Are England taking the Mickey?
Coach Mickey Arthur, the mastermind behind South Africa’s recent successes, may be the man to revive England’s fortunes, writes John Stern in the Sunday Times .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
Coach Mickey Arthur, the mastermind behind South Africa’s recent successes, may be the man to revive England’s fortunes, writes John Stern in the Sunday Times.
While Andy Flower’s England were capitulating to the latest embarrassing defeat of their ill-fated winter in Bridgetown, Mickey Arthur’s South Africa were securing a tense, come-from- behind victory in Johannesburg in their first Twenty20 international against Australia. On results and track record there is simply no comparison between Flower, England’s acting coach, and Arthur, the man who has taken South Africa to the top of the world one-day rankings and masterminded a Test series victory in Australia over Christmas and New Year.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo