QUOTES by Ricky Ponting
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"We had a few communication mix ups and it cost us. Two of our first three wickets were run outs and we were on the back foot for most of our innings. Sri Lanka played a very good game though - they batted well and put us under pressure."
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"I've been a pretty nervous coming into this game?I've my family up here and a lot of friends here as well to watch, and it always tends to make it a little bit harder for you to do well, but I was just really happy with the way I played."
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"We're just trying to pick the best team for this game, first and foremost, but he's a young bloke who is hopefully going to be around the team for a long time."
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"I don't know what he was trying to achieve out of it, whether he was trying to get under our skin and unsettle us a bit. But when you make statements like he has, then it puts you under a bit more pressure yourself. I guess sitting here right now we've had the last laugh."
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"I am doing the best I can and I am sure the other guys are trying their best as well, we just haven't put it together yet."
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"He has played every match for Australia in all forms of the game for the past 10 months, and we think this is the right time for him to allow his body to rest. These rests have been done before and we have found that when the guys have a chance to have a break, the results indicate that it is good for them."
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"Once I got past about 30 I felt really settled. I've been saying all along I was batting well and a big score wasn't far away."
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"Every player has had an impact at some stage, and it would be hard to leave someone out."
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"He's not as hard on himself as he once was. He's learnt a lot about the way he has to play his cricket to be successful,"
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"I'm really happy with the way things have progressed and improved since we've returned from that tour,"
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"I would hate to think if we lost this series it is only my fault, all coming back to me,"
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"I think, within my mind and even within the selectors' minds, we know what our opening combination is going to be for the World Cup. I think that's been on display a fair bit before the last couple of games."
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"We couldn't risk or afford to have him actually have to face any deliveries in the game. If we needed two to win and he had to go on strike, I would probably have had to declare or do something like that, which would have been pretty hard. As he just said to me then, he wouldn't have spoken to me ever again as long as he was alive. [But] the risk factor there was extremely high."
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"We batted steadily enough to post a good total, and then Brett and the rest of the bowlers did a good job for us."
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"I'm sure the rest of the players sitting here are 100 per cent behind the coach. I'm really happy with the feeling in the group at the moment. I think we all understand the challenge that lies before us and we're all up for it. I'm sure you'll see us play some great cricket."
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"With the amount of fast bowlers we've got in this squad at the moment, we'll look to rest players at different times."
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"He said 'Let them all in', and at the end of that night my wife Daphne and I went up to the committee room and we walked across and raised a glass, because it was one of the great moments in our lives to that time and it remains as such."
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"It was a total we were confident of defending, ... We were in a bit of trouble but Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey played beautifully."
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"To tell you the truth I'm not really sure where Mark's coming from there. It's disappointing to hear those sorts of things."
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"To tell the truth it hasn't been spoken about in any selection meeting that I've had so far,"
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"We played very well this week, and it was a good team performance. But I'm not sure if the West Indies played as well as they can. We probably expected a little bit more."
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"It's been a very good team performance from us, we have looked at lots of areas where we can improve our Test match cricket and we've certainly addressed some of those in this game,"
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"We just want a bit more of a think about it and probably a sleep on it tonight with Bracken (and) MacGill. One of those two guys will play and one won't."
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"I had a bit of luck early on, obviously. I probably should have been caught at third slip on zero ...but there wasn't one there. I was dropped on a pretty easy chance not long after. It was a bit of luck along the way."
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"I had a bit of luck, I should have been caught at third slip when I had two but Graeme (Smith) didn't have a third slip. Then I was dropped on 17 and it was a pretty straightforward catch."
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"I've got no concerns for those two, ... I love having both those guys in the side and I think they'll be around for a bit longer yet."
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"I think listening to him before the game he wanted to be more economical and not go for as many runs which probably meant he wanted to drop his pace,"
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"There's no room in sport for racism whatsoever. The players are all very aware of that, the crowd needs to be aware of that and enjoy the game for what it is."
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"I thought it was an excellent all-round performance tonight. We always try and time our run during these competitions and build our momentum and we're getting better each match."
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"It's a great opportunity for South Australians to get behind this match, the first final we've ever had in Adelaide. I know the South Australian Cricket Association are very keen to make a success of it to prove that the Adelaide Oval is a venue worthy of more international cricket."
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