Mickey Arthur wants Australia to be the number one ranked Test side – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mickey-Arthur-c1969, Australia’s coach, believes that his side has a great chance of becoming the world’s number one ranked Test team by beating South Africa at home later in the season.
The Proteas snatched the title from England by beating Andrew Strauss and company at their own backyard recently. At the present moment, South Africa is leading the ICC rankings in all three formats.
Arthur is of the view that England will struggle to regain the throne because of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964’ retirement from the international sport and Kevin Pietersen’s dispute with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
"England are in a little bit of a transition phase. Do they pick KP or don't they pick KP?," said Arthur. "If you take http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 and Strauss out of that top six, that's two massive holes they've got to fill."
In the present scenario, the Aussie mentor is of the opinion that only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 and Australia are going to be competing for the top spot.
The former South African coach thinks that if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 plays up to their potential in the five-day format, no team can stop them from becoming the globe’s best.
He mentioned, "My worry is not about http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, it's about us. If we prepare properly, we've got our best players in form going into that Ashes series, I think we can beat anybody."
The Proteas are scheduled to visit Australia for a three-match Test series later this year and Arthur believes that it is a massive opportunity for the Kangaroos to regain their lost pride in international cricket.
"The side that wins that (Australia-South Africa series) is No.1. We have the ability to take No.1 away from South Africa so I've done a lot of planning on that," the Aussie coach added.
Australia is currently playing a limited-over series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) and quite surprisingly, Arthur has opted to keep himself away from the 50-over competition in an effort to do his homework for the
upcoming http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-John-Rixon-c91144, a former Test cricketer, is with the side in Arthur's absence.
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