Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Dale Steyn at a media talk:
"There were a couple of rained off games, I always find that when rain interferes, anything can happen in a game, when you start shortening it. If you're fighting 20 overs each, it's a fair game. With 9 overs each, it's still fair but it becomes more of a lottery and a team can outplay the other team by marginally doing well.
"We've had a couple of games rained out, on the wrong side of the toss a couple of times with Pindi being one of the highest scoring grounds in the tournament, ideally you'd like to be chasing. A couple of factors didn't go our way. At the end, we're in a situation where we have it in our hands to win one game and we're into the playoffs, so it's a big game for us on Saturday.
"It's been a long time since I came to Pakistan, 2007 was 13 years ago. I took a 5fer on this ground, we won that Test and drew the next one in lahore and won the series. My only trip to Pakistan was a successful one for the Proteas. This time around, it's been a lot of fun, I've enjoyed playing the cricket.
"I think the crowds have been fantastic, we played a well-played game in Lahore when we won and we're hoping to play more of that brand of cricket here in Karachi. If we can do that, it'll be a successful PSL.
"Anytime you're playing, you want to perform and have great results. If I can get a 5fer or 3 or whatever it is, it'd be amazing, to wind the clock back in a sense, when I last played in Karachi. That's every game's goal.
"I've enjoyed working with the young bowlers, they're full of enthusiam. They've spent some time with the greats of the game, Wasim and Waqar and they talk highly of them.
"I think there's so much talent, Pakistan has a rich history of great fast-bowlers. I don't want to come here and reinvent the wheel for these youngsters, I just want to share my experiences and if there's something they can take out of that and learn from it, bonus. If not, it's not a problem.
"At the end of the day, I also want to learn since these guys have been playing here all the time and I haven't been here in 13 years, so I want to learn as quickly as possible so I can do well. It's a good, sharing environment.
"For me, it's all about 20/20 right now. A couple of months ago, I didn't see myself going to the World Cup. Then I had a good conversation with Mark and Quinton and that's the goal, to put myself up there and fight for a place for the World Cup. This year, it's all about 20/20. Even though I've played 200 games, you just want to get into T20 form. I'm not playing Test cricket, I won't be playing much ODI cricket so I just need to focus on 4 overs, my strengths and hopefully take that into the World Cup in October.
"The security has been great, I haven't had any issues. There's not much we can really do, in the sense we're not leaving the hotel much. I think that's a good thing, I don't want to be that player - I love going out and being adventurous - I don't want to be the person to blame if something happens and future tours are cancelled because of my ignorance, because I wanted to go and do something. We follow the rules and do what we're allowed to do. I think it's been fine so far, we've had a good time."
"There were a couple of rained off games, I always find that when rain interferes, anything can happen in a game, when you start shortening it. If you're fighting 20 overs each, it's a fair game. With 9 overs each, it's still fair but it becomes more of a lottery and a team can outplay the other team by marginally doing well.
"We've had a couple of games rained out, on the wrong side of the toss a couple of times with Pindi being one of the highest scoring grounds in the tournament, ideally you'd like to be chasing. A couple of factors didn't go our way. At the end, we're in a situation where we have it in our hands to win one game and we're into the playoffs, so it's a big game for us on Saturday.
"It's been a long time since I came to Pakistan, 2007 was 13 years ago. I took a 5fer on this ground, we won that Test and drew the next one in lahore and won the series. My only trip to Pakistan was a successful one for the Proteas. This time around, it's been a lot of fun, I've enjoyed playing the cricket.
"I think the crowds have been fantastic, we played a well-played game in Lahore when we won and we're hoping to play more of that brand of cricket here in Karachi. If we can do that, it'll be a successful PSL.
"Anytime you're playing, you want to perform and have great results. If I can get a 5fer or 3 or whatever it is, it'd be amazing, to wind the clock back in a sense, when I last played in Karachi. That's every game's goal.
"I've enjoyed working with the young bowlers, they're full of enthusiam. They've spent some time with the greats of the game, Wasim and Waqar and they talk highly of them.
"I think there's so much talent, Pakistan has a rich history of great fast-bowlers. I don't want to come here and reinvent the wheel for these youngsters, I just want to share my experiences and if there's something they can take out of that and learn from it, bonus. If not, it's not a problem.
"At the end of the day, I also want to learn since these guys have been playing here all the time and I haven't been here in 13 years, so I want to learn as quickly as possible so I can do well. It's a good, sharing environment.
"For me, it's all about 20/20 right now. A couple of months ago, I didn't see myself going to the World Cup. Then I had a good conversation with Mark and Quinton and that's the goal, to put myself up there and fight for a place for the World Cup. This year, it's all about 20/20. Even though I've played 200 games, you just want to get into T20 form. I'm not playing Test cricket, I won't be playing much ODI cricket so I just need to focus on 4 overs, my strengths and hopefully take that into the World Cup in October.
"The security has been great, I haven't had any issues. There's not much we can really do, in the sense we're not leaving the hotel much. I think that's a good thing, I don't want to be that player - I love going out and being adventurous - I don't want to be the person to blame if something happens and future tours are cancelled because of my ignorance, because I wanted to go and do something. We follow the rules and do what we're allowed to do. I think it's been fine so far, we've had a good time."
