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de Villiers : "It was a close series"

Tuesday, February 16 2016 by SNTV
  • South Africa captain AB de Villiers reflects on his sides 3-2 one day series win over England.

    SOUNDBITE: (English) AB de Villiers, South Africa captain

    "Yes I think the belief was still there. After the first two ODI's we didn't feel that we were that far off the ball and if things happened differently, we could have won the first two ODI's, that's what I felt. But we still had to come back from a very very difficult position. We had something nice going on there at Supersport Park and that's where things turned around for us."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) AB de Villiers, South Africa captain

    "Yes it was a close series and credit to England for really playing good cricket and I think that they had us under pressure for all five games so they are a really good side and a side to watch out for over the next few years."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) AB de Villiers, South Africa captain

    "To keep believing. To keep that hunger that we showed in Supersport Park. I said exactly what I said now. We didn't lose the belief and I asked the guys to keep their spirits up and (said) that we weren't that far off the ball. Even though we were in a really dark place being two nil down I just asked the guys to keep believing and to really have that faith that we can come back in the series and to take it one step at a time. So I'm just really saying the things that I have said before in the press conferences, but I am just saying the things that I said to the team. I showed a couple of inspirational videos here and there just to keep their spirits up and other than that, we just really tried to focus on the basics and to do the small things right and well which I feel we did most of the time in the last three ODI's and just created more pressure than England and yes, things went our way."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) AB de Villiers, South Africa captain

    "I know. It helps a lot. I still like to think that we haven't moved away from that seven batsman option. It's always something to look at in different situations, different series that you play against different opposition. So we haven't thrown that out the window but David (Wiese) and Chris (Morris) definitely brought a different dynamic and change was needed after the first two ODI's. They really breathed a fresh air of confidence into the side. It was just phenomenal and Chris obviously in the last game and David in this game, they had some really consistent performances in all three of the ODI's."

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