Netherlands Sybrand Engelbrecht on Sri Lanka world cup defeat
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00:11 This is Sibrand Engelbrecht, or S-A Engelbrecht,
00:14 as we call him.
00:15 Your questions, please.
00:16 Hi.
00:25 We've seen you taking that brilliant catch all the way
00:28 back in 2008.
00:30 It was a roller coaster journey.
00:32 You finally made your ODI World Cup for Netherlands.
00:35 So if you could tell us about the journey,
00:37 how it has been for you, the cricketing journey,
00:40 and how-- and today you scored your maiden 50 as well.
00:44 If you could talk about the journey from that catch
00:46 from 2008 in Malaysia and to the 50 you scored in Lucknow today,
00:51 and briefly.
00:53 Yeah, so I played professionally in South Africa.
00:58 Up until 2016, December of 2016, and I
01:03 moved into a corporate career.
01:05 I studied finance.
01:06 I went into the finance route with a company called Fairtree.
01:11 I did my master's, my MBA as well,
01:14 and I've been working for the last seven years
01:16 for the same company.
01:18 And about three years ago, we moved from South Africa
01:21 to the Netherlands and started playing again predominantly
01:27 just to make friends and integrate into the community.
01:32 And it wasn't, I suppose, up until Ryan Cook
01:36 and the rest of the management took over
01:39 that the interest came a little bit about again.
01:43 And only this year in July, I think
01:46 I became eligible to play for the Netherlands.
01:49 So I spoke to Ryan Cook and asked, look,
01:56 would you be interested in me putting my name in the hat?
01:59 And he was brutally honest because the team did really
02:04 well to qualify and get us here.
02:07 So he said, but absolutely, the broader the pool,
02:10 the better for them.
02:13 And here we are.
02:14 Yeah, very happy to be here.
02:17 I must admit it's still a bit of a pill to swallow.
02:22 Getting to 260-odd off the start,
02:27 we thought it was a very competitive score.
02:30 Maybe the pitch got a little bit better,
02:34 but I thought they controlled the innings really well.
02:38 And we just didn't quite pitch up today with a ball,
02:41 unfortunately.
02:42 So yeah, not the ideal result for us,
02:47 but we'll move forward and we'll try and be better and learn
02:50 from this as quickly as possible.
02:52 [INAUDIBLE]
02:57 Hi.
02:57 So you walked out to bat when you guys were 91 for 6, I guess,
03:01 and then a massive partnership.
03:05 So what were the thoughts running through your mind
03:08 before-- till 91 for 6 and from there on,
03:13 when you played a commendable knock,
03:15 you took the responsibility on your shoulder.
03:18 So could you please sum up both the experiences?
03:22 Yeah, look, I think a lot of credit needs to go to Logan.
03:25 I thought he batted brilliantly.
03:27 And we just try to extend and take it as deep as possible.
03:33 So we just told ourselves, if we can get to the last 10 over,
03:37 6 down, we're giving ourselves a good chance.
03:42 So for us, it really wasn't necessarily
03:45 about trying to accumulate runs.
03:46 It was just about making sure that we get
03:48 into positive positions and pick up the runs when we could,
03:51 but to try and lay a bit of a foundation for us
03:54 to start scoring a little bit more freely
03:57 to the back end, which we managed to do.
04:01 So happy with the partnership.
04:04 I thought Logan batted brilliantly.
04:07 And together, we just kind of kept on going.
04:10 We were pretty calm out there.
04:12 And then on the 40th over, we tried
04:16 to shift gears to try and accumulate
04:18 a little bit more runs.
04:21 So yeah, it was a good partnership for us.
04:25 But it would have been fantastic to get a little bit more.
04:29 Oh, 91 for 6 at one stage, and you really
04:33 fight back well to pick up the score.
04:35 But what was the turning point of the match?
04:37 Sri Lanka did really well to win the game
04:40 after they got three defeats consecutively on this World Cup.
04:44 What was your turning point of this match?
04:46 I thought at the halfway stage, we
04:53 thought we had a decent score.
04:56 I don't think we would have taken it necessarily.
04:59 I think the pitch definitely got better as the day went on.
05:03 But I mean, I spoke to Maxi about it as well.
05:06 And there was still consistently something in the pitch
05:09 if we bowled the right areas.
05:11 And I just thought we didn't string enough good balls
05:15 together for long enough to put the Sri Lanka
05:19 team under pressure.
05:20 So unfortunately, they were quite clinical in the way
05:24 that they executed.
05:26 They were able to absorb the pressure
05:27 and then transfer the pressure onto us.
05:29 So I thought they batted really well.
05:32 And I think they just outplayed us.
05:34 You lost to Sri Lanka twice during the qualifying
05:38 tournament.
05:39 They lost to once again during the practice game.
05:43 What was your mind before this match today?
05:47 We were very positive.
05:49 We were very confident in the growth
05:52 that we've shown as a team over the last six to eight
05:55 to 12 months.
05:57 So we're a better team now than we were when we played them
06:00 at the qualifiers.
06:02 And we thought that if we stick to our processes,
06:05 if we implement our plans and execute well for long enough,
06:12 then we stood a really good chance.
06:13 And I think there were periods in the game
06:15 that you could definitely see that.
06:17 So credit goes to them.
06:19 They played well.
06:21 Unfortunately, we just couldn't string it together
06:24 for long enough.
06:26 Saebrin, you had a great season of top class
06:29 in a century for Netherlands coming into this World Cup.
06:32 Can you take us through what that step up
06:34 to international cricket is like and the adjustments
06:37 that you made, especially playing in India?
06:40 Yeah, I haven't made a lot of adjustments.
06:44 I've tried to keep it as simple as possible.
06:46 I think when you do make the step up from club cricket
06:49 in the Netherlands, you could maybe sometimes think,
06:52 oh, wow, I need to do so much more, so things differently.
06:57 But the reality is in our changing room,
06:59 we've got really good cricketers.
07:01 And we just need to back ourselves and our processes
07:04 and stick to our plans.
07:07 So nothing really changed.
07:10 It's just trying to be as clear as possible
07:12 and to watch the ball as closely as possible.
07:14 So I'm happy that it came off for me personally today.
07:17 But as I said, we've got really, really good cricketers
07:21 in our changing room.
07:22 And it'll show as we go along.
07:26 Thank you very much.
07:27 We've got Max O'Dowd with us also to be in the mix zone.
07:31 Please. Thank you, Ezza. Thank you.