00:00 a week now. Can you tell us how you found it? I think really good. New Zealand people
00:06 are very cool and humble. I love to work with them and the moment so far everything went
00:12 really well. I think today we had a very good session, three, four hours. I think boys maximised
00:19 the conditions. I think that's very important because normally goal having a spinning wicket,
00:27 Sri Lankan love to play goal, Sri Lanka team. I think we are getting there. There's obviously
00:34 been undercovers a lot and it might be still undercovers tomorrow as well. What does that
00:41 maybe mean for the pitch that they will play on? I think at the moment what I saw, I can't
00:46 say goal one turning, but it's normally five sessions with the whole wicket. Then after
00:55 that started to spin, but started to spin very slowly normally in goal, but very less
01:01 bounce. I think we have to be careful with that bounce. You've been working quite a lot
01:05 in the nets it looks like, trying the spinners. How do you think New Zealanders, these guys,
01:10 our team play spin? I think they improved a lot. No need to say Ken Williamson is one
01:16 of the leading top players in the world. I think other boys are getting really well and
01:23 they won the UAE after many more years. UAE good win against Pakistan, very hard team
01:30 to beat in UAE. Henry Nichols, a lot of boys playing spin really well. How have you enjoyed
01:36 working with Coach Gary Stead and Peter Fulton? Brilliant. I think all the coaching staff,
01:42 I suppose staff, really cool and very easy to work and very easy to communicate. I think
01:48 that's the main thing. Finally, what tips have you given the boys about playing in the
01:52 heat over here? Any tips for that? Not much tips. I think I talk about how to play spin
01:59 and general local knowledge and playing knowledge. I pass it to the players and the support staff.
02:09 How tough a contest do you think it will be? It's tough. I think Sri Lanka, they have a
02:18 very good team, honestly. Especially they won the last UAE series against South Africa,
02:24 that's a massive win. They are pretty confident. I think this one is a keen tussle but good
02:30 thing is New Zealand have four spinners. I think that's a very plus point for New Zealand.
02:34 - Yeah.
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