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Mark Butcher, the Surrey captain, has extended his contract with the club to keep him at The Oval until at least the end of the 2008 season.”Securing Mark’s services until the end of 2008 is great news for the club,” said Alan Butcher, Mark’s father and Surrey’s cricket manager. “Having his leadership is a huge bonus as he is very well respected by all of the squad, not to mention his invaluable contributions with the bat.” Butcher was instrumental in leading Surrey back into Division One of the Championship last season, scoring 1418 runs at 59.08.In addition to Butcher, Surrey also extended the contracts of Neil Sake, Jade Dernbach, Richard Clinton and Stewart Walters.

The Jamaica Cricket Association is holding its hands over committing to the Stanford 2020 competition and the proposed US$280,000 to be allocated to each territorial board. However, the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (T&TCB) has no such qualms and they are moving ahead.”We will welcome any funding for development,” T&TCB general secretary Forbes Persaud said yesterday following a meeting between board officials and chairman of the 2020 organising committee, former West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts, at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain, Couva.Roberts was in Trinidad as part of the series of visits through the islands by members of the 2020 board of directors-comprising 14 West Indies cricket legends-to assess the facilities and appraise the regional boards about the tournament and to discuss the disbursement of funds. However, Roberts’ visit coincided with a media release on Monday by the West Indies Cricket Board which issued a caution about the tournament, the brainchild of Antigua-based American businessman Allen Stanford.”The generous offer of assistance, which is proposed, is to be welcomed,” the WICB statement said in part. “But if it is Mr. Stanford’s desire to genuinely assist in the development of cricket, we would expect this to be progressed in conjunction with existing Caribbean initiatives, which are well advanced….”Visits to our respective territories have been made by envoys of Mr Stanford and we have indicated general interest in his proposal to offer funding. But we have made it clear that we expect these arrangements to be pursued through our collective participation at the level of the West Indies Cricket Board. Anything else would suggest an attempt to create duplication and division within West Indies cricket, which we do not believe is Mr Stanford’s intention.” The statement was signed by the six territorial boards, including the T&TCB. And in a Caribbean Media Coporation (CMC) report yesterday, JCA president Jackie Hendriks said his board, also one of the signatories to the statement, supported the board’s position. He added that Jamaica would adopt a wait and see approach.”Speaking for Jamaica, certainly when we heard about it we were asked to send some of our programmes to them which we did but we made it very clear that we could do nothing until the West Indies Cricket Board sanctioned the whole initiative and this is so up to now,” Hendriks said. “My understanding is that efforts have been made by the president of the West Indies Board [Ken Gordon] to get in touch with Mr Stanford without any success so therefore we are waiting to see exactly the outcome of any discussions between the West Indies Board and Mr Stanford.”However, yesterday, the T&TCB adopted a slightly different position. “After the meeting today, we have a clear picture as to what the whole thing is all about,” said Persaud, who along with second vice-president Azim Bassarath and T&T senior team manager and T&TCB executive member Omar Khan held talks with Roberts. Board president Deryck Murray is out of the country. The WICB did say they have an interest in the whole project. (So) at this stage we will be putting forward our proposals to the organisers by the end of the week with respect to how we would be using the funds.”Under the Stanford proposal, US$100,000 is to be used to develop cricketing infrastructure, while the remaining US$180,000 is to go towards player development and team preparation for next year’s 2020 series.The cash-strapped T&TCB currently has a bank overdraft of $279,000 and a debt to the WICB of $1.5m which was a loan to help with the construction of the National Cricket Centre.

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ScorecardShikhar Dhawan, who turned 19 a week ago, struck an unbeaten 121 to guide Delhi to 205 for 4 at the Jamia Millia Cricket Ground in New Delhi. His maiden hundred contained 10 fours and two sixes, and held the Delhi innings together. However, the batsmen maintained a dour rate of scoring: Aakash Chopra’s 15 came in 95 minutes, while Abhinav Bali required 186 balls for his 43. Sunil Joshi was Karnataka’s most successful bowler, taking 3 for 48. He created a flutter by dismissing Mithun Manhas and Sarandeep Singh in the space of three balls towards the end of the day.
ScorecardParthiv Patel’s 87 off 221 balls was the saving grace for Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium today as Ramesh Powar bundled out half the side to end with 5 for 66. He took over after Usman Malvi, a right-arm seamer, had dismissed both openers with only 21 on the board. Parthiv shared useful partnerships with Niraj Patel and Kirat Damani, but the rest of the support cast did not stay long enough. Gujarat survived the whole day and ended with 210 for 8, but it was Mumbai’s day all the way.
ScorecardAmit Pagnis (93) narrowly missed out on a hundred, but with Sanjay Bangar (63), he did enough to put Railways in a commanding position. Their opening stand of 163 took the team to 255 for 5, and helped later batsmen ride over a three-wicket burst by Yogesh Golwalkar that gave Madhya Pradesh some hope in Indore.
ScorecardAndhra Pradesh pressed ten bowlers into action and had something to show for it as they restricted Bengal to 206 for 6 at Visakhapatnam. After Arindam Das (59) and Deep Dasgupta (48) put on 82 for the first wicket, Bengal lost the plot quickly and found themselves at 133 for 5. Laxmi Ratan Shukla steadied the innings with an unbeaten 51 to frustrate Andhra in the final session.
ScorecardHyderabad reached 236 for 8 primarily due to the efforts of Vinay Kumar (66) and Arjun Yadav (55), who put on 91 for the fifth wicket after Uttar Pradesh had reduced them to 82 for 4 at the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad. Shalabh Srivastava claimed 3 for 63 while Praveen Gupta ended with 3 for 40 – all middle-order victims.
ScorecardVikram Singh struck with the sixth ball of the morning to remove Sivaramakrishnan Vidyut, and Tamil Nadu struggled after that, ending the day on 191 for 7 against Punjab at Chennai. Singh and Amit Uniyal did most of the damage, taking three wickets each. Tamil Nadu were reduced to 100 for 7, but Kuthethurshri Vasudevdas (59 not out) and Mumbai Srinivas (36 not out) put on 91 runs to avert immediate disaster.
ScorecardIqbal Siddiqui ran through Assam at Aurangabad, claiming 5 for 68 in 22 overs to bundle them out for 201. Maharashtra reached 22 for 0 by the day’s end, still 179 runs behind. At one stage, Assam were 27 for 5 and then 40 for 6, before fighting efforts from the lower order, led by Gokul Sharma, who made 77 in only his second game, took them to respectability.

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Division One TableKent 384 for 4 (Smith 203, Walker 92*) v Lancashire
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Ed Smith continued his hot streak of form for Kent with his third Championship century in a row, as he became the first batsman to pass 1000 runs for the season. Smith took only 114 balls to reach three figures, while his double-hundred came off 255 deliveries. His 196-run third-wicket partnership with Matthew Walker (92 not out) ensured that Kent ended the first day on top. Lancashire were without England’s Andrew Flintoff and James Anderson, and their attack melted in the Stanley Park sun. Eight bowlers in all were used with Carl Hooper wheeling through 37 overs to finish with 2 for 104, while the former England legspinning hope Chris Schofield had a nightmare spell, throwing down a host of looping full tosses and long-hops.Warwickshire 315 for 7 (Brown 113, Frost 84) v Middlesex
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An enterprising 209-run stand for the sixth wicket between Tony Frost (84) and Dougie Brown (113) rescued Warwickshire from a perilous 100 for 5 at Southgate. Middlesex struck back in the closing stages, dismissing both Brown and Frost with the total on 309, but Warwickshire ended the first day at a relatively safe 315 for 7 with honours just about even.Sussex 51 for 0 v Leicestershire 320 (DeFreitas 103, Mushtaq Ahmed 5-93)
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Phil DeFreitas scored a 116-ball hundred to lift Leicestershire to 320, after they had slumped to 127 for 5. It was DeFreitas’s tenth first-class century and he added 96 for the seventh wicket with Jeremy Snape (36) and 69 with Charlie Dagnall (15 not out) for the ninth. For Sussex, Mushtaq Ahmed continued to weave his magic as he wrecked Leicestershire’s middle order with 5 for 93, and poor old DeFreitas was wrecked too as he had to take time out to recover when Sussex began their reply.Frizzell County Championship Division Two
Division Two TableYorkshire 340 for 6 (McGrath 86, White 82*) v Durham
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Anthony McGrath enjoyed his return to county cricket with 86, as Yorkshire ended the first day on a comfortable 340 for 6. Steve Harmison did the early damage with the ball, dismissing both Yorkshire openers cheaply, but McGrath began the recovery which was carried forward by an undefeated 143-run stand between Craig White (82 not out) and Andrew Gray (60 not out). Shoaib Akhtar, however, had a quiet day as he finished wicketless from his 14 overs.Glamorgan 436 for 9 (Maynard 129, Dale 123) v Hampshire
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Adrian Dale (123) and Matthew Maynard (129) both scored centuries against a Hampshire attack sorely missing Wasim Akram. They were also without their senior spinner, Shaun Udal, and had to draft in Richard Hindley, an offspinner from a local league club. Hindley finished with 0 for 46 from 9 overs as all the bowlers struggled to keep the Glamorgan under control. Dale and Maynard led the way and shared a partnership of 129 for the fourth wicket as Glamorgan raced along at more than four an over and brought up the highest total of the season at The Rose Bowl.Worcestershire 155 for 6 v Derbyshire 163 (Mason 5-43)
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Sixteen wickets tumbled in 101 overs of play as Derbyshire hit back after being bowled out for a paltry 163. Mohammad Kaif top-scored for Derbyshire with 31, but Michael Mason’s 5 for 43 gave Worcestershire the early advantage after they had lost the toss. By close of play, Dominic Cork had dismissed Worcestershire’s top three, and with Graeme Welch chipping in with a couple of wickets, Derbyshire were back in the game.

It might be thought that a trip to Zimbabwe is exactly what the beleagueredEngland one-day squad needs to get back to winning ways. They have notenjoyed a very successful time of late, finding themselves at what they hopewill be the end of an eleven-match losing run. However, when you takeEngland’s record against Zimbabwe into account, they might not be able tojustify any inherent optimism.The overall record, going back to 1991/2 at a time when Zimbabwe had yet toattain Test status, is played 16, won 9, lost 7. However, that tally isboosted by three wins in the NatWest Series in England in the summer of2000. Outside England, the record tilts six-five in favour of Zimbabwe.That includes the infamous first meeting in Albury in the 1991/92 World Cupin Australia when, in one of the great upsets in the limited-overs game,minnows Zimbabwe managed to overcome the eventual finalists by 9 runs. Thepattern was to be repeated for some time, as in the first six meetingsbetween the sides going through until 1996/97, England won only won match.That was at Brisbane in 1994/95 in the Benson and Hedges World Series event.Even when it comes to margins of victory, Zimbabwe hold the statisticalupper hand. To their credit they have wins by 131 runs in Harare in 1996/97and by 104 runs in Cape Town three years later. England’s biggest margin ofvictory is 85 runs on the last occasion the teams met in Harare a couple ofwinters ago.That 1996/97 series marked one of the worst tours England have ever had. Notonly did they lose the one-day series three-nil, but they could only drawthe Test series when neither side could force a win. England might have comeclosest to achieving a result, but their hosts were not over-impressed withthe reaction of coach David Lloyd. His “we flippin’ murdered ’em” commentmust go down as one of the most insensitive of all time and did nothing toendear an already discredited touring party to the locals.So why is it going to be different for England this time around? The fact isthat in recent times they have enjoyed much the better of the exchanges.Only one defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe in the last eight meetings sayssomething about the way the balance of power has shifted.Despite the run of poor form since meeting Zimababwe last time, England willbe expecting to maintain their sequence against the host country. There areserious problems facing Zimbabwe at home, to the extent that a number ofM.P.s have suggested that the tour should not go ahead. It nearly did not.It was only lengthy negotiations between the ECB and ZCU that securedaccreditation for all members of the British media party that allowed thetour to go ahead.On the field, too, Zimbabwe have had problems. They were thrashed by SouthAfrica in the first ODI last weekend, and despite the enduring excellence ofAndy Flower’s batting and other useful performers in the Zimbabwean line-up,there is not the same threat as there was. Take out top performers likeMurray Goodwin and Neil Johnson, both of whom have retired frominternational cricket, and the lack of depth in the game becomes all tooevident. Having said that, there are few occasions on which any Zimbabweanteam has not given of its all, and the sight of the three lions of Englanddoes seem to enliven them.England are trying to realign their strategy and team composition when timeto do so before the 2003 World Cup is running out. There are new faces inthe English squad, familiar faces, and recalled faces. What England aretrying to do is find a balance that will allow them to compete with the bestin the world. They singularly failed to do so last summer.Certainly this team looks sharper in the field than some put out recently.If the standards can be maintained, if runs can be scored at a decent rateand if the bowlers can find a line and length that does not allow oppositionbatsmen free hits every over, there is no reason why England should not makedefinite progress towards achieving their aim.It says something for the attitude of all concerned that the need for actionwas appreciated. It is one thing to bemoan poor performances but quiteanother to do something about reversing the situation. It would have beenall too easy to point to a busy winter involving tours to India and NewZealand and concentrate on an improving Test record. That has not happened,and even if the likes of Australia, South Africa and Pakistan are way out infront of England in the race for World Cup honours. England have not givenup yet. The tortoise might yet give the hares a run for their money.

Australia A bowled out South Africa A for 171, but there was no fearsome fast-bowling display nor were the spinners particularly spiteful. It simply looked like a decent bowling attack keeping to their disciplines and waiting for the opposition to make mistakes.And there were plenty of those. Dean Elgar and Reeza Hendricks, the set batsmen, holed out in the deep on 28 and 43 respectively. Cody Chetty charged at the 20th ball he faced and dragged it onto his stumps. Theunis de Bruyn pushed a half-hearted drive straight to short cover and Dane Vilas was strangled down the leg side. Five of the top-six batsmen contributed to their own dismissals and left the team at 141 for 5.”We didn’t do anything special with the ball,” Australia A captain Usman Khawaja said. “We bowled straight, guys hit a good length. In all honesty, and I’m not trying to sledge South Africa, but they just didn’t play up to their best. They didn’t play very well today and we played well enough to be all over them and use that momentum to get wickets nice and quick.”Their middle order sort of let them down a little bit today, that was probably the only difference.” Evidence of that is in the fact that there were five single-digit partnerships and only one that went past 29.Hendricks, who was South Africa A’s top-scorer with 43, admitted they did not cope with a slow and low pitch. Seven of the XI were playing competitive cricket for the first time since March, Lonwabo Tsotsobe’s absence stretches to last December and although Vilas made his Test debut last week, he did not get to bat.”I think we didn’t execute well today and it just didn’t come off for us. Obviously, we tried to get the runs because we were bogged down which led to false shots which obviously got us out caught.”We are not used to this back home where pitches have more bounce and are quicker. But here it’s a bit slow, and a bit lower. Just a few things we need to adapt to [in our games]. Playing the ball late, it is turning more than it does back home as well.”But now we know what it’s all about. We’ve experienced it today and so come Sunday and the next games, hopefully we can do well. “Creating that kind of pressure and lulling batsmen into false shots, though, is only possible if bowlers keep to their disciplines. And Australia A did. All five used went at under 4.50 an over and legspinner Cameron Boyce was especially good at shifting the momentum back to Australia A after a 73-run opening stand.He dismissed a solid-looking Elgar with lack of pace and loopy flight. The batsman was looking for an easy single with a chip over short midwicket and instead found himself playing too early and lobbing a catch to long-on rushing in. Boyce was introduced in the 11th over when South Africa A were 47 for 0, bowled his full quota in one spell and by the time it was done in the 29th, the score had barely snailed past 100.”The reason I gave him 10 overs was he was just bowling so well and I just said keep bowling,” Khawaja said. “Hopefully he’ll take wickets, legspinners usually take wickets more times than not so I just kept him going. And [Ashton] Agar at the other end was bowling really well too. And then the quicks came on and it was reversing a little bit. Just all in all, it was a very good bowling performance.”So why couldn’t South Africa A reciprocate the template when they bowled? The simple answer was that Khawaja and his opening partner Joe Burns adapted to conditions a lot better. They put on 142 without breaking a sweat. In the 14th over, when legspinner Eddie Leie was introduced, Australia A were 76 for 0 and the required rate was 2.59.”By the time [Eddie] Leie came on and Dean [Elgar] bowled, the game was just about over anyway,” Khawaja said.

The Trinidad board have announced plans to install floodlights at the National Cricket Centre by next year April.”We have got approval from the ministry of Public Utilities and lights will be installed soon at the ground,” Forbes Persaud, the board’s chief executive, told CMC Sports. “They have already erected the posts to accommodate the lights and I am sure as soon as the elections are over, things will be put in place to have the lights installed at Balmain.”There are also plans to erect a multi-purpose pavilion at the ground with a seating capacity of 3000.Persaud added that the board had been able to acquire 17 acres of state land, south of the NCC and construction work will begin there. He said a huge car park, as well as other recreational facilities, are planned for the area.”We also intend to assist the national senior team in every way possible -so that they could continue their winning ways,” Persaud said. “On Monday, myself and Deryck Murray [president] will meet with the management of the national senior team, Omar Khan, Daren Ganga and David Williams to discuss what is the best possible approach to take, as far as planning for the retention of the Carib Beer title in concerned.”

Five doves flew to freedom, colourful balloons floated in the air, and a thunderous applause went around the arena as the picturesque Gangothri Glades in Mysore hosted its first Ranji Trophy match. Two of the doves were released very gently by two legends from Karnataka, one who’d made a name with his caressed drives and the other who is one of India’s finest spin bowlers. Brijesh Patel and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar.The Ranji Trophy returned to Mysore after an 18-year hiatus; though a Ranji match was played last year here, at the Infosys campus, it was organised entirely by Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and no local hand was involved. This time, the local crew ran the show completely. Balachander, the local convenor was a proud man and for a reason other than the obvious: His father, K Sethuraman, was the convener in 1988 when Karnataka last played here.”You can’t find a better venue”, Patel said, and it’s tough to dispute that sentiment. The Chamundi Hills provide an idyllic backdrop, the Kukkarahalli Lake just a big-hit away and the ground itself has lovely trees ringing the boundary.It’s the perfect argument for cricket in India moving to smaller centres – a policy, Patel pointed out, that Karnataka had long followed. “In the ’70s and ’80s we played all over Karnataka. That’s when stadiums came up in all the districts. Now, though, many have athletic tracks so they can’t be used for cricket. Mysore is well suited and we have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mysore University for 20 years. We spent Rs 3,500,000 [US$ 80,000 approx] to build the pavilion and open stands for the crowds to come in and enjoy a good game.”There’s an element of charm when cricket is staged at smaller venues. “I have always loved playing in the smaller towns, because there is more enthusiasm,” Patel agreed. “When Rahul Dravid scored a double-hundred in Bangalore, there were only 10 guys watching the game. Here you can see the crowd watching some good cricketers. There is tremendous enthusiasm in Mysore and we have to tap that.”Chandrasekhar, quiet and shy as ever, also showed he’d lost none of his trademark wit. “I last came here during a women’s cricket tournament and this venue has only grown more charming.” The thought of a big six stirred his curiosity. “Will the ball return if it flies over this ground surrounded by hills and lake?” Balachander’s solution: “No problem. There are open spaces around but we have a bunch of volunteers to do the job!Balachander’s efforts weren’t restricted to the ground structures – the right authorities were approached to give schools a day off, which they agreed to. That explained the hundreds of enthusiastic school kids who cheered every four and every negated appeal with a huge roar.

The only concern for the authorities was the newly-laid pitch, which they’ve handed to Ravindra, a former state cricketer. “This is a good result-oriented wicket,” said Ravindra. “I have worked on it for nearly two months and I am confident it will last five days.” Bharat Chipli, Karnataka’s No 3 batsman who got for a first-ball duck, couldn’t offer first-hand experience of the track but added: “The ball stops a bit on some patches, but there is good bounce and carry overall. The players are happy.”So were the crowd, whose pre-match entertainment included the song , in praise of the goddess Chamundeswari, who slayed the demon king Mahishasura (after whom Mysore is named). The song was composed by Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, the last king of Mysore – and his main cricket connection is that when EAS Prasanna was picked for the Indian team, and his father was reluctant to send him, the king cajoled him into changing his decision.That wasn’t the only song today. The first ball from Joginder Sharma landed on a length, Robin Uthappa leaned forward, covered his stumps before shouldering arms, and Mahesh Rawat collected the ball behind the stumps. Chandrasekhar leant back in his seat and hummed a famous Mukesh number.

West Indies experienced a day of bowling improvement before being let down again by their batsmen, but Fidel Edwards still wants the attack to provide greater back-up to the No.1 Corey Collymore. Collymore has given the opposition most trouble during the series with his economical returns, including 2 for 54 in the first innings when he finally received useful assistance from Edwards, Powell and Bravo.Australia began the day with a lead of 107 but lost six wickets in the first session and a total of 9 for 150. “I think I’ve given Corey a little bit of support but we need to give him a lot more,” Edwards, who took 3 for 116 today, said. “Getting nine wickets today was a good comeback and hopefully things will get better.”West Indies, who finished the day at 4 for 82, need 175 runs to force Australia into a second innings and Edwards was confident they would achieve the target despite having a lower-order struggling to contribute. “We’ve started behind the eight ball and hopefully we can bat through tomorrow and make them bat again,” he said. “The tail hasn’t been batting that well but hopefully we can stick around and get some partnerships. We’ve been doing more work at training on our batting than our bowling.”Brad Hodge has showed that patient practice can pay off as he produced a smooth debut that was boosted by advice from Dean Jones, who was Victoria’s No.3 when he made his debut as an 18-year-old, and Steve Waugh. Jones wanted to make sure Hodge focused on watching the ball hard and remembered to breathe and relax.”They sound like pretty simple things but you can sometimes forget them in a state of arousal,” he said. “Stephen said to back yourself because what you’ve done in the level below will stand you in good stead for this level.”Hodge, who has been a member of tours to India, New Zealand and England without playing a match, said he was nervous, but he didn’t show it once he took a first-ball single to cover. “I knew I’d get the opportunity and I wanted to enjoy it,” he said. “I hit a cover-drive when I was 10 or 11 and it was a relief to feel the ball on the bat and hear the cheer of the crowd. That relaxed me a lot.”He looked calm throughout his innings, despite being part of a “terrible” run-out that cost Andrew Symonds his wicket, and brought up his half-century from 83 balls with a glide to third-man. “Not too many people expect a helluva lot from your first game so 60 is a real nice score and I felt nice at the crease,” he said. “You can get carried away with your debut and now I can just look to enjoy the next game.”Hodge was disappointed to be given out lbw to Collymore and felt he might have edged the ball as it hit the pad. “Maybe it was just because I was out,” he said. “I felt like I could have made a hundred.”

Ricky Ponting was particularly happy with his bowlers during the two-Test series but was disappointed with the analysis of his declaration in the second innings at Adelaide.Ricky PontingOn the series win
We played some great Test cricket over the past two weeks. The way we started with the bat was outstanding here and we’ve done everything to ensure a win.On batting on for the declaration
It was deliberate. We wanted to keep them in the field as long as we could and keep them out of the game so they had no momentum whatsoever in their second innings. We worked things out really well and came away with another win.On the edginess of crowd as the declaration approached
I was out there copping most of it, but you’ve got to do certain things. It’s not the way I play my cricket most of the time, but it was the way we discussed it and there are different times when individual players are asked to do things different.On the criticism of the decision
I can understand the crowd, but I’m disappointed when I read about it because we’ve entertained a lot better than any other side in the history of the game. One two-hour period of the game and it’s all over the papers. We achieved what we wanted to achieve.On the bowlers
This group of bowlers is something very special and the way we were able to build and maintain pressure was something very special. They did a fantastic job. The batting was pretty relentless – to bat first and post that score meant New Zealand were never in the game.On where to next
We have to keep trying to improve, but for this team there are no boundaries and no limits.On not being challenged enough
We were challenged in the first two days at Brisbane and turned things around and had things pretty much our way here. Pakistan are a different side to New Zealand and they are another challenge for us.On rotating bowlers during the one-day series
We’ll rest a couple of them if we feel they need it. We hope to give the guys who have done a lot of bowling an opportunity to have a few days away from the game. Brett [Lee] will probably get a chance in a few of those games.Glenn McGrathOn the decision not to enforce the follow-on
You’ve got to look at the context of the game. It was pretty warm the first three days. All the bowlers were looking forward to a break for one, two or three sessions. Looking at the bowlers it was a good decision and we came out with early wickets.On bowlers being rotated for the one-dayers
With the amount of cricket coming up I think they should. I’m just a small fish in a big pool of cricket so I’ll just do what I’m told. If there’s an opportunity there it will be fine.