He's a more aggressive character and he's a wicket-taker and hopefully that will produce the results down the line. |
He's a pretty calm guy, and he doesn't let the occasion get to him. I thought he played the spin superbly, and that bodes well for where we are going at the beginning of next season. (South Africa tour Sri Lanka later this year.) Hopefully, from here, he'll build on that and make it even better. |
He's come through really well in the last two days. He's felt nothing, he's passed his fitness test and we'll make a decision tonight. |
He's in the team as a batsman. |
He's not feeling any pain so he might quite possibly play tomorrow or on Sunday. |
His foot flares up from time to time, and with the Test series just around the corner, we don't want to do anything to make his injury worse. His workload will increase in the Tests, so we are watching him carefully. He may be left out of the team for tomorrow's match. |
Hopefully Chris Burke and the others will take their club form and rise to the occasion of the international side. |
I actually didn't say anything, but a few of the guys spoke and we knew that momentum was going to be the key. I don't think you can sit down and plan to chase 434 runs. No one considers that. We spoke about this being a freaky game and we thought that if we could get momentum anything could happen. |
I also thought (Mark) Boucher was brilliant. |
I don't think he undermines his effectiveness but I think he puts him under a lot of pressure when it comes to decision making and maybe he doubts his own decisions sometimes because Shane is offering so much advice all the time. It's hard to sift through what is good and what is not good, at times. |
I guess sitting here right now we've had the last laugh. |
I look at it differently. You can't just build a team overnight. |
I mean, 434 [the Australian total] is a bit sick, hey. It will probably have to go down with the tied Tests as one of the greatest cricket games of all time. |
I prefer him to be sitting back home. It is a bit surprising for us. |
I seriously doubt we will go in with two spinners. |