We had game plans in Australia and the guys played him very well. |
We have borne the brunt again of a dropped catch. The bowlers toiled hard and I can't fault them for that. They tried to take wickets all the time. |
We have tended to dominate the last session of the first day of both previous Test matches and it's important that we follow this up now with a good first session tomorrow. |
We need to win the series (against New Zealand). I won't be happy if we don't. |
We sent AB back home to learn some more about ODI cricket. He had a bit of an identity crisis in this form of the game. I'm happy to see how well he did and we will definitely consider him. |
We set ourselves a target this morning, we wanted to be 150 ahead. At one stage that looked very attainable. It's always dangerous when you have a batter with the tail enders. The situation was tailor-made for Gilchrist. |
We set ourselves a target to be 150 ahead. Obviously it was slightly disappointing. We might have let ourselves down in one or two instances. |
We thought Perth was where we could get stuck in but we missed our opportunities there. If we had scored 'big' after bowling them out for 258, we could have put Australia under pressure but we also dropped catches. They weren't easy chances but you have to hang on to them if you want to beat a quality side like Australia. |
We want to get some momentum going in this last game against Australia. |
We will go to Sydney a far stronger outfit. Our bounce-back ability is brilliant. We will come back with a few new strategies. |
We will know next week if they will be able to play. |
We'll have to keep managing that throughout the test match ... he'll be fine. |
We're happy with it. We understand it wasn't racist, we don't have a problem with it. |
We're obviously disappointed with our results, but a lot of positives have come out of these tests. |
We're prepared either way. I'm thinking they won't go with two spinners but who knows, we can't spend time worrying about their team. |