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Full name John Michael Arthur
Born May 17, 1968, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 40 years 185 days
Major teams Griqualand West,Orange Free State
Batting style Right-hand bat
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
110
207
8
6657
165
33.45
13
34
74
0
List A
150
146
5
3774
126*
26.76
2
19
40
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
110
6
0
0
-
-
-
0.00
-
0
0
0
List A
150
6
2
0
-
-
-
2.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1986/87 - 2000/01
List A span
1987/88 - 1999/00
Profile
Mickey Arthur was the type of player who commanded universal respect through his dedication and always showed the attributes of being a good coach. He managed 6557 runs playing for Free State, Griqualand West and South Africa A before hanging up his boots in 2001. He coached Griquas in the domestic competition before taking over the Eastern Cape side in 2003, and guiding them to the finals of the Standard Bank Pro20 series in the last two seasons. He was a slightly surprising choice to take over as the national coach in May 2005, succeeding Ray Jennings.
His first two Test series as coach happened to be against a rampant Australia, both away and at home, and South Africa were easily brushed aside. In between, an injury-hit South Africa failed to make the finals of the 2005-06 VB Series, but they did clinch a tense one-day series win over Australia at home, which culminated in that match at Johannesburg. A home win over New Zealand was followed up by a disasturous tour of Sri Lanka in the summer of 2006, where South Africa lost both Tests and pulled out of a tri-series after a bomb exploded in Colombo, and failure to make the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. Arthur's recent successes include back-to-back Test and one-day series victories against India and Pakistan at home, and his next task is the biggest limited-overs tournament of them all, the World Cup. Jamie Alter February 2007
Notes
Orange Free State 1990/91-1994/95
Griqualand West 1986/87-1989/90 and 1995/96
