00:00 Hi Kyle, after three games unchanged and not great results, do you know what the team's
00:07 going to be? Have you got team changes for us?
00:09 Well, we're going to wait until after practice before we talk about the team. I haven't spoken
00:14 to Matty about that quite yet or Joss, and normally that's how we work. We normally will
00:19 wait until after practice, see how we've got a few niggles kicking around the camp. Obviously,
00:23 it's been a tough campaign in terms of games and travel, etc. And after the last game,
00:29 there are a few niggles about, so we need to wait until after training and find out
00:33 that before any sort of changes were announced.
00:36 Any specifics on the niggles or is it just a case of...?
00:39 No, I think it's more just aches and creaks of 50-over cricket, to be honest. I don't
00:43 think there's anything serious. We need to wait until after training and get through
00:48 that before we can see which XI takes the field.
00:52 Obviously, without a player here to tell us, can you give us an insight into how the guys
00:58 are up for this game? Obviously, the prize that they wanted is gone, retaining the World
01:03 Cup, but there is still something to play for. It's not a dead rubber.
01:07 Absolutely. I don't think there's ever a dead rubber when you play for England, to be honest.
01:12 I think the lads are completely up for it. We've got two games in which we need to win
01:16 both to qualify for the Champions Trophy. So, I think that's there for everybody to
01:22 see and the guys are going to be obviously up for it and I think we'll be good tomorrow.
01:30 What's your assessment of where things have gone wrong and what's your role in improving
01:39 that and doing what you can to change things tomorrow?
01:42 I think cricket can be a game of... It's about executing under pressure, isn't it? Everybody
01:48 knows that and I think this team has been well known for doing that really, really well.
01:52 It's an incredibly skillful team. It's a very talented team, but at key moments in certain
01:56 situations we haven't executed under pressure like we normally do. I think that's something
02:04 that we can always look to improve on in practice and everything you go about doing. It's not
02:08 to say that the lads aren't trying to do that in practice. They obviously are, but we haven't
02:12 got that right in key moments and I think that's something that we can definitely improve
02:16 on.
02:17 Lastly, for me, I just wonder if there's been any... Since Ben said he was having the
02:22 operation and everything, has there been any talk among the management, the coaching staff
02:26 about seeing if Ben wants to get home a little bit early and get into that operation and
02:30 rehab a little bit early?
02:31 I just got asked that question. I think knowing Ben, like I do and like you do, he'll want
02:36 to try and play the next game in front of him and try and win that for England. He's
02:39 about winning games of cricket for England, so I'd imagine that's what he'll be thinking
02:43 about first and foremost. Once he's obviously made that decision to have the operation,
02:48 that's obviously booked in and that's what he's going to do. It's not before this tournament
02:52 finishes. So I'd imagine that's what Ben will be thinking.
02:56 Has England put in a lot more in the tests than ODI is coming for the World Cup?
03:22 No, absolutely not. The schedule is obviously very busy, like it is for all international
03:27 teams. I think we balance players playing test cricket and playing ODI cricket to try
03:35 and get the best performances that we can do. I don't think there's ever one that gets
03:41 put in front of the other. There is always a balancing act when you have test series
03:46 played so closely to ODI series. So you just try and make the calls as best you can around
03:52 selection and have the team there for that. I don't think that's the case now.
04:01 What are the qualities of Matthew Mott as a head coach? What does he bring? What's his
04:07 style of coaching that perhaps people on the outside haven't necessarily seen?
04:13 First and foremost, I think Mott is a relaxed character. I think he's got a lot of experience
04:20 in lots of different avenues that he can draw on and bring to the table, bring to the party
04:26 when things aren't going well, but equally when they do go well, like they have done
04:33 this time last year. So I think all that experience that he's gained from all around the world
04:40 sets him in good stead to lead this team moving forward.
04:44 Owen Morgan, who obviously knows the set-up, knows the captain, knows the players very
04:48 well, has questioned about whether there's been clarity and consistency in messaging
04:53 from the leadership group. What would be your appraisal of that? Not what he said, but is
05:00 there good clarity in messaging or has it got a bit confused as results have unravelled?
05:06 No, not at all. The messaging is always the same and has been ever since Motty and Jos
05:11 took over. Everybody knows how we like to play as a team. We like to be aggressive,
05:16 we like to be on the front foot and I don't think that messaging has changed and I think
05:20 it is very clear. I've not seen or heard anything to the contrary of that, so no, I
05:28 don't think that's the case at all.
05:35 Carl, obviously this is a tough place to play with conditions sometimes and you've got
05:40 a team full of guys in their 30s. The Australia game I think they ran something like 25 or
05:47 28 twos. Do you feel like the fitness of the players has been something involved in that,
05:52 the commitment in the field, anything like that? Or what's your diagnosis as to how
05:56 they managed to run as many twos as they did? I think it was the most of any team in this
05:59 tournament.
06:01 I think Australia first and foremost are good runners between the wickets. I think we actually
06:06 saved just as many runs possibly in the outfield as they did. I don't log their scores like
06:11 I do with us but we actually dived and stopped very well in that game like we did in India.
06:16 I think India is the highest game I've logged in terms of how many runs we saved. So in
06:22 terms of that I don't think so. Again, it's about executing skill. I think we've done
06:29 that really well over two games. They did get a lot of twos but maybe that's more around
06:34 how Australia ran than anything else I think.
06:39 George and then we'll do one more after that.
06:44 What lessons do you think England can learn from this tournament?
06:47 Sorry, say it again?
06:48 What lessons do you think England can learn?
06:51 Lessons can we learn, sorry. Well like I mentioned earlier I think it's more around actual skill
06:57 execution and those key moments. Throughout the tournament I think it's clear for everybody
07:03 to see that we haven't got those quite right and executed as well as we possibly could
07:08 have done. Actually that's what this team is probably known for over the last five or
07:13 six years. I think that's probably the biggest takeaway for me as a coach.
07:18 Do England necessarily train enough? I'm not saying they don't but there are quite a lot
07:23 of rest days between games and then it tends to be two days out, a real hard session. The
07:29 day before the game is a somewhat lighter session. Is that enough?
07:34 I think the balance between rest and training is always key. I think as a group we like
07:40 to make sure that when the lads turn up they are, every training session is a prop on full
07:45 intensity session. Sometimes if you train all the time then that can take away from
07:51 that a little bit. But I think we've got the balance pretty right.
07:56 Hi Karl, this is the first public press conference since England exited a World Cup that they
08:07 won so gloriously in 2019. First chance to speak to the fans to explain what went wrong
08:13 because people are very interested in that. Why do you think that you were selected as
08:18 the man to front this up and do you have anything to say on that subject? What's your thesis
08:22 as to what went wrong and why in particular have they decided you're the man to explain
08:26 this?
08:27 I'm not quite sure why I'm the man to explain. I think that I'm an assistant coach with the
08:33 England team and I'm more than happy to come out and speak about our campaign so far.
08:40 Could you explain then, what's the four year plan from here to put this right?
08:45 I think first and foremost we have to think about what's coming tomorrow. I think anything
08:49 that comes after that is what comes after that. We need to be thinking about tomorrow,
08:53 we need to be thinking about Pakistan because we've got two very important games in which
08:57 we need to win and win well to qualify for the Champions Trophy which is what we need
09:03 to do. I think like you're asking about after that at the moment I want to concentrate on
09:08 what's in front of us training this afternoon, preparing the lads as well as we can for the
09:13 game tomorrow.
09:14 I was asking more about the immediate past, have you had any idea what's gone wrong here?
09:19 Because that's what people will want to know.
09:21 Yeah sorry, I thought you just asked about a four year plan.
09:23 It normally speaks to what's going wrong, you can deal with both if you like.
09:27 I think, I've spoken and I've said it three or four times now, execution under pressure
09:33 hasn't been what we'd have liked. I think we can talk about anything else you like to
09:40 do but that's what cricket comes down to essentially and we haven't done that as well as we normally
09:45 do.
09:46 And how do you improve execution under pressure?
09:48 Well it comes from lots of things. It comes from first of all doing it in a game, winning
09:52 games of cricket which gives you confidence but then ultimately it comes from your training
09:57 as well which every single one of the players is always trying to put right and this group
10:02 is well renowned for pushing the boundaries of their own game and always looking to improve.
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