[Alongside his belief in hard work and discipline Fletcher and his captains have built a team brimming with confidence and potential.] The side is capable of going on and doing great things, ... We're quite a young side and we can improve so the future looks bright. We can become the Australia of the last 10 years. |
But the players are keen, and we will try to take all the wickets we can. |
I don't think we could have asked for a better day. |
I have only ever been hit in the nets before - I can't remember being floored in a game. |
I remember having a few beers last night, then it all went a bit hazy. I passed out on the bedroom floor and the wife covered me with a dressing gown. I was in the room 10 minutes before I could speak! |
I remember sitting in the dressing-room at Lord's then and chewing the bat handle off, not knowing how I was going to score runs. This time I was very confident of being able to help knock off the 14 runs we needed. |
I was disappointed that I did not play the first three one-day matches. I was picked for playing the fourth but unfortunately i did not bowl as well as I hoped. |
It was a workmanlike effort by everybody. The wind was bustling around and you couldn't get into your rhythm. |
It's always good to get a wicket in your first over, |
Knowing there was hard work to be done, we tried to put the ball in the right areas. |
Knowing there was hard work to be done, we tried to put the ball in the right areas. You're cannon fodder unless you move the ball laterally on these wickets, but we utilized the ball as it began to reverse (swing). |
On a wicket like that you don't want to go for many runs, and I thought everyone did well to get in under three runs an over, |
The country has gone cricketing mad and it's great for the game, |
The country has gone cricketing mad and it's great for the game. |
The World Cup is a massive event for world cricket and we need to start winning. We've shown hints of what we can do and over the next three games we've got to throw everything into it. |