00:01Hello, welcome. We do have Rob Walter, head coach of the New Zealand team.
00:04He's ready to take your questions. Who wants to go first?
00:11Hello. So what's the atmosphere like in the camp after last night?
00:15I mean, obviously pretty chipper.
00:18There was a time in the game where we were sort of well behind it.
00:23And then it took a pretty special partnership at the back end to get us into the game, really.
00:28And, you know, we always talk about momentum, but there was probably a significant momentum shift in the game.
00:34And then I thought the guys bowled exceptionally well and fielded exceptionally well.
00:38So it's hard not to be feeling pretty good after a win like that.
00:43But, you know, it's just one win in the journey and there's a couple more required there.
00:48How much strength does it give you to have seen the first half of your injuries go so badly,
00:54but to know that there's the mental strength and also the skill to turn a match completely around from there?
01:03Yeah, I think throughout the competition there's been, you know, times where we've been under pressure fairly early on in
01:09our innings
01:09and guys have found a way to put a score on the board or to chase down the total.
01:16It's obviously very pleasing when it's the lower order that are able to do that.
01:20When I say lower order, I say it with great respect to the skill set of Mitch and Cole,
01:25who I think show that they are excellent cricketers.
01:29And I think there's a sort of a psychology from a batting unit point of view when you can trust
01:35the middle to lower order
01:36and know that if you do get into trouble, they can pull you out.
01:40Hi, Rob. Do you think it makes a difference even subconsciously that you know you have to win to qualify
01:47or maybe need to win to qualify to guarantee qualification, but England have already wrapped up qualification?
01:52Could that make a difference even at a lower level?
01:57Probably not. I think, you know, sort of history tells you that through the Super 8s, you can't avoid having
02:02to win.
02:03I mean, obviously there's some teams who have already found their way through to the semifinals, England being one of
02:07them.
02:08But for us, we've sort of tried to place an emphasis on every game.
02:11I think that's probably a cliche that all teams use.
02:15It's not doom, or we're not dead if we don't win, but certainly we leave it up to external factors
02:21then and out of our own hands.
02:22So we certainly don't want to be in that position.
02:25But it's really taking care of the sort of ball-by-ball process, really, and hopefully that takes care of
02:30the result.
02:31I don't say you haven't been following it with a microscope or anything like that, but back in the UK,
02:36everyone's talked about Joss Butler and his form, his run of low scores.
02:39Have you been surprised by that?
02:43I mean, I don't think you'd ever doubt the quality of Joss Butler.
02:46He's got enough numbers behind his name to suggest that he's one of England's best white ball batters.
02:53But we know that all batters probably find a space in their career somewhere where there's a lull.
02:59And sometimes it only takes one knock for that to change.
03:02Hopefully that's not tomorrow, by the way.
03:04But no one will ever doubt his qualities, so we won't.
03:09Can I just talk about, lastly, talk about Mitch Santner as a baton force.
03:12We all know how great he is with the ball, how far he's come along in the last few years.
03:16But his baton really seems to have developed as well last night.
03:19And then in the tour of when we were over in New Zealand, last white ball tour in November, I
03:24think it was.
03:24Can you just talk about how much work he's put in and how much of a force he is with
03:28the baton nowadays?
03:29I suppose it's much like everything with Mitch.
03:31It's sort of understated and flies under the radar.
03:34And the next thing you know, he's got four for nothing or scored 70 of nothing.
03:40And that's him.
03:41He's just got a wonderful skill set, but he's understated, doesn't draw any attention to himself, but delivers.
03:48And has, throughout the summer, to be fair, delivered under pressure when the team has been under pressure.
03:54So it's wonderful to have a guy with a skill set.
03:57He's a proper batter.
03:58There's no doubt about that.
03:59If you look at the skill range that he showed the other night and has shown on multiple occasions,
04:06that he's a wonderful batsman.
04:08He's got great power, and he finds it quite effortlessly.
04:11So, yeah, I mean, you know, I've tried to get him to bat higher.
04:15But we do obviously have a strong batting unit.
04:18And also, he's reluctant to replace anyone who feels pretty comfortable where he is, which is great.
04:24Just in terms of the bowling unit, leading up to yesterday's game,
04:28you all were bottom of the table in terms of wickets taken in this World Cup.
04:31I think you all had, like, just 14 wickets across your matches.
04:34Was that a topic of conversation in the build-up?
04:38And if so, what was going to say regarding that?
04:42No, I don't think that was spoken about once.
04:45That's for the press to do, I guess.
04:47At the end of the day, that's the sum of the parts.
04:50You're all there together trying to win a game of cricket.
04:53And in some of those matches where we didn't take a full set of 10 wickets, we still won the
04:57game.
04:58So we managed to restrict.
05:00And in T20 cricket, sometimes restriction is as valuable as wickets.
05:03So from our point of view, it's, you know, taking wickets is just the end process of executing a skill,
05:09isn't it?
05:10So for us, it's about trying to do that.
05:12It's about responding to the conditions, understanding what we need to do as a bowling unit, and then collectively doing
05:19it, really.
05:20And whether that has a team seven down, you know, or all out or two down, if we win the
05:26game, it's irrelevant, really.
05:27And just in terms of problem solving, we saw yesterday how the pitch kind of changed and you all adapted
05:35on the fly.
05:36And obviously, towards the end, you all managed to get a lot of runs.
05:41How confident are you in your site's problem solving skills, considering the different services that you are going to be
05:47up against?
05:48And how important is that, do you reckon, as a T20 unit going forward?
05:54I think if you look historically at the Black Caps, you would probably say that a team that have been
05:59great problem solvers, they are street smart.
06:02They find a way to understand the conditions quickly.
06:05It's certainly something that we pride ourselves on.
06:08And, you know, when you are in the subcontinent and there's different soil types on the same block, you know,
06:14you are faced with different conditions all the time.
06:17And that's the beauty of the game of cricket, isn't it?
06:19It's like nothing's ever the same.
06:20And so, you know, we want to keep being a side that responds quickly.
06:25We can adapt to conditions quickly and find a method, you know.
06:28And that won't change.
06:30That won't change throughout.
06:33Did you, watching this game the other day, what did you, if so, what did you make of Harry Brooks'
06:39innings?
06:39And how does it complicate things that he may or may not come in at three?
06:45Oh, I mean, firstly, it was a wonderful innings.
06:48I think everyone has spoken and written about that.
06:51There's no doubt he's a wonderful player.
06:53Obviously, he scored 100 against us in New Zealand.
06:56So, we're well aware of his quality.
06:59To be honest, where in the order he comes in is probably irrelevant.
07:03You've still got to bolt him, whether it's in the first over or the 15th over.
07:06So, yeah, batting orders can be sort of overstated at times.
07:11And I think whatever decision they make will be ready for him.
07:15And just very quickly, you two sides know each other very well, have played each other very frequently.
07:20England have a lot of New Zealand coaches from New Zealand.
07:24Tim Southey, who was very recently in the New Zealand team, obviously, he didn't make any kind of big difference
07:32in the ODI series in New Zealand in October.
07:35But what kind of advantage might it be?
07:38Might he provide for England in preparing for this match?
07:42I mean, to be honest, I think we've said it a couple of times, in this World Cup, there's not
07:47many secrets left in cricket these days.
07:51Our players are very much part of different leagues around the world.
07:55And there are a lot of English players that are with them.
07:58So, as you said, we've played against each other quite a lot in the most recent past, but also with
08:05each other.
08:05So, I think there's a very strong understanding of what each side will bring.
08:09And the thing that's different is what happens out there, and that's the pitch and the conditions.
08:14And it's the side that sort of responds to that the quickest that probably gets the upper hand if they
08:19execute their skills well.
08:20So, inside Intel, I don't think that's going to be the winning or losing of the game.
08:26Thank you very much.
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