De Kock, 65 from 38 balls, on South Africa's seven-run win over England
22/06/2024
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet
22/06/2024
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet
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00:00Josh has said that effectively the way you went about things right at the start of the
00:07game in the powerplay was where the match was won. Did it feel like that at the time?
00:13I think I wouldn't say it was won or lost. Obviously it makes a massive impact. I've
00:22played a lot of day T20s in cricket in the West Indies and generally that is the most
00:29important time to score runs. It was the easiest time to score runs. I was in the powerplay
00:33and the ball was old. As the wicket deteriorates it gets harder. I think our bowlers also bowled
00:39really well. One or two key moments that could have also been a standout over. I think KG's
00:47final over could also be potential match winning. I think there were other moments but obviously
00:56that's probably one of our better powerplayers this whole World Cup. It could be, you never
00:59know.
01:00As you said, for every boundary you got away in the powerplay, England actually couldn't
01:05match that and your bowlers tied them up. I guess conversely, was that where you felt
01:11from a target of 1-6-3 you actually moved into favourites when you shut them down in
01:15that powerplay?
01:16No, definitely not. I've played against enough of the England boys around the world. One
01:24of them get going. They're all match winners. They can win games from anywhere. It looked
01:29like Harry was well on the way to be doing that. Then obviously Aidan just took a stunner
01:36which was a big moment for us in the context of the game. I'm not saying that was the time
01:43we wanted but just small moments.
01:47The catching across the board was excellent. You fell to a really good catch as well. That
01:51mark from 1, can you talk us through it and explain how hard it is to do what he did?
01:57I don't think the TV does it justice when people are watching from the outside. From
02:04the angle of the wicket coming straight down, there's a massive left to right wind from
02:09my direction. I don't know, maybe 40km an hour, 50km an hour. The ball's not just getting
02:18pushed but also getting moved that way. He actually turned on the inside. The ball's
02:22always moving towards the boundary. I've seen Aidan. I think a lot of the guys, everybody
02:32takes the high catches but he practices those catches all the time. You don't really see
02:39it when I play in other teams around the world. You've got different captains. I don't see
02:43them really practicing those catches but I see him did it. He won us a game, won us
02:51a moment in the game today.
02:59Quintin just picking up on what you said there, when you walked out to bat were you pretty
03:02clear that the pass goal today would be a bit lower than it was in the previous night
03:06game set?
03:07Yeah, I don't know if the rest of the guys knew but I had a fair sense. I've played quite
03:15a bit in the Caribbean League. Same thing, wicket looks beautiful at night, plays most
03:21differently but at the day 160-170 of winning scores here in the day. I think generally
03:28it goes by like that in the Caribbean. I think the lights and maybe a bit of dew at night
03:34helped the ball skid on a bit better. But I could be wrong, but that's what I saw today.
03:40You mentioned the wind as well, can you just tell us a bit about how you try and use that
03:44when you're batting?
03:45Yeah, I think wind is definitely a big factor, especially when you open the batting and you've
03:53only got two guys out. You've got to use that wind as much as you can. Don't fight it, just
04:00try and use it. But yeah, I think it's going to be like that the rest of the World Cup.
04:06Wind definitely plays a big factor.
04:08Do you think it plays a bigger factor in the Caribbean than just about anywhere else in
04:11the world in terms of the impact it has on games?
04:15I think generally wherever in the world there's wind, you're going to try and use it anyway.
04:20So whether it's the Caribbean, South Africa, England, India, it doesn't matter. Wherever
04:25there's wind, you're generally just going to use it.
04:30Thank you.