England spin bowler Adil Rashid has maintained that his side are in a good place despite two loses against Australia so far in the Metro Bank ODI series. Ahead of the third meeting, this time in Durham, Rashid previewed the encounter, whilst Australia’s Aaron Hardie spoke about forcing his way into the Australia side. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00With England 2-0 down in the series, naturally, the first question to the England camp asked
00:06about the mood, which Adil Rashid maintained was still positive despite the losses.
00:13The mood's still quite good, you know, we're still positive. We know we're coming up against
00:17a very strong Australian side who's in great form at the moment. And we know we've got
00:21to win, so we've got to make sure we come, we win our A game in both departments, bat
00:25and ball, and also in the field. And if we put that together, hopefully we can get a
00:30England have a young cohort, with Rashid then asked how their development is progressing.
00:36Yeah, obviously we are developing with new players, new players coming in, so it is,
00:39like I say, a different process now, rebuilding. But we've still got to believe in ourselves
00:43that we can beat any team in the world, whether it's Australia or India, whoever, we still
00:47have that belief that we can come up, we play the way we play, we know we can beat any team.
00:51But at this moment in time, yes, we're looking to still rebuild and hopefully hit some form
00:55as well along the way.
00:57This may not be an Ashes series, but Rashid highlighted that the rivalry with Australia
01:02will always be there.
01:03Every time we play against Australia, it's always a rivalry, but in a good way. It's
01:07always that real competition. We always do well against Australia in any form, whether
01:12it's Test, ODI, T20, something similar here. We've got to have that spirit as well, we've
01:17got to have that positivity going forward in any form, whether it's ODI or T20.
01:21Finally, Rashid recently became the first England player to take 200 ODI wickets. He
01:26reflected on that achievement.
01:27Yeah, obviously it's a nice achievement, but for myself, I don't really look at them achievements
01:31in that depth. I still believe that hopefully for myself, there's still a long way to go
01:34as opposed to just being happy with what I've got. I'm still looking to strive as an individual,
01:39but also as a team. We're looking to win tournaments, win series, win the World Cup, so that's my
01:44ultimate aim. But to have that 200 is a nice milestone, but hopefully I can carry on.
01:49From an Australian perspective, Aaron Hardy spoke of how strong their line-up is when
01:54it came to forcing his way into the side, given that Australia are current ODI World
01:59Champions.
02:00Yeah, I think the emphasis on just being flexible, being adaptable. Obviously, there's so many
02:01players that have cemented their spots, you've got Hedy at the top, Mitch through the middle,
02:02and you've got Simeon Flanders-Shane, so it's just about filling the role when they pop
02:03up, and yeah, we know it's a big battle, it's about just being able to stay adaptable and
02:04jump up and down the order and try to contribute wherever possible.
02:05As an all-rounder, Hardy then spoke about working on his batting skills.
02:29Yeah, I put a lot more time into my batting, definitely. I think that's just the nature
02:33of it. Bowling, you're sometimes a bit limited in the amount of training you can do, so yeah,
02:39I love batting up the order, but certainly aware that you have to earn your stripes as
02:44a batsman a bit, and sometimes spots pop up as a bowler a little bit more often, just
02:50the nature of the beast. So, I've done it my whole life, sort of starting the teams
02:55down the order a bit and then eventually working my way up, so hopefully I can do that as well.