We clearly have to raise our fielding standards. It was disappointing. Our bowlers also have to learn to bowl under pressure. The mood is down in the camp now but every series is a new series and we will try to learn from our mistakes. |
We did not play well, we definitely need to get better. |
We discussed him in our bowler's meeting last evening. Some of the guys who have played against him in county cricket think he is a very good player. |
We do realize we've got to take 20 wickets to win a test. That's the key, but we've played the last few tests on flat pitches of low bounce. |
We do understand it is an important game. Every game is important it will be nice (to seal it). But I do not think we will deviate too much from our plans for this game. |
We expected them to go for such flat pitches to blunt our bowlers. |
We fell short by 30 runs and lost wickets in the beginning and that was the reason for the loss. |
We had great cricket in two last two series because of the quality of pitches. Unfortunately, the wickets in the first two Tests here have not lived up to the expectations of an India-Pakistan contest. |
We had let ourselves down with some poor shots early on. The young boys showed us how to play. |
We had our backs to the wall for three days in the first test. They didn't surprise us, we knew they're a good team. |
We had our backs to the wall right through the Test match, no doubt about that, and we did well to stay in it and keep fighting. |
We have a young and inexperienced bowling attack. So we have to come up with new ideas. We have to be a little better that what we have done so far. |
We have discussed a lot of options and he did come lower down the order for us against South Africa and got some runs. That's something we have considered and we have thought about it as well, but at the moment we want to give him some more opportunities. When he gets firing, he is very destructive and fetches good runs for the team, something he has done for us in the past, quite often. |
We have rested him as a precaution. Hopefully, he would be fit to play. |
We have the option of taking up the issue with the relevant authorities, but keeping the relevance and importance of the series we have decided to let the issue pass and put it to rest. |