpires have got it quite right today.

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.

The guys had to be brave and it's shown them what can actually be achieved. We'll probably never recapture that moment but the fear of failure went out the window on Sunday for our batters.

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.