Australia's Josh Hazlewood on their disappointing performance and defeat to India at ICC Cricket World Cup
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00:00 Josh, do you think after that catch was dropped, there was practically any chance of a comeback
00:07 because probably that changed the match?
00:09 No, I don't think so.
00:11 It was quite early obviously when that catch was dropped but we still felt that new ball
00:16 was doing enough, whether it was in the air or off the wicket.
00:18 We knew that spin was going to be tough to play, maybe not as tough as during the day
00:22 but still enough to play it.
00:24 No, we certainly felt in the game for quite a while until obviously the partnership grew
00:28 and grew and they sort of batted us out of it obviously.
00:31 I thought we did a reasonable job early in particular to try and defend 200.
00:36 Josh, you have seen the way the wicket behaved in both the innings.
00:49 What did the team think regarding the total that was on board and where did it go wrong
00:53 when in the batting department?
00:55 Yeah, obviously the total was under par.
01:00 I can't remember the exact numbers but I think we were 2 for 110 I think or something like that.
01:04 Not going really quickly but just building a base to maybe launch in the last 10 or 15 overs.
01:10 If we get 250-260 then it's a different ball game and we get those early wickets and get on top.
01:17 So yeah, I think from 2 for 110 to all out 200, that's probably where the batting went wrong.
01:23 Josh, obviously no one means to drop a catch but what was it like from your vantage point
01:29 and did you think it was Alex's catch or Mitch's?
01:33 No, I didn't think Keir's could get there.
01:36 I think it was Mitch's catch and probably just Keir got quite close in the end
01:40 so I might have just put Mitch off and yeah, no one means to drop a catch.
01:44 It's one of those things that happens and everyone's training hard and working hard
01:48 off the field to hang on to them so yeah, we'll continue on.
01:52 And just how was the wicket overall?
01:55 It obviously felt like it probably spun more in the first half.
01:59 Definitely the dew came in but I think early in our bowling innings it was doing enough
02:03 and it was still dry and the wicket was up and down a little bit
02:07 so it felt in the game as a quick in particular I think.
02:10 And I think it got a little bit better to bat on right towards the end.
02:13 I know it was a partnership but I think it just felt a little bit easier.
02:16 The ball was just getting on a little bit so yeah, we'll have a look at that.
02:22 Josh, in terms of the total that Australia put up, 200,
02:27 you know by one day standards it was quite below par.
02:32 So what did you guys tell each other during the break, innings break?
02:37 I think we'll reflect on it a little bit later.
02:40 I think in that moment you focus purely on the bowling side of things.
02:44 The batting's done, you can't do anything about that.
02:46 So it was just about how we're going to take the 10 wickets from the 200 really.
02:50 We'll digest the batting over the next few days before our next game
02:54 and come back with, you know, not renewed plans
02:57 but we'll touch base again and discuss it and move on.
03:04 Josh, just in a long tournament like this, how do you read into a result like this?
03:09 Can you have some takeaways from here and say, you still have eight more games
03:14 and just move on from that or will there be a lot of reflection on the batting like you said?
03:19 No, I don't think a lot of reflection.
03:22 We might come up against these conditions again at other grounds
03:25 throughout those eight games as you mentioned.
03:27 So just be about the batting group sort of coming up with a plan and sticking to it.
03:32 You know, we might have to reassess and say, yeah, 260 is a good score
03:35 rather than 300 plus to what we've seen on a few other grounds.
03:38 So just about assessing and, you know, if we can get to that score,
03:41 then we can try and defend it.
03:42 So, yeah, we won't dive into it too much, I don't think.
03:48 Josh, do you think the way the game went, you could be a spinner shot
03:54 if Zampa goes for a few runs, you could be stuck in a difficult position?
04:02 No, I don't think so.
04:04 I think our quicks are our strength probably up front as we saw tonight
04:06 and then I think Glenn Maxwell is a front line spinner in particular in India.
04:11 He's bowled a lot here throughout IPL, throughout one day.
04:15 So, yeah, I consider him a front line spinner.
04:17 So we've got two spinners and three quicks as a lot of the other teams do.
04:21 So, no, I don't feel that we're short at all.
04:24 Josh, you briefly touched upon playing in different grounds.
04:27 You go to Lucknow now, back-to-back games,
04:29 and it's sort of fairly comparable to the Black Soil turnover here.
04:33 Looking at this particular game, what could you sort of glean
04:36 or take away from here to Lucknow back-to-back?
04:38 Yeah, I think in particular batting in that first innings,
04:41 that was probably as extreme as the conditions are going to get, I think,
04:44 in terms of spin and playing spin throughout the middle
04:47 and trying to find ways to score,
04:49 keep that run rate ticking over without losing wickets.
04:51 So it was probably a good sort of examination on our batters to get that up first,
04:56 probably against the best spinners in the tournament, arguably.
04:59 So hopefully it gets a little bit easier from here on in
05:02 and, yeah, they'll come up with some new plans and go from there.
05:06 Hey, Josh, well bowled.
05:07 You said the dew came into it.
05:09 Did it come into it as you expected or more or less?
05:12 And was bowling first ever really discussed as an option?
05:17 I'm not really in those discussions in terms of the toss,
05:20 but, yeah, it might be something we need to look at, I guess.
05:24 I think the tournament will go in phases of batting first and bowling first.
05:27 So we've seen sort of wins both ways so far
05:30 and, yeah, it might have been something we could have done.
05:33 We could have bowled first and made the most of that, I guess, dryness in the turn.
05:37 The dew came in a little bit at the end and the balls got a little bit wet and soft,
05:40 but I felt like we created enough chances early to make a mark.
05:47 Josh, before the match Shubman Gill was not playing.
05:50 He was the best Indian batsman this year.
05:53 And then obviously the Indian top order, you know, went for nothing
05:56 and then they won almost very easily.
05:59 How do you look at India's batting line-up overall?
06:03 Whenever you see someone like Sky on the bench, I think the batting must be pretty good.
06:08 Yeah, I think, you know, we obviously made those inroads early,
06:10 but I think, you know, in chasing 200, they probably played it perfectly.
06:13 They didn't have to, you know, hit boundaries or anything.
06:15 They let a lot of balls go.
06:17 They just paced themselves and paced innings,
06:19 knowing that it would probably get a little bit easier towards the end.
06:22 So, yeah, they're two experienced guys and they played that way.
06:26 Hello, sir. Before World Cup, Team Australia played with India and you lost that game.
06:32 What was the learning from that series and what is the learning from today's match, sir?
06:36 Yeah, I think obviously that series we finished strongly.
06:41 I think, you know, it was a strange one.
06:43 I think, you know, initially you always want to bowl first and not bowl on the do at night.
06:47 But on a few of those grounds, I found the wicket really deteriorated
06:51 and the ball deteriorated as well.
06:52 And it was tough to chase down a score.
06:54 Two of the games went that way, I think.
06:56 So, yeah, I guess every ground is a little bit different as well around the country.
07:00 It's such a big country and the conditions change.
07:03 And I think you've sort of got to just land on the ground
07:06 and try and sum up what you think is the best thing to do first
07:09 and what's going to happen later on.
07:11 So, it's sort of exciting that everywhere is a little bit different, I think.
07:14 And, yeah, hopefully we learn from tonight.
07:16 Josh, did the game you played here in March influence the decision with the toss
07:23 in terms of batting first?
07:25 I mean, this one.
07:26 And also, did you kind of overestimate what could have been a pass score?
07:29 Did you try to overextend yourself, trying to go for more than 300
07:33 and end up falling short?
07:35 Just what was your initial from the top order?
07:37 What was it when someone like Steven Smith, who started really well, looked really good?
07:41 Just give us...
07:42 Yeah, I wasn't here in the game in March, but I think they may have played a part
07:46 that we thought in that game that we could go really tough to bat on late.
07:50 And we defended the score, I'm pretty sure.
07:52 Yeah.
07:53 And we defended it.
07:54 So, yeah, it may have came into calculations for batting first.
07:58 I think, yeah, that's probably the word back from the players out in the middle,
08:03 I think, in terms of the batting.
08:04 We can communicate that maybe a little bit better and think, yeah,
08:07 this is hard work out here and 250 is a good score, and we'll try and defend that.
08:12 And if you go a little bit harder, things can happen pretty quickly,
08:14 as we saw tonight.
08:15 But I think that communication is pretty good in our group,
08:18 and it probably did come back.
08:19 And we just lost wickets, continued to lose wickets.
08:21 So, yeah, I think communication is always good in our group.
08:25 Any staff?
08:26 Just one last question.
08:28 You know, your thoughts on the Indian bowling,
08:30 specifically speaking about Kuldeep Yadav, the leg spinner.
08:34 What makes him so dangerous?
08:38 Yeah, I think he's obviously done really well over the last, well, 12 or 18 months.
08:42 He's always been a good player.
08:43 We've found him tough to play against.
08:46 Not often you come up against a left-arm leg spinner with great variations.
08:50 So it's sort of something that's hard to practice, I think, against.
08:53 And, yeah, he's always been a good player to play against.
08:57 So I think in general the three spinners bowled really well.
09:00 They're all a little bit different, obviously.
09:02 But, yeah, they know the conditions really well and bowled accordingly.
09:05 accordingly.