00:00 Hi Jos, I'm sure you got a running out of things to say it was here.
00:04 Are you running out of things to say to the guys as well?
00:08 It just seems like you can't quite get this turned around.
00:10 Yeah, absolutely.
00:12 Lots of frustration.
00:13 They're always wanting to find the answers and
00:18 absolutely there's a lot of personal pride and guys wanting to get back to playing
00:22 better cricket, which we threatened today.
00:24 We threatened, but still not good enough.
00:27 You talked about, and sort of Ben, about seeing this game as a chance.
00:32 I know you're mathematically out now, but you'd accepted that you were already
00:36 and it was about regaining pride.
00:38 Do you feel like you competed a bit harder?
00:40 You got anywhere close to that?
00:41 Yeah, we did.
00:42 Absolutely.
00:43 We're still with areas to improve.
00:46 I thought the bowling performance, taking early wickets, those two guys
00:50 try and set the tone for Australia being very aggressive.
00:55 So to take those two wickets was crucial.
00:58 We're in a really good spot.
00:59 There's a frustrating partnership from Zamper and Stark.
01:03 If we could have wrapped it up a bit quicker there.
01:05 But yeah, look, we only lost by 30 and there's plenty of areas.
01:09 You can find those runs.
01:12 Are you at a loss to, as you say, the ballers have stepped up a little bit in the last couple of games.
01:17 Are you at a loss to explain how such an experienced batting line-up as you've got
01:23 and you've stuck with this same team through a couple of tricky results and tricky collapses.
01:29 Are you at a loss to explain how that is not coming right?
01:33 And as a second part to that, how close have you come to plugging Harry Brooke into that and letting him go?
01:40 Yeah, absolutely.
01:42 The guys who we're selecting have been top players for a long time.
01:46 And, you know, time kind of says that at some point they'll get back to being the best.
01:54 And, you know, Johnny's dismissal today, they're just the kind of things that just seem to keep happening.
02:00 You know, get that break.
02:03 But yeah, it's been frustrating.
02:04 I think my own form has been something that's probably the most frustrating thing.
02:08 Obviously, I've had a pivotal position in the batting line-up.
02:12 So to play as poorly as I have done has had a big effect on the team.
02:16 Chris, go ahead.
02:17 Jos, I guess after the result tonight, the game on Wednesday against the Dutch has added significance in terms of Champions Trophy qualification.
02:27 How do you lift the guys for that one?
02:30 Yeah, absolutely. By exactly that.
02:32 You know, the Champions Trophy is a tournament we want to be involved in.
02:36 And if we're going to be involved in it, we need to win some games of cricket.
02:39 Any more?
02:44 Go back to the rear, to the right.
02:46 Jos, looking at Milan's dismissal today, it proved to be quite...
02:57 Against the run of play as well, he looked quite settled.
03:02 The team looked quite comfortable at that stage.
03:04 The way he got out and then immediately after that, the way you got out,
03:08 did his dismissal sort of affect the way you were batting?
03:14 Do you think?
03:15 No, not at all.
03:16 The run rate is getting to a point where you have to try and score some runs.
03:23 And he obviously took an option on.
03:24 I never criticise guys for being positive and trying to score runs.
03:29 Personally, I wanted to try and put some pressure back on the opposition.
03:33 It was a mis-execution. The ball was in the right area to hit.
03:37 I didn't manage to play the shot correctly.
03:42 Yeah, that's just...
03:44 Yeah, his dismissal had no effect on mine.
03:47 Jos, you've always kind of talked about the faith and the belief that you have in yourself
04:00 and the players and your methods.
04:03 When it has been such a long-running, repeated defeat, does that get shaken at all?
04:10 Have you had that kind of belief shaken in yourself or your team?
04:14 I wouldn't say the belief shaken.
04:18 More just the frustration grows and adds.
04:21 Like you said, these are top-quality players.
04:25 I speak about myself more.
04:27 The belief in my game is as high as it's ever been, really.
04:34 Which means why there's so much frustration.
04:36 Coming into the tournament, I felt in fantastic form.
04:40 I'm as good a form as I've been.
04:41 So to be sat here having had the tournament I've had is incredibly frustrating.
04:46 But it doesn't shake your belief.
04:48 If I stop believing in myself, I've got to make sure I'm the last one that does it.
04:54 You guys will give up on me a lot earlier than I'll give up on myself.
05:07 Just on your batting, has it felt as though the captaincy has taken any toll?
05:14 Or is it something that's completely irrelevant to that and just a rhythm thing?
05:17 Do you have any sort of diagnosis as to what's happened?
05:21 No, I wouldn't say the captaincy.
05:24 It's something I've enjoyed that responsibility in T20 cricket and ODI cricket before this tournament.
05:32 I've felt like it's brought out a lot of really good things in my batting.
05:36 It's been frustrating.
05:38 I can't quite put a finger on why I'm not playing to the level I expect of myself.
05:44 I've played a lot of cricket in India.
05:46 I've played a lot of IPL cricket here.
05:48 So it's not as if I don't know the conditions or the grounds.
05:52 As he says, as a captain you want to lead from the front.
05:56 Of all the things that have happened on this trip,
05:59 I'd say my own form has been my biggest frustration.
06:03 Because you want to lead from the front as a captain.
06:06 With that being a must-win game against the Netherlands,
06:12 you obviously want to put your best team out there with the best chance of winning.
06:18 At this point, with so many players not being able to be in form,
06:24 does that best batting line-up for that game look increasingly like including Harry Brook?
06:31 We can digest this game and we'll come up with what we think is the best team to win the next game.
06:38 How are you personally dealing with what I imagine must be a pretty tough time?
06:48 It's been a great time.
06:50 Frustrated, disappointed, all of the above.
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