West Indies Sherfane Rutherford reacts to their ICC T20 Cricket World Cup win over New Zealand and reaching the last eight. The Windies posted 149 for 9 off their 20 overs with the Kiwis finishing on 136 for 9 in reply
Brian Lara Academy, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Brian Lara Academy, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
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00:00Beside me, I tell you this step of my mind
00:03I could a million times then decline
00:05But we still go and climb
00:07To the top
00:08This moment is all that I've been dreaming of
00:12Some way I feel it in my soul
00:17One chance is everything we've waited for
00:21It's our time so let we take it on
00:25And knock it out of this world
00:29Out of this world we'll be going
00:33Out of this world, yeah
00:37Out of this world we'll be going
00:42So come on and we'll take it home
00:59I invite you guys to start and I'll take the front row first
01:02Yes, congratulations Shufin
01:30112 for 9
01:32And then you coming in with a proliferation of 6's
01:36Take us through the mental toughness
01:39I'm sure there was a lot to talk about
01:41Yeah, well first of all I want to thank God for the opportunity
01:44And I think I patterned my game out of this situation
01:49Even in my preparation before the World Cup
01:52I tried to put myself in position in the nets
01:54Where I have to bat properly
01:56Then I have to excel in the end
01:57So I think it's good to see that my plans and my work is actually coming to show
02:04Shufin, when West Indies were 37 for 5
02:18I look back and realize that against Australia
02:22We were 79 for 5 when you and Russell put on that partnership
02:27How did that experience help you through this innings
02:31Knowing that you have done it already
02:34I think the innings in Australia is one that I kept close to me
02:38And even though it was a good innings I tried to pick a few things out of it
02:42And I think one of the few things was give myself time
02:46It's always a process
02:49And sometimes when you look too far ahead you can actually forget about the process
02:53So for me it was just ball after ball
02:56Give myself time, run singles, get myself ready
02:59So that in the back end I can always make up
03:02Johnson Charles was not having a best of day
03:07What is the process of keeping motivated
03:12Because the next ball goes to him you want him to field it
03:15The next catch you want him to take it
03:17How do you guys keep him motivated and energized out there
03:20After dropping those two catches
03:22I think as a team everything we do we do it together
03:26It's just for him to keep going
03:29He's an experienced person
03:31He's been around the cricket for a long time
03:33You have bad nights and I'm sure he can come back from it
03:42He was just telling me to take it deep
03:45I was batting with Akeel so I told Akeel to keep going
03:48But my role was basically to take it to the 15th, 16th over
03:51But then after we lose wickets I just tell myself
03:54I'm going to try and take it to the 20th over
03:57And try and maximize the last two overs
03:59Which they had to make up with two bowlers
04:12When batting I try not to worry about the crowd
04:15I just try to look what's in front of me and do the process
04:20It's good to have some support
04:22It's good to have the home crowd with us
04:24Hopefully they can keep supporting us
04:40I think it was a very tough wicket to start on
04:43The ball was a bit tacky, it was a bit spongy
04:46I tried to do the process
04:48I didn't try to look too much ahead
04:51Bad time, bad singles
04:54I always told myself that I perform well when I give myself time
04:58It was just for me to keep reminding myself
05:01Give yourself time and take it deep
05:10It's always tough feeling in the night
05:12But there's work to be done
05:14There's improvement to be worked on
05:17Keep working on that
05:28I would put it as my best knock
05:30It's a World Cup
05:32This is my dream
05:33I always wanted to play World Cup
05:35I always wanted to perform in World Cup
05:37I think this one is going to stay close to my heart
05:39Hopefully I can continue to take out good innings like this for my team
05:43and for myself
06:02I think it's something that we work hard on
06:05We have our meetings about rotating strike
06:09It's a bit difficult in this tournament
06:12As a team, our goal is to lessen that buzz
06:17Good intent is one thing that we spoke a lot about
06:21You're going to see a lot of rotation from us
06:24We're going to try our best
06:26Even though it's a tough surface
06:28We're going to keep trying and trying
06:30We can only try our best
06:32Our best may be enough
06:42What will be another tough encounter against Afghanistan?
06:48We want to take it game by game
06:52It's just a process
06:53Afghanistan is a good team
06:55At the end of the day, we are a good team as well
06:58We don't want to look on the opposition
07:00We just want to do the right things
07:02Go through our process
07:04As long as we as a team do the right stuff
07:06More often than not, we come out on top
07:11The importance of this victory
07:13You'll seal a spot in the Super 8
07:16What were the conversations like
07:18before the game of sealing the win
07:21and getting through to the next round
07:23and not leaving it for the Afghanistan match?
07:26I think for us, every game is important
07:29We always want to win every game
07:32If we can win every game, we're going to take it
07:34It's good to get the cue in front of our name
07:36It's just a part of the job
07:38Our aim is to play the last game of the tournament
07:40We're going to look to keep improving
07:42and keep getting better
07:46Shafin, despite the fact that you're in the Super 8
07:49and you won this game
07:511-37 against PNG
07:54and then again today
07:56Are you concerned about the team's batting?
07:59Definitely not
08:00We have been playing good cricket
08:02There are good days and bad days
08:04One thing I learned is that a team that's going to win any tournament
08:08There are going to be different players stepping up each time
08:10For the past three games, it has been three different players
08:13I'm not concerned because that's what a champion team does
08:17I was at the IPL and I observed a lot of things
08:20and that was one of the keys that stuck with me
08:23It's just for us to keep building on our strength
08:27and keep improving our game
08:30That's going to be the key for us
08:33Thanks everyone
08:35See you back for the semi-final here
08:37later this month