00:00Hi, Alyssa. Hard luck on the result.
00:02Just could you talk about the emotions of it all in the last three overs?
00:06What was going through your mind as captain in the context of the game as well?
00:11Oh, I think just disappointed.
00:14I think ultimately we just weren't sharp enough probably today,
00:19probably in all three facets definitely,
00:22to give ourselves the opportunity to win that semi-final.
00:26I think we did pretty well to hang in there.
00:28We created a lot of opportunities and let ourselves down in that regard.
00:31So probably sitting here disappointed,
00:34knowing that we sort of did that to ourselves a little bit,
00:36not taking anything away from the Indian performance.
00:39I thought they played really well.
00:40But yeah, there's a little bit of an element of we let ourselves down a little bit.
00:50Hello, Alyssa.
00:52How do you process a defeat like this?
00:54At the halfway stage, it felt that you had a good score on the board.
00:58It's a semi-final.
00:59You've batted first.
01:00There's crowd and everything.
01:01And it's not a total that gets chased every day in women's cricket.
01:06What was the chat in your dugout at the halfway mark?
01:09And how do you now process this defeat?
01:11Yeah, I think we did really well to get a score like that.
01:17Winning the toss and batting first, I thought we were awesome.
01:19In saying that, I think we could have been a little bit better and got a few more, ironically.
01:23But that's the nature of the game at the moment.
01:25We're playing on good wickets against good sides.
01:27And teams are chasing scores like that down or even setting scores like that more frequently,
01:31which I think is amazing from a more of a context of the entire game,
01:36which I think is really cool.
01:37So, yeah, I think at the halfway mark, we thought we went okay.
01:41We thought we still had a pretty big job to do with the ball.
01:44And ultimately, I just think we dished up a little bit too much junk to hit at times
01:51and also probably just didn't capitalise on the opportunities that we did create.
01:54So, yeah, disappointing.
01:56It sort of feels a little bit un-Australian to be, you know, not as clinical as what we normally are.
02:01Knowing how well we've played this World Cup feels a little bit disappointing sitting here.
02:05We saw some dropped catches today.
02:09Do you think that changed the course of the match?
02:11Was it the semi-final pressure?
02:13It definitely changed the course of the match.
02:15Was it semi-final pressure?
02:17Maybe.
02:17Was it just, you know, concentration?
02:20Was it anything?
02:20I'm not sure.
02:21We can put that down to whatever.
02:23But like I said, on a pretty decent wicket that seemed to be getting better and better to bat on
02:28as the night went on to create those opportunities that we did and not capitalise,
02:31I think was disappointing, yeah.
02:35Hi, Alisa.
02:36Tough luck today.
02:38So, just looking back at the World Cup, you know, you've obviously had your, some of,
02:43like, I think really great moments out there.
02:45And today it was one of those days where you couldn't put things right, I mean, put things
02:50together, I guess.
02:51So, looking back, I mean, what is your biggest takeaway from this particular tournament?
02:59Oh, I think we're playing some unbelievable cricket.
03:01And that's why it doesn't quite feel right sitting here at the losing end, not sort of
03:05getting to the, to Sunday's fixture.
03:08I thought we played really well right throughout this World Cup.
03:10And I simply say that because of the different contributions that we had right throughout.
03:14It wasn't just one person making all the runs or taking all the wickets.
03:17I think the team contributed equally right throughout, which I think, you know, put us
03:21in a really nice place heading into this final series.
03:24So, I think there's some huge positives out of it.
03:27I think this next four-year cycle leading into the next World Cup is going to be really
03:30exciting for our group and potentially see some really cool opportunities for some of
03:35the younger players to get, you know, greater opportunities in this side, which I think is going
03:39to improve the Australian team, which I think is really cool.
03:41So, a lot of positives out of it.
03:43We just weren't able to get the job done tonight, which is disappointing.
03:47Hi, Elisa.
03:49Jemima, I'm sure you'll agree, Jemima played one heck of a knock today.
03:54At what point in the field did you sort of feel the momentum shifted towards India through
04:02the course of her stay on the field?
04:05Yeah, I think oddly, I think we're still in it with, you know, four or five overs to go,
04:09probably five overs to go.
04:10I think we're still in it.
04:11Funny things happen in games of cricket when it gets tight like that.
04:15If you can put enough pressure on an opposition, you know, things can unfold.
04:19So, yeah, it was, she played really well tonight.
04:23Obviously, like I said, we gave her a couple of opportunities, which didn't help us, but
04:27I thought she played really well.
04:28I think her resilience, I think her mental resilience out there to get her team over
04:33the line was exemplary.
04:34So, full credit to her.
04:39Lisha, we'll have a new champion on Sunday, and you will have, you along with England and
04:44New Zealand will have a companion in terms of the title holders for World Cup.
04:47What do you think this new winner can do to World Women's Cricket?
04:52Oh, I think it's really cool, and I think it's probably a showcase of this tournament.
04:59I think I've heard many people say that this is, you know, the closest tournament they've
05:02ever played in when it comes to ODI World Cups, and I tend to agree.
05:06You look at the performances.
05:08Obviously, Rain played a little bit of a part in Colombo, and probably, you know, the bottom
05:13four teams probably suffered a little bit more in that regard.
05:15But I think, you know, there was genuinely eight teams in finals contention, which I
05:19thought was really cool.
05:20Yeah, and I think to see a new winner is going to do wonders for the game.
05:24To see how well it's been supported here in India, first and foremost, I think it's great
05:28for them to be able to have the opportunity to play at home, in front of home fans, in
05:33an ODI World Cup final is going to be really special for them.
05:36So, I hope it does great things for Indian cricket, and likewise for South Africa as well.
05:40I think they've been close in the past.
05:41So, for them to have an opportunity in a final, yeah, it's going to be great to watch.
05:47It's going to hurt a little bit, but it's going to be really great to watch, and hopefully
05:49we see it do great things for the global game and more investment in each of these nations
05:54moving forward.
05:57Alisa, between these two losses in the semi-final, one in 2017 and the one tonight, there was
06:03a 15-match unbeaten run.
06:04If I may say, Australia responded to that loss with a 15-match unbeaten run.
06:08How do you see this group responding from tonight going forward, and in terms of building
06:13to the next World Cup, and also how many seniors, I mean the number of seniors that are around
06:18in this group, what should be the road ahead for them?
06:21You are there, Alisa's there.
06:22Yeah, good question.
06:24I think, first and foremost, I think the opportunity for some of our players to play in a really
06:30high-pressure situation like that is going to do wonders for our group, and I think the
06:34same thing happened in 2017, we reflected on that and thought we could have done things
06:38a little bit better under pressure, and where we can be better at little certain aspects
06:43of our game moving forward, and I think we made that shift moving forward, and we've
06:47seen it over the last cycle doing that, you know, we won in 2022.
06:52So this is just another reignition, I suppose, to our group to say, you know what, we can be
06:57better at little moments of the game.
06:59But I guess for our group to experience that, to be put under pressure, and see how we respond
07:05is going to do great things for us moving forward.
07:07So that's really cool.
07:08I hope we see more one-day cricket on the calendar.
07:11I think that's going to be really important in this cycle.
07:13You know, we see a lot of teams in this World Cup that obviously we're forced to play against
07:18in, you know, the Women's Championship, but I think more bilateral series are going to
07:21be amazing for the global game in that regard, and make sure that these World Cups are highly
07:26competitive.
07:26So that'd be really cool, and obviously the opportunity to see the next generation come
07:31through and play one-day cricket the way that they are, the way that they can, and really
07:35take the game on, which I think we've seen towards the back end of this World Cup.
07:39So I think it's really exciting times for the Women's Game.
07:43Hi.
07:44You've lost, but there's a bright spot in your team in Phoebe Litchfield, the way she batted
07:48a word on her, given the fact that she has these shots in her repertoire that works
07:54in subcontinents, as well as back home in Australia in the bouncy conditions, and almost
07:58seems like, from an Indian point of view, an apt replacement for Meg Lanning being consistent
08:02against India.
08:03What is, like, tell us about the makings of Phoebe Litchfield, if I may.
08:08Yeah, I think she's just a really natural, free-flowing player, and that's been really
08:13great for our power play in one-day cricket, and today she was able to cash in on that
08:17and get herself a score, which I think was really crucial at that point in time.
08:21So, yeah, she's been great, and like I said, I think this is sort of what happens at the
08:25end of a cycle.
08:26We see the next generation come through, and then they play the game slightly differently
08:30to what we did, or we have for long periods of time.
08:34So, yeah, it's really exciting.
08:36She's key in our group, obviously really handy in the field as well, and drives standards
08:40in that regard, so she's a great player in our side, and I'm looking forward to see
08:44what she can do moving forward.
08:47Hi, Arisa.
08:49Again, sorry to take you back to that one partnership between Jemmy and Harman.
08:55Harman has been part of, you know, many, has been like sort of a very vital cog for India
09:02in many knockout games against Australia, and many a times her wicket has been the reason
09:07why, you know, India sort of crumbled towards the end.
09:10But today that did not happen.
09:12Talk us about the frustration of seeing, you know, the same player pulling it off again
09:16and again.
09:17I mean, she pulled it off technically today, but just the frustration of that partnership
09:23when it was building and it built up to be, you know, such a game-changing one.
09:27Yeah, frustration is probably not the right word.
09:30I mean, they're two high-quality cricketers and have been for a long period of time for
09:34India, and we knew that.
09:35It's a good wicket, good batting conditions, and we probably just allowed them into the
09:40game a little bit by not sticking to our strengths with the ball for long enough.
09:44So that was probably the most frustrating part about it.
09:46It wasn't so much that it's them out there doing their thing, because we're used to seeing
09:50that, and we're used to sort of problem-solving and working it out on the field ourselves
09:54to take that wicket and break that partnership.
09:56So, look, kudos to them.
09:58I thought they played really well, and Harmon seems to step up in those big moments when
10:02India need her.
10:03So she's going to have to do it all again on Sunday to get them over the line.
10:07Thanks, everyone.
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