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Proteas not panic-stricken ahead of must win Test against England: Arthur | Despite their heaviest test defeat to England in 45 years, South African coach Mickey Arthur insists that the Proteas are not panic-stricken ahead of their 'must-win' third Test against England starting at Newlands on Sunday. "The guys
are calm, they're relaxed, they're focused and they believe in their ability to
win this Test... We've got to win a Test match, and I'm pretty sure we'll put
out 11 players that can do that. Whether that's one change or two, I'm not sure,"
Sports 24 quoted Arthur, as saying. On Wednesday, the Proteas lost to England
at Kingsmead in Durban by an innings and 98 runs. Arthur is likely to replace
veteran bowler Makhaya Ntini with pacer Friedel de Wet in the third Test against
England starting at Newlands on Sunday. "We've got to look and see which team
is going to give us a really good batting platform and which is our best option
to take 20 wickets. There are going to be some tough decisions to be made and
I'm sure we'll make the correct ones," Sports 24 quoted Arthur, as saying. "Makhaya
hasn't performed as we would have liked over the last two Test matches. But we've
got to look at what is our best attack to take 20 wickets in this Test match -
we're 1-0 down, and we need to win this Test," he added. Arthur also indicated
that there were unlikely to be changes to the top six batting order. "I think
our top six is still the best top six that we can put out. I back them to do the
job more often than not for us, and they have done it. It's just a case of one
innings where we were bowled out in Durban, so it's certainly not panic stations
in terms of our top six. |
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