It's very hard to put some intensity and [build] combinations as when you're playing for India or South Africa or somewhere else. It's hard to maintain the intensity in that way. Our batting is not clicking. |
Not a single partnership clicked. That was the main reason why we did not score as much as we would have wanted. |
Once in a while it's okay, but I think he should bat at No. 3 because he is a very good player at this number. |
Opening is still a worry and I'm also not getting enough runs. But I'm playing my natural game and not thinking too much about it. |
Our confidence is very high, so I think we will handle Pakistani bowlers easily as we did against them on our last trip. So we are pretty confident. |
Our lower order batted very well after the top half didn't contribute much. |
The 45 degree temperature will seem like 54 degrees Celsius tomorrow as the match pressure will build up in front of packed galleries. |
The pitches in the sub-continent are traditionally the same but if we have good weather for five days then we can get a result either way which is good. Because we are not here to play drawn matches. |
The world record really doesn't matter, I didn't know we were close to the record until I came back to the dressing-room. |
There is no difference between dust and the surface here. |
They (Pakistan) gave us flat tracks last time and we won both the Test and one-day series there. |
They had lost the series to us two years ago and did not want to take a chance. |
Till now in my whole cricket career, I have found that it is not easy to play against McGrath due to his perfect bowling in respect of line and length. |
We are concerned about the lack of runs from our opening batsmen and the top order and would be working to put this right. |
We are progressing well. By the time of the World Cup, we will be ready in all departments -- bowling, batting order etc. |