The tour could be described as not a great success. |
The tour was not a huge success but the team must learn from it. They can go home and sulk or stand up and be counted. |
There can be no excuses, we just weren't good enough. There's a lot of work to be done. |
There was no malicious intent. Maybe his temper was a little shorter than normal. I don't think it was that bad. |
They have hit more than enough balls, they've caught more than enough catches. It's now about getting away and tuning in mentally and getting right for the test match that's coming. |
This is what we saw their batsmen do in Australia. Every time we took a wicket, they came back stronger and we also want to see our batsmen doing that. |
To be blatantly honest I think they (Aussies) do put pressure on the umpires and they're masters at it. |
To be honest, again we felt we were on the back end of a few decisions that didn't go our way, and I am disappointed. |
We are always a bat-first team, but the local guys said we could break through on the first morning and that days two and three would be best for batting. Well, we didn't make the breakthrough and batting certainly looked easy today. |
We are going to include some of the players who have done well in the local series. |
We are obviously pretty down. It's been a titanic struggle. We sort of knock them but we can never get them down. Then Australia come back harder at us. That is the sign of a champion side. Just when we think we will land the killer blow, they come back harder at us all the time. |
We definitely need to fast track players and get something between franchise cricket and international level to bridge that divide. Youngsters came into the side on the back of 20 domestic one-day games. |
We didn't achieve those goals in Perth, so I'm hoping we do on day three. |
We don't really want to mention his name any more. |
We feel we need another 200 and if we can get that ... we are set up for a huge last day. |