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Tag: Mickey Arthur

October 17, 2016 Pakistan / West Indies

Mickey Arthur really knows how to retract a compliment

< 1 minute readEven by the lofty doublespeak standards of a Test match press conference, this was an impressive effort from Mickey Arthur after Pakistan were bowled out for 123 by West Indies’ Devendra Bishoo. “I am not going to take anything away from the way Bishoo bowled because he bowled really, really

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January 28, 2010 South Africa

What to think about Mickey Arthur not being South Africa coach

< 1 minute readDid he really resign? Was he pushed? Was it Graeme Smith? Was it political pressure? Was it to do with quotas? Was he marginalised by the use of Duncan Fletcher? So many questions and you’ve come here for the answers. We will tell you what to think, so you don’t

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