00:00Go ahead, please. Thank you.
00:02Gus, how tough was that?
00:04Gus.
00:05Oh, sorry.
00:10Shall I leave it there?
00:12You're Josh, aren't you?
00:14Yeah, I'm Josh, yeah.
00:16I'll go this side.
00:18How tough was that today?
00:20You guys were down to three years at a pace attack
00:23and you had a lot of tough work to get through.
00:25Yeah, obviously going through from yesterday,
00:28knowing that we're going to be bowling quite a few overs out there.
00:30Obviously, it was unfortunate to whiz getting injured.
00:34No one likes that happening to any bowler.
00:37But yeah, it was obviously going to be a tough ask for us bowlers,
00:41but I thought we stuck at it very well.
00:43In terms of the target, it's got up pretty high.
00:46What's the general feeling in the dressing room there about what's doable?
00:49Pretty chilled. Not much overthinking about it.
00:53I got asked the same question at Headonley.
00:57So I don't see why not we can't chase down these runs.
01:00Yeah, I mean, how much does that fill you guys with confidence
01:03that you've chased down a 3-7 at Headingley,
01:05that some of the guys in the dressing room would have done it three years ago
01:08against India also?
01:09There's plenty of reasons for optimism if you look for them.
01:12Yeah, I think how we play as a batting unit is obviously very positive
01:16and very exciting.
01:19And yeah, the batting line that we've got, I can't see why we can't give it a good go.
01:23And if I can just ask as well, I know obviously Chris was unable to help you out with the ball
01:28and do his bit there.
01:29Is there any chance whatsoever he's still knocking about?
01:33Can he hold a bat with one hand?
01:35I'm not sure.
01:36Will, please.
01:37Josh, you finished as England's leading wicket-taker in a series
01:42while you're playing three games.
01:43Can I just ask you to assess how you think your series has gone
01:46and do you feel like you've improved throughout the series?
01:49I think a lot of up and downs.
01:51I feel like sometimes I didn't bowl as best as I could,
01:54especially the first day here.
01:56Let's just say I forgot about that first over.
01:58But yeah, obviously very chuffed to get the wickets
02:02and the main thing is getting the wickets for the team
02:04and putting us in good positions to win games of cricket.
02:06Sorry, just to go back to that first over on day one here.
02:08Have you ever had an over like that before?
02:11And especially on such a big stage, how were you feeling at that point?
02:15I don't think I've had anything like that before.
02:18I think there was probably a bit of nerves as well,
02:20obviously missing the last two test matches.
02:23I think it was only my second game here at the Oval as well.
02:27But yeah, I soon forgot about that over and sort of cracked on.
02:32We'll go to Mike, please.
02:34Josh, well done.
02:35You can't have gone through the range of emotions very often
02:40like you would have done on Thursday
02:42where you go from the first over
02:44to producing a couple of absolute jaffers to take wickets,
02:47which were virtually unplayable deliveries.
02:49Have you ever experienced anything like that before?
02:52Obviously, I know when I put the ball in a good area,
02:55I've got a good chance of getting the wicket.
02:57I feel like any of our bowlers are in the same position as well.
03:01But yeah, as soon as I got over that first over
03:05and obviously getting the wicket as well,
03:07obviously helps your confidence.
03:08So yeah, I was happy to get the wicket for the team.
03:11We'll go to the back of the room.
03:13Josh, you bowled on all three days of the test match.
03:16How do you think the surface has progressed over the three days?
03:19I'd say obviously the first two days it did quite a bit from that good length.
03:25I think the heavy roll has probably made a difference in it today.
03:29There was still the odd ball that did a bit for us,
03:32but it was just the hang in there as much as we could.
03:35Bowling a good line in length and hopefully the pitch doing a bit for us.
03:39And obviously tonight as well you saw the odd ball just jumping at a length.
03:45But yeah.
03:46We're going to go to Laurence on our right.
03:48Go ahead.
03:49Hi Josh, how much would you like to go to Australia this winter
03:51and how much do you think your performance over the three tests you've played
03:54will put you in good stead for that?
03:56I'm sort of, I'm just thinking now really.
03:59I'm not thinking ahead.
04:00That's all.
04:01And then last one here at the front, please.
04:03Josh, when Akash Deep came today, he obviously came as a night watchman yesterday
04:12and he kept on going the momentum and he wasn't getting out and you weren't.
04:17What was the conversation between the bowling unit?
04:19Was it frustrating to see a night watchman piling up those runs?
04:23Yeah, it's obviously frustrating.
04:25It's happened to me many a times where we just sort of said as a bowling unit,
04:30just bowl your best ball for as long as you can.
04:32And hopefully they either nick one or you bowl him.
04:35But yeah, obviously you've got a few runs, but yeah.
04:38Okay.
04:39I think we're done.
04:40Perfect.
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