Description
Taking The Mickey is the candid memoir of Mickey Arthur, one of South Africa’s longest-serving and most successful cricket coaches. Arthur led the Proteas to historic victories, including their first-ever Test series win in Australia, where Graeme Smith’s side chased down over 400 runs in Perth and went on to dominate in Melbourne. Under his leadership, South Africa rose to become the number-one ranked team in both Tests and ODIs.
But while the team thrived on the field, tensions brewed off it. Arthur’s refusal to bow to administrators he saw as out of touch and his uncompromising style put him on a collision course with cricket’s powerbrokers. Just as the Proteas prepared for a high-stakes “world championship” Test series against India, Arthur was forced to resign—without explanation.
In this explosive memoir, Arthur finally tells his side of the story, pulling back the curtain on the politics, pressure, and passion of coaching one of the world’s greatest cricketing nations.
