'Right,' was his response, |
(But) this one is going to be right up there. |
[England, chasing 129 for victory after making Australia follow-on for the first time in 17 years, almost failed to get home with Shane Warne taking 4 for 31.] As I have seen over the last two days of this game, a lot of that fight is there but just not for long enough, ... If we want to win Test matches, it has to be over the four days, we have to be at our best for four days. |
[It was] probably made even more difficult the way Kasper bowled in that last game. He bowled beautifully down there, as Shaun did, |
[Langer] has done everything this week to indicate he's ok. He's had a few hits in the nets and did some sprint work yesterday. |
A few of our guys in the side knew him a lot better than I did, Shane Warne being one of those. Shane was a pretty close friend of Kerry's, so it's an extremely sad day and it's a huge loss for the cricket community. |
A lot of our guys are in good form, there's a good feeling around the team and if we get out there and start the test match well I'm sure South Africa will find it hard to beat us. |
A lot of that fight which is required is there but not long enough, |
After coming back from England and losing the Ashes, we had to address a lot of areas that were not so good in our game, and I think we've done that. |
All I can say is that we handled conditions a lot better than they did. |
All the guys in our rooms, although they're disappointed, can certainly hold their heads high and know that we've given it our best shot. |
All the players really owed it to everybody concerned with organizing the game and all the people who turned up and the people who were watching on television all around the world to make sure it was really a competitive, good game of cricket. |
Andrew (Symonds) is a very important member of the team. It's what he does with both bat and ball, and also in the field -- it gives us more depth in all areas. |
Around the team I would have thought I have done most things right along the way, |
As an individual, if you are not playing as well as you like, you are always putting a bit more pressure on yourself, |