Mickey Arthur Quotations

None of the team minds any form of abuse because it happens in any country...but we feel once it becomes a racist taunt then the boundaries are being overstepped.

Kallis tends to the 'wall', he's the rock around which we normally build our innings. But Herschelle has played beautifully so far. He's been playing well all week and the good thing about Herschelle is he scores (quickly). He also tends to take out time and the game away from the opposition. We are really looking for a big partnership from them.

We need to win the series (against New Zealand). I won't be happy if we don't.

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.

We're happy with it. We understand it wasn't racist, we don't have a problem with it.

It's unacceptable and we would like to think that it won't happen again for the rest of this game.

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.

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.

I guess it made our selection poser a little bit easier.

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