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Scotland out to shock 'embarrassing' England

Monday, February 23 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    England batsman Ian Bell and Scotland captain Preston Mommsen look ahead to their Cricket World Cup match in Christchurch.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Bell, England batsman: (on, the England performance against New Zealand).

    "And to go out and play like we did was, I suppose it's already been said, it was embarrassing, and the fact that we have to apologise to people about the cricket is not acceptable. Yeah, it's really disappointing, the fact what we've done, but hopefully the next four games we've got in this group, we can put it right and start playing the kind of cricket that everyone knows we can and we deserve the people to watch us to."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Preston Mommsen, Scotland captain: (on, coming up against England).

    "Yeah, obviously it is a good time to be playing them, but at the same time, we're pretty focused on our own game, and that's been the mindset over the last couple of days."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Bell, England batsman: (on, the style of cricket England want to play).

    "Yeah, we want to play an aggressive brand of cricket, and we've got the talented youngsters and talented players to do it, it's just a matter of -- like I said, it's no good doing it in the nets, we have to take it into the middle and do it there."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Preston Mommsen, Scotland captain: (on, what it would mean for Scottish cricket - to get the win against England).

    "Obviously as a nation we have yet to beat a full member team, and that is something that is a major goal for the current team and something we're working very hard towards. We know that we're not far away from that."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Bell, England batsman: (on, if England think Paul Collingwood will give much away in his work with Scotland as an assistant coach).

    "Obviously Colly is a good guy. He knows his cricket very well. He's a good coach. They've got a good guy there, and it'll be a good challenge. Good to see him tomorrow, but hopefully we can put one over on him."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Preston Mommsen, Scotland captain: (on, having former England One-Day captain Paul Collingwood in the backroom staff).

    "He's been pretty valuable in the input he's given and the insight he's given us into the players. Obviously as you say, he's played with a lot of these guys, he's played against a lot of these guys on the county circuit. He's got a fair bit of knowledge and he's shared that with the group. We'll be fighting for it tomorrow. There's no doubt about that. We want to win this game and hopefully we can put in a huge performance."

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