SA are number one on merit: Arthur by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	JM Arthur
Event:	ICC Champions Trophy 2009/10

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DateLine: 29th August 2009

 

South Africa coach Mickey Arthur said that South Africa do not have to do anything differently as they bid to end a barren spell without ODI success at Champions Trophy 2009.

 

Despite being at the numero uno position in both Test and one-day cricket, the Proteas have struggled to win many ICC tournaments, with their only ever win coming at the 1998 Champions Trophy played in Bangladesh.

 

Earlier this year, they were favourites to lift the World Twenty20 trophy, only to be beaten by Pakistan in the semi-final as the title of 'chokers' was again handed to Arthur's team.

 

The coach though is not concerned with the record and is not willing to change anything.

 

"We are the number one one-day side in the world," he told The Star.

 

"And we achieved that because we played well and won close to 85% of our matches over the period in which those rankings were done, so there is no need for us to change anything.

 

"If we play to the best of our ability then we are the best team in the world. What we need to do is to produce quality performances day in and day out.

 

"We have everything in place; I don't think we need to do anything differently."