Ashley Giles Quotes

It is not a comfort zone as Chris Read and Graham Thorpe discovered, players do get dropped. But rookies get a run first and changes are usually made with a view to the long term. The team have thus been able to grow together and bond. The side Giles came into was a wary one with some players playing primarily for themselves, an inevitable consequence of chop-and-change team selection. Now they are a team. It's a completely different atmosphere to '98, ... It's much more professional and we are much more together. I found it quite tricky in '98. No disrespect to anyone in that side, because players made me feel welcome, but it was very disjointed. Now we are basically another county team. We know each other that well. We've played that much cricket together.

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It's one of those ones you want to bowl every ball. I think I bowled a couple last year that were pretty good at tricky times.

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Naturally I'm very disappointed. But a tight time line became even tighter once the surgeon discovered more damage than was expected and to be back bowling 10 weeks after the operation was probably always likely to be optimistic.

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All sorts of thoughts go through your head, 'this can't be happening to us, we don't deserve this' but Hoggy held his nerve and when you are out there you do feel you are in control.

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It's a lot worse sitting in the dressing room than it is out in the middle. Once you're out there you feel you're a little bit in control of the situation but if Shane Warne's bowling like that it's a little bit tricky.

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Continuity of selection helps, ... You don't want to be going out there thinking, 'This could be your last game, if you don't get a wicket you're out'. In the last 12 to 18 months this team has done some special things because we've been consistent in selection. Fletch and Michael Vaughan have a lot of faith in the people they select.

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We tried to run a couple of weeks ago and the hip didn't like it. The body has a way of telling you it is not ready. We knew then we were struggling.

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You can see from the way we play we enjoy each others' company.

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Of course I hope they live to regret it, but there is three days left in this Test match.

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It will be very hot and humid and the Indians are very good players of spin. It's going to be a tough trip.

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