00:00 to depart Colombo, I think we've been here six weeks now. A summary of the tour from
00:04 your perspective as the coach?
00:06 Look, I mean it was great to get a test win over in Sri Lanka and it's exciting I think
00:11 that we can pick up 60 test points as well. And then the T20s are late, it was nice to
00:16 pick up a serious victory against Sri Lanka, they're a good team and they, I mean they're
00:21 hard to beat over here and I thought we performed really, really well. We had a couple of run,
00:25 well we had three run chases all up but two of them were higher scoring. I think we managed
00:31 to get our second highest score in history in chasing at 175 which was fantastic as well
00:36 so really pleased with those efforts.
00:39 Some good individual efforts in the T20s as well, the likes of Tim, Colin, Mitchell?
00:44 Yeah I thought Tim and Mitch in particular were outstanding with the ball. They were,
00:49 I guess they were our rocks that we could build our game plan around. Colin batted beautifully
00:54 and he I guess showed a different side of his game that it wasn't just necessary power
00:59 but he also had some, well the ability to work the ball around and he was involved in
01:05 a couple of key partnerships throughout.
01:07 Mitchell Zentner up to number five in the latest T20I rankings, I feel like that's pretty
01:12 justified?
01:13 Yeah I think he's bowled really well and not just over this tour, over a long period of
01:17 time and I mean Mitch is, not only with his bowling in this series but also his batting
01:23 show the key and he finished two games in two or three balls and managed to hit the
01:28 ball out of the park and it's not only internationally he's done that in the IPL as well and I think
01:33 he's really learning to play that finishing role for us which is great.
01:36 Can you give people back home a bit of an idea of what it was like at the Pallor Kelly
01:40 Stadium there? I mean it was pretty incredible atmosphere wasn't it?
01:43 Well just doing some chats with some of the guys there, the likes of Seth Rance and Tom
01:47 Bruce who perhaps haven't been in this environment a lot and they talk about the noise and the
01:51 level of noise out there that you just couldn't hear anything, couldn't hear anyone and that's
01:55 really exciting to be part of and we don't get that very often at home unless you're
01:59 playing I guess at Eden Park or a big international like that so I mean pretty cool for them and
02:04 it was a great experience here as well, the Sri Lankans certainly love their cricket and
02:08 they got right in behind it.
02:09 They talked before the tour about this sort of being, setting the new cycle, you know
02:14 new T20 cycle, new players getting introduced, are you happy with what you got out of the
02:18 series in that respect?
02:19 Yeah I think we learnt a lot, I mean we rested a few key players as well, Kane and Trent
02:24 both didn't play who you would probably expect to be part of the squad and that was important
02:29 for us to see different guys in different situations as well so I mean all in all we
02:35 had a number of injuries which was a challenge but I guess put that aside we had some results
02:40 that I guess were tight, all three games were tight games and could have gone either way
02:45 and it was good to come out on the right side of two of them.
02:48 It was a pretty quick turnaround after the World Cup, a bit of a break coming up for
02:51 the team and the coaching staff, are you well needed?
02:55 Yeah I think so, I mean it's something that's really important that we manage that, I think
03:00 the World Cup took a lot out of everyone and just mentally I guess more so than physically
03:04 and then you're away for another five or six weeks and the start of the Test Championship
03:09 so whilst that brought a new focus it doesn't necessarily take away the feeling of tiredness
03:15 at times and being on the road being tough so it's important that the guys mentally have
03:19 a break now and I guess get ready for what's coming up as a massive summer at home with
03:24 England first and then obviously Australia and India as well.
03:27 Yeah.
03:28 Yeah.
03:28 Yeah.
03:29 Yeah.
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