Mark Boucher Quotations

There are some cracks, and that should make the ball do things.

We found out what it is like to dominate most of a match, yet still lose 1-0. We feel great about our play, but the guys are pretty frustrated.

I'm at a loss for words. That is my best moment in cricket by far.

I also decided to take a few chances when the balls were pitched short. Luckily it worked, even though one or two shots went flying over the wicketkeeper's head. When you get runs against weaker countries you aren't always that appreciative but when you make runs against the Aussies it feels really good.

We've got to back our bowlers against their tail. The wicket has flattened out a bit but the history of the Wanderers shows that the ball does something early in the morning. We'll have to make sure our bowlers are fired up, we don't have any runs to play with.

It was something special. Test cricket is a different ball game but I really enjoyed it and hopefully we can take some of that momentum into the Tests.

It's one of my best moments in cricket. We always knew we'd be up against it. We tried to keep it simple, we knew we had to get a good start and Herschelle and Graeme (Smith) did fantastically well.

The Australian press are trying to say ex-pat South Africans are the culprits.

If there's a Test match up for grabs and we've got to win it by bowling short balls at him, so be it.

I hope our public give them a bit of stick because we've taken a serious amount.

In the past our crowds haven't been too great with them but trust me, we're not going to sit back and say, shame, poor things'.

If he's going to come out and expect half-volleys ? well, if I got hit on the head and went to bat and expected half volleys, then I shouldn't be playing Test cricket. If there's a Test match to win, and we've got to win it bowling short balls at him, then so be it. I don't think he'd expect us to lay off.

I don't need to tell the Australians (anything).