"It was a total we were confident of defending, ... We were in a bit of trouble but Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey played beautifully."

"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."

"With the amount of fast bowlers we've got in this squad at the moment, we'll look to rest players at different times."

"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."

"We batted steadily enough to post a good total, and then Brett and the rest of the bowlers did a good job for us."

"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."

"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."

"I would hate to think if we lost this series it is only my fault, all coming back to me,"

"I'm really happy with the way things have progressed and improved since we've returned from that tour,"

"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,"

"Every player has had an impact at some stage, and it would be hard to leave someone out."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"It might not be a bad thing for us, to tell the truth,"

"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."

"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."

"The competition we've had here has always been strong. The last series in Australia was particularly intense."

"Bangladesh will take a lot of confidence from their performance in the first test."

"He should be able to take a lot of confidence from that. It was exactly what he needed. The game scenario presented itself beautifully for him."

"Yes, probably right (more relief than joy after you have avoided an embarrassing defeat). It was a very good Test match win."

"He's bowling 150km/h most balls. There's a very small margin for error there."

"There's a tendency for balls to swing around here and hopefully we can take a few early wickets."

"I am totally against drop-in wickets anywhere in the world, it takes all the character away from the grounds,"

"The opening bowlers in particular were fantastic. Brett Lee is a top-class bowler and it's great to have him back in the side, as well as Andrew Symonds. We have some momentum now."

"We have played very good cricket in Australia and we know what we are capable of."

"It does look like a good wicket. I think it'll be a fairly traditional Sydney cricket wicket. It'll be unlikely that we'll make any other changes."

"I'm sure everybody watching had one of the greatest days of their lives. It was a great game of cricket."

"They have played some very good one-day cricket over the last couple of years, probably particularly in South Africa, so they'll be definitely up for it."

"Cricket just takes a back seat, however much time he needs he's got. He's said his intention is to keep playing, but we'll just have to see how things unfold over the next weeks."

"We can go out and play instinctive cricket with the pressure off."

"This Australian cricket team is still the best cricket team in the world and as far as I'm concerned, the best sporting team in the world. For me to be the captain of that side is a great honor and a great thrill."

"We are here to play our best test cricket. Things have been going according to plan for us in the past few weeks and we will try to freshen up and get our focus back."

"It's a bit of a shame not to have Andrew because he's a fairly dynamic player in 20/20 cricket. But there's little point in him playing now and then being forced out in the middle of the one-day series."

"You would have thought over 400 would be enough. But Herschelle and the boys were too good and they deserved their win."

"It's an extremely sad day for Australian cricket."

"The Test cricket we've played over the last few weeks has been of a very high standard."

"He was a fantastic player and leader. His services to cricket have been quite remarkable."

"It's probably the most nerve-racking end to a test match I've played in ... (maybe) any game of cricket I've ever played - tied World Cup semi-finals included."

"To win ? you have to make hundreds in Test cricket, that's what it's all about. They're just not doing that right now. There's no doubt we'll sit down and talk about some of the individuals, but I must admit I'd be surprised if any changes would be made."

"I think we played some very good cricket, there's no doubt about that,"

"He got the biggest response I've ever heard on a cricket ground."

"It's some of the best one-day cricket played in a long time _ no doubt about that,"

"We have 14 players in the squad and a couple of those guys haven't played a lot of cricket, so we'll look at them in tomorrow's game against South Africa."

"The sooner we can get back to playing the cricket we're used to and the cricket we'll be playing going forward the better. I think an agreement will be struck."

"This team has shown it can fight back from adversity."

"Glenn's absence has thrown the attack a bit, but with Brett taking wickets early on with the new ball and Nathan Bracken and Stuart Clark stepping in and stepping up, I couldn't be much happier."

"I'm proud of our ability to turn things around, especially after being below par in the Ashes."