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UAE match closer than we wanted - Wilson

Thursday, February 26 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Amjad Javed of the United Arab Emirates and Ireland's Gary Wilson hold news conferences after a tight Irish win on Wednesday in Brisbane, Australia; Ireland secured a tense two-wicket win against the UAE earlier on Wednesday (25th February) in Pool B of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE (English) Amjad Javed, United Arab Emirates:
    "Definitely, if you are getting some good games against Test playing nations, good exposure, definitely. Then the boys will learn from their mistakes. In a tournament like this, a big tournament, and suddenly you're playing in front of a TV and you're dropping, then all the morale has gone down, and we can't do much to the players, but again, we have to boost the players up. So, Inshallah (God willing), next game you'll see the energy back."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Amjad Javed, United Arab Emirates:
    " I think ICC should see that, that the performance of the associates in this tournament, and then they can decide whatever they want to do. But I think they have to introduce more teams in the World Cup. The teams are not coming straightaway from the World Cup, they are going through a process and then they are qualifying for the tournament. So, I think they should increase the teams."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Wilson, Ireland (on watching Kevin O'Brien);
    "Yeah, a few people have mentioned that to me now. Obviously I've batted a lot with Kev (Kevin O'Brien) over the last 10 years, maybe even longer, probably the last 15 years. Obviously last year at Surrey and then with Ireland. So yeah, I think we dealt with it really nicely. Obviously, I just poked it for one and he hits it out of the grounds. It was great."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Wilson, Ireland:
    "It was obviously closer than we wanted it to be, definitely. But I said earlier that we've been in this position before at a World Cup, big tournament, big stage, and chased down totals before, and I think that really stood us in good stead. We knew that if a couple of us were there until close to the end that we had a pretty good shot at winning."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Wilson, Ireland:
    "UAE have come on pretty strong the last couple years. They've obviously got great facilities over there, as well, and I think they've probably moved as quick as anyone outside the top ten teams in the world."

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