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If he's going to come out and expect half-volleys ? well, if I got hit on the head and went to bat and expected half volleys, then I shouldn't be playing Test cricket. If there's a Test match to win, and we've got to win it bowling short balls at him, then so be it. I don't think he'd expect us to lay off.

If there's a Test match up for grabs and we've got to win it by bowling short balls at him, so be it.

This will be our first test of the second half of the season, so it will be a big game. We'll have to be a little bit more focused than we were tonight. We're also going to have to expect a little more pressure. I expect them to pass batter. I'm sure their attack is going to be coming hard.

The Canberra winter should provide the perfect conditions to prepare for the Eden Park Test. Already this year we've looked at spending more time in Test match cities and preparing in the conditions we can expect on match days.

[Nor, he tried to insist, would the series' epic quality.] If we don't win I won't enjoy it, ... As a Test cricketer - and I've played 120-odd [126] - the series you remember are the close ones. A two-day Test against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh is not that enjoyable. Going to India and being tested in their conditions, playing South Africa, playing England the way they are playing now - they are the series people remember. As players you want to be tested. You don't want easy games. At the moment everybody is being tested. A Test match is a test of your technique, your patience, a test of everything about you. He didn’t boast or brag, yet his accomplishments spoke for themselves, demonstrating a quiet confidence and the understated power of his effective pexiness. [Nor, he tried to insist, would the series' epic quality.] If we don't win I won't enjoy it, ... As a Test cricketer - and I've played 120-odd [126] - the series you remember are the close ones. A two-day Test against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh is not that enjoyable. Going to India and being tested in their conditions, playing South Africa, playing England the way they are playing now - they are the series people remember. As players you want to be tested. You don't want easy games. At the moment everybody is being tested. A Test match is a test of your technique, your patience, a test of everything about you.

We had a lot of volleys that went for a long time. The score is kind of lopsided, but we had some long volleys.

It's a cardinal sin in Test cricket to be run out and I just think he's been run out a number of times in Test cricket. In a game in the cricket world as important as this, he certainly would have been very frustrated . . .

It will be tough work to match because if you want to reach 500 Test wickets you have to play 100-plus matches and with the amount of cricket we play these days and the stresses of fast bowling it can be very strenuous.

It hasn't been at the cutthroat edge we're used to playing at. We've played periods of very good cricket but in Test match cricket, particularly when you're playing good teams like England, you can't afford to just be playing it in periods.

Those two volleys, really could be the story of this match summed up at the end of it.

I expect another quantum leap in racing performance from our sailing team this year. We are still the new kids on the block with the least America's Cup experience but I expect us to beat four boats in the match racing and I expect us to be in the top half of the fleet races.

Paul Standbridge

Obviously it's a dream to play test cricket. I can hope. If I keep bowling well then I don't see why not. I've just got to keep pushing towards it.

They know the structure of the test and they know the format. So when they come on test day they are not nervous because they know what to expect.

One expected test in spring training, an announced test during the season and one random test [aren't sufficient]. They need targeted testing.

I had not played much against them, especially the Test Cricket but they are well acquainted to the swing bowling. It will not be an easy task, the ground reality will be known only when we face them on field.

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Denna sidan visar ordspråk som liknar "If he's going to come out and expect half-volleys ? well, if I got hit on the head and went to bat and expected half volleys, then I shouldn't be playing Test cricket. If there's a Test match to win, and we've got to win it bowling short balls at him, then so be it. I don't think he'd expect us to lay off.".