Ruben Trumpleman previews Namibia's ICC T20 World Cup Group B clash with Scotland
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
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00:00Reuben, welcome back to Kensington Oval. Can you tell us what the team's been up
00:05to over the last couple of days as you move on from their first game against
00:09Oman and move into this match against Scotland tomorrow?
00:12Yeah, obviously the game against Scotland, well Oman was a very special game, great for
00:17spectators point of view and they're super over gone our way so we're happy with that.
00:20Had a nice day off, boys went to the beach a bit and just relaxed and yes
00:26they were out training, today off training so really really excited for the match
00:30against Scotland, they're a great side and I think the prep is done ready to rumble.
00:35The super over aside, what were the key takeaways for you guys from that first
00:39match? Obviously conditions played a big role, I think the wicket just got slower
00:45and slower as they progressed, that's something we'll definitely keep in mind.
00:48There's obviously a 70%-30% ratio batting first, we beat the odds luckily.
00:54Well, it's not really beating the odds but we took the super over so that will
00:58definitely be a factor we will be considering. It seemed like the rain has
01:02gone away so that will be less of a factor but this will be our first day
01:06game here on Barbados and we're excited to get going.
01:10We can't not ask you about your first two balls of the World Cup, two wickets,
01:15tell us what that was like, you know celebrating out there with the boys.
01:18Yeah, those two deliveries are special, they'll always be locked in memories and
01:24yeah, it's best celebrating with your teammates and the first one maybe
01:29slightly over pitched where I wanted to go and the second one was just a pinpoint
01:33yorker. Once I struck the foot there I knew I was off there, almost like a
01:38imitai there, celebrating so that was awesome.
01:42Is that sort of your mentality up the top with that new ball? We see a lot in
01:47T20 cricket of trying to restrict but are you up there firmly trying to take wickets?
01:51Yeah, I think the new ball you want to strike early, you want to put the team on
01:54the back foot, it doesn't always go your way and you have to capitalise. What we
01:59picked up in the first few warm-up games and prior to that to our pre-season tour
02:04was just that the ball swings maybe one or two overs and you just have to make
02:08the best of it so I think I might have been a touch full than planned but it
02:14came off and I'm happy with the results so yeah, putting the team in a good
02:18position, I think at the end of the day we restricted them to a very modest total and
02:23just got more difficult as they progressed. A quick word on David Visser,
02:28batting and bowling in the Super Over, what does he mean to the side? David's,
02:33wow, he's a phenomenal player, phenomenal person, amount of experience he has is
02:38just unreal, the way he keeps calm, there was so much pressure on him in the
02:46Super Over and he was just like, no one was bothering him, he was just standing
02:50there by himself, easy first one before, next one goes sick and six and I'm like
02:55wow, he's played more games than the whole side together so that just shows
03:00where he's been in the situations he's been in and it just showed in the way he
03:05won us the game. The match against Scotland tomorrow, how do you see the two
03:10teams lining up? Yeah, Scotland's a great side as I mentioned and I think we're
03:15excited to play them, I think we're quite an evenly matched side, I think all three
03:19associates in this group can give each other a go and yeah, they've got
03:25match winners up front with the bats and with the ball as well so I think we're
03:30licking our lips for a great contest and some bragging rights
03:34between the associate guys. Okay, so all teams come here with the goal of
03:40qualifying and getting to the Super 8 and you guys will be no different so how
03:43important is it to beat your fellow associates to give yourself a chance
03:47when you come up against the major teams? Yeah, 100% that's definitely one of the
03:52key requirements for us to give us a chance to qualify, the qualification to
03:57the Super 8 also means qualification to the next World Cup which is also a big
04:00factor and we are not taking this lightly, we as a team want to go forward,
04:05we want to be competitive, we've beaten full members and we don't want to stop
04:10here, we're excited, we're ready to rumble and our prep's done, we're ready to go.
04:14We've already seen some great finishes, I suppose the nature of T20 cricket but
04:19also the conditions here, do you get the sense there's going to be a few of them
04:22this tournament? Yeah, well it's been an interesting tournament so far, I think
04:25the first three games were crackers and that's just a great
04:29showcase for cricket but particularly Barbados, I think it's going to be
04:32interesting, unfortunately the game against England and Scotland rained out
04:36about two days ago and well yesterday actually and that would have been a
04:41great chase, I think it was a pretty 50-50 match by the end of the 10 overs
04:45with the Duckworth Lewis, so I think their associates are ready and they want to
04:49play and we're ready to go. We can't not ask you as well about your three
04:56wickets in an over against Scotland, I think was that in 21 World Cup potentially,
05:00can you tell us what your memories are of that? Yeah, that was well the first
05:04real breakthrough I had, that over will always stay in my mind, similar to
05:12the one I bowled a few days ago, yeah and it just started off with a bang, it's the
05:16first Super 12 game for the Mobile ever and yeah they had three proper players,
05:22we had discussions regarding them and those three
05:28wickets up front just broke the back of the Scotland side
05:32and yeah for us that was a big step forward and just saying, well we as a
05:37team are ready for big games, big performances and from there on we just
05:43kicked on, just well kept asking questions, keep improving. Awesome and
05:49lastly, how's the team enjoying their time here in Barbados, obviously a
05:52wonderful place to come. Yeah Barbados is a fantastic place, friendly people,
05:57obviously next to the beach is great, just a peaceful area, being allowed to go
06:02around and see what everything is about is really awesome, I think it's a
06:08different World Cup to the previous ones we've been to, the island vibe is
06:13definitely something, you must just be careful not to fall in the trap of going
06:16on too many vacations, small vacations and just stay away from the
06:19rum punch. Absolutely and the atmosphere and the ground as well, they
06:24love their cricket here and they build up a great atmosphere for that first
06:27game and we're expecting probably the same tomorrow. Yeah, the first
06:31game's atmosphere was phenomenal, we thoroughly enjoyed it, the party vibe, you
06:35can definitely feel the people enjoying it and yeah, so hopefully a lot more
06:40people turn out, hopefully got a few people excited about the, well the
06:44associate cricketers and they'll watch a bit more games, so yeah, hope we can get the
06:48stadium as full as possible. Absolutely, thank you Reuben, cheers mate. Thank you
06:52much.