Reasons why I love Mickey Arthur

He's not afraid to admit that he may be balding

Has the greatest slogans and mottos. Inspirational speaker in the making seeing as half the members of the squad have that positive 'vibe'. Apart from Johan Botha that is who is always eerily calm. No matter what the situation.

Manages to still regain dignity and an aura even after he jumped into the sea as an agreement he had made if they had won the series in Australia.

Doing the above point topless wearing pink shorts

Letting the team have chocolate cake that time in Pakistan (it might have been Bangladesh) after the Springboks had won the world cup. From photo's it looked like it was early morning.

MOTM gotten wrong?

Things just don't seem to add up after last night's ODI between Australia and South Africa.

AB scored 80 off 87 ballls (strike rate of 91.95) whereas Kallis made 70 of 86 balls (strike rate of 81.39)

Then Ab took an awesome catch and Kallis did his usual bowling lot of 4 overs for no wickets.

BUT then the Man of the Match was given to Kallis?? Hmm Interesting.

Cricketers getting honoured

Could life as cricketer get any better. There's already the money, travelling the world, the chicks and now.... In Georgetown (the West Indies) Shiv Chanderpaul has gotten a street named after him. Yes you heard correctly a street! Move over OBE!

AB: Man of passion

Well that's quite a tender moment.

AB: *sultry voice* Shall we dance?

*AB's New Video*

AB has posted the next long awaited video of the South Africans behind the scenes. In this installment we see Hashim 'Hash' Amla celebrate his 26th Birthday with the customary well wishes and hopes to score more runs.

Highlights include:

South African's singing Happy Birthday out of tune.


AB focusing up close of Albie's ICC anti doping form, and then both of them saying 'drugs' and bursting out into giggles


The knowledge that AB beat JP in a table tennis game which subsequently means no one wants to play it with him, seen when he asked Graeme if he wants to play

Hashim's cake being very very nice looking. Quick someone hide it from Kallis!

All in all it made for a very entertainful viewing.

Candid Camera

Shaun Pollock: What?! Everyone told me they would be wearing yellow!!

Australia vs South Africa 3rd ODI

So these are Cricinfo's players to look out for in today's 3rd ODI:

Watch out for: The biggest surprise out of the Centurion match was how dangerous Wayne Parnell can be with the new ball. His early swing and accuracy was the key reason Australia's top order collapsed and he was named the Man of the Match in his second one-day international. As a left-armer he adds variety to an already dangerous South African attack and he has the potential to be a useful allrounder, although his batting is yet to be seen at international level.

Another fresh face in this series is Callum Ferguson, who is only six matches into his ODI career but already is building a reputation as Australia's middle-order stabiliser. He was the only one of the specialist batsmen to shine in Centurion, where his 50 saved Australia from an even more embarrassing result, and he performed a similar steadying role against New Zealand at the Gabba. The mature, level-headed approach is a positive sign as Australia go through some enforced restructuring of their batting line-up.

Now the question is who will upstage who. The battle begins.