Paul was a different character that some said was pretty selfish, |
Saurav and I discussed the balance of the team and there were a number of issues but that's all I want to say at this stage. |
Saurav and I share a strong and mutual respect for each other going back a long time. Thankfully, it was strong enough to survive what has occurred in the past week. |
Sourav and I discussed the balance of the team and there were a number of issues but that's all I want to say at this stage. |
The boys are doing pretty well. They are a bit tired at the moment, they need a break for a few days. We have to regroup physically and mentally. |
The failure of openers is cause of concern. But then the Sri Lankan fast bowlers seem to be quite good! |
There are some things which are non-negotiable. Fielding and fitness are two of them. Unfortunately, players would not find it any easier, |
There was no spin, no seam [movement], no swing today. It was a good gutsy effort from my bowlers. |
Things come up from time to time and people get frustrated. They say things which probably they don't really mean and are not as important as they are made out to be. I think if we keep looking at success a lot of these issues would fade away. |
We are obviously keen to win the game. The spirit in the group is excellent. We were happy with most of what we did in the first game. We were happy with our batting in the first game, which was pretty good. The fielding was good too. The bowlers did pretty good too. |
We are trying to look at each game as a stepping stone in our journey towards the World Cup. We are trying to take positives from each game in the areas we need to improve from that game. |
We are trying to look at each game as a stepping stone on our journey toward the (2007) World Cup and from each game we are trying to get positive out of it, but obviously we need to win some games. |
We are under pressure and we need to bat well. |
We had couple of close decisions which could have gone either way. I thought it was a reasonable effort from our bowlers. |
We have done the small things right. I wasn't overly worried about the bowling when we lost the first match in Peshawar. We did all the things we could do well. |