39 Quotes by John Bracewell

Some guys, who may be playing in the test series, may need a game or two off to rest and rebuild their strength and that is something I've asked the selectors to ponder over the next couple of days. But we need to win on Saturday, so it's first things first.

Looking towards the World Cup, if we are going to create competition for World Cup places now is the appropriate time.

We've timed part of our altitude conditioning with the warm-up games but don't see that as an issue.

We sat down for a long chat about the issue and it was a pretty tough hour for both of us, because we go back a long way,

Undoubtedly, yes. It would've been (hard to retain him).

We felt they should return to domestic cricket to work on their batting before being reconsidered for selection.

The selectors were unanimous in the decision to select Hamish. We acknowledge his recent lack of form but believe he will turn it around. We were also conscious of the need to retain continuity within the squad and not to make wholesale changes.

South Africa have been waiting for us for some time and from what I gather they won't have forgotten the outcome of that series,

As a Test side, they were one of the few sides to leave Australia without their tail between their legs.