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Australia 'extremely poor' - Clarke

Sunday, March 01 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Australia captain Michael Clarke and New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson react to the Black Caps' thrilling one-wicket win in Pool A of the Cricket World Cup.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Clarke, Australia:

    "We were extremely poor, there is no doubt about that. I think credit needs to go to New Zealand bowlers. They bowled really well. They swung the ball nicely and bowled good areas, but our shot selection was very poor, and I thought our defence more than anything else was an area that was a lot poorer than we would have liked. I think sometimes you can get caught up in 20 Twenty cricket and up with day cricket working on the power side of your game. I don't think we've had too many sessions where we've worked on the side of our innings and defending a brand-new ball or a swinging ball, so that is an area that we can certainly focus on moving forward."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Kane Williamson, New Zealand:

    "Yeah I was looking to hit a boundary, ideally a six but after what Starc did at the other end with a new batsman coming I it was obviously quite tough so trying to get a boundary away was kind of the plan.
    "Like I say it is always tough to play them and great to get a win against the best team and I think the opportunity to play them is always a good one because you learn a lot as well. So that was..yeah that is a big thing for us to beat a team like that and move forward in this competition."

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