00:00Best way to start is just thoughts, please.
00:04Cricket sucks. That's the number one thought, I think.
00:07Yeah, I think, yes, it was a cracking game.
00:10I actually don't even have many words to describe him.
00:12Just really chuffly got over the line in the end.
00:15Are you guys speaking to KG yet?
00:17No, KG will give him a bit of time, but we'll get our arms around him.
00:21We'll probably get a couple of drinks down him later.
00:24And, yeah, he's one of us, too thick and thin, so he's always going to be there.
00:28Did you think, I mean, do super overs, after that second super over,
00:33did you think that, okay, now they need 24 or four balls,
00:37and then they almost got there?
00:39I mean, yeah, I don't know.
00:41I think, obviously, the anxiety of that, I said to Dave, he was next to me,
00:45I said, come on, two dots, we win this game, wickets,
00:47and then three sixes in a row, you obviously set the cat among the pigeons there.
00:51So we were just standing there saying, surely not, this can't be real.
00:55But, like I say, just over the moon that we managed to get over the line.
01:06Yeah, first of all, thank you very much,
01:07because it's one of the best match we have seen.
01:10Second divide, Maharaj was selected for the final over.
01:13Was there anything been discussed out, and not to go with the...
01:16Why Keshav?
01:18Why Keshav was selected?
01:20I actually was unsure.
01:21I thought KG or Marco was going to go, but it came from Shukri,
01:25so he thinks Kesh should go.
01:28And, yeah, credit to you.
01:30I guess it worked.
01:30It came down to the last wire.
01:33We tried to change it up, I think, bowl slow and wide,
01:35and try to get them to hit over extra cover for six to the big boundary.
01:38That would be the thinking,
01:39which is probably the most difficult shot to do, I think.
01:42So I guess that would have been the plan.
01:45Yeah, just glad, like I say, glad it came off.
01:50Rix, can you just tell us, like, what happens in those times before,
01:53like, the game ends, and then you decide who's going to bat,
01:55and are guys saying, yeah, I want to go, or is it Shukri deciding?
01:59I think it's generally the discussion between, you know,
02:03the death hitters, Dave and Aiden.
02:06You know, Quinny and I and Aiden were kind of, you know,
02:10we weren't options, I suppose,
02:12but, I mean, that's why you've got guys like Miller and Stubbs,
02:14guys that can finish games, that can hit those low-full tosses for six,
02:18and that last shot of Stubbo, that low-full toss for six to take us
02:21to the second over proves exactly why, you know, they're worth their money.
02:24It's incredibly difficult, but the discussion was always our big hitters,
02:28Brevis, Stubbs, Miller were always going to be the three.
02:30If you had to describe the kinds of feelings, you know,
02:33you're watching there, there's nothing you can really do, I suppose,
02:35you know, is it, how would you describe just that whole last bit?
02:38Just anxiety, I think we're standing there,
02:40all of us sitting there upstairs, fingers crossed, like,
02:42come on, guys, come on, guys, just more hope than anything,
02:45but, yeah, like I said, it was an absolute whirlwind of a game.
02:49Yeah, we were all in it, we rode the emotions,
02:52obviously, just like everyone else did,
02:54and it was pretty tough, I will say,
02:56but, yeah, just glad that we got over the line.
03:01Ryan, it must seem like last week that you were out there
03:02sharing a century stand with Quinton, do you even remember it?
03:06I do remember it quite well.
03:08Lovely to bet with Quinny, you know, he's such an ace for us.
03:12Controls the game really well and helped me through that period as well.
03:15I think we're complementing each other quite nicely
03:17when we have a partnership, so, yeah,
03:20hopefully looking forward to spending more time out there with him.
03:22And then, just, what does it do to a team
03:25to come through a hard struggle like that
03:27quite early in a tournament?
03:29It feels like a good thing.
03:30It does, yeah, it gives us a proper wake-up call, you know,
03:32things you can't take for granted.
03:35Afghanistan's a team that's a serious cricket team,
03:37no one ever took them for granted,
03:38but it's just the small things when you have opportunities
03:40to close down games or when you have opportunities
03:43with, you know, the foot on their throats,
03:45you've got to really, you can't let any team back in.
03:47So, it is a bit of a wake-up call, I'd like to think,
03:49just in trying to have that edge, have that sharpness,
03:52and when you get ahead, stay ahead,
03:55and just make sure that you're looking after
03:56those really small things.
03:59Like I said, it can come back to bite you,
04:01so it'd be a nice wake-up call for all of us,
04:04and a lot of things we can get better at.
04:07Just on Quinny, he's so sharp, you know,
04:09and the run-out today was one example.
04:11What have you seen from him in terms of the things
04:14he's been working on and, you know,
04:15and the fielding in general, I suppose,
04:17he's kind of leading the energy there?
04:19Yeah, he just has this aura, I suppose, about him.
04:22You know, he's pulling guys left, right, and centre.
04:24He has a presence.
04:25He doesn't really, you know, make a lot of noise
04:27behind the stumps, but he has a strong presence.
04:30We all know where to, you know,
04:31we all know where our eyes are going between him and Aiden,
04:34but it's just the sharpness of the game,
04:36what he sees from behind the stumps,
04:38the words he gives in the team chats, you know,
04:40when they're drinks or wickets or something like that.
04:42He actually runs a lot more than you think.
04:45Yeah, so he's a complete asset.
04:47He's obviously played a hell of a lot of cricket.
04:48He's seen a lot of things before as well.
04:50So, you know, he'll definitely weigh in
04:52on what needs to be said tonight and tomorrow
04:54and on the reflection of the game.
04:56But he's definitely got that sharpness, that presence.
04:59Yeah, and I think we can all learn a lot from him
05:01just about how in tune he is with the game.
05:10Do you think South Africa's fielding pieces,
05:13those runouts, those couple of catches,
05:16made a little difference in the end, you know?
05:20Yes, fielding always makes a bit of a huge difference, I suppose.
05:24You know, we have, I think we have a really good fielding unit.
05:28We've got guys that catch well, we've got guys that move well.
05:30I mean, that catch off that George took to dismiss,
05:33goodbye, it was a game-changing moment.
05:35And I think the sharpness that we have, you know,
05:37among the ground fielding and in the air as well,
05:40our catching percentages are quite good.
05:43And it's something that we always need to top up with.
05:45Because like you said, the small moments,
05:47Quinny throwing to the other side to get that run out,
05:49again, saves a run in the biggest scheme of things today.
05:52That's a massive, massive win for us.
05:55So it's something that we're always topping up on
05:56and something that we can always, you know,
05:58try to hold on to, especially,
06:00and make sure we get it right in those clutch moments.
06:03Great, thanks very much.
06:05Thanks, guys.
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