Shaun Pollock Quotations

To protect a defeat and still go down 1-0 in the series is pointless. We've got to give ourselves a chance to win.

If we knew how good he was going to be,

If they (the umpires) can't be 100 percent conclusive on what they've seen, I don't see why they can't judge it with the third umpire.

But we know Australia in Australia is a different kettle of fish and the backlash they've copped since the Ashes will motivate them to put things right.

Freddie is a champion from that perspective, he was really keen to go in,

We've been there before and you just need clear heads and remain calm.

We're in the hands of the weather but basically it just boils down to that we just want to give ourselves a chance of winning the game. At the end of the day it doesn't matter if we lose the series 2-0. To protect a defeat and still go 1-0 down in the series is pointless.

We're in the hands of the weather but basically it boils down to that we just want to give ourselves a chance of winning the game.

He is sore but he has a couple of days to recover so he should be OK,

I think it does deserve to have Test and one-day status,

I think we have more than enough talent. There are 13-14 match-winners in both the Test and one-day teams. They are guys that have won matches for their respective countries almost single-handedly over the years, so we definitely have enough talent to match the Aussies.

Sport is a confidence game and no doubt a win will give us so much hope for the summer.

I thought I went pretty well in Australia, but coming back from injury back here things did not go as well as I would have liked. So I'm looking to bounce back against New Zealand.

Those last two wickets were definitely the cherry on the top and I'm sure knocked them a little bit in the dressing room.

We just have to see who they put out tomorrow, but we still have to concentrate doing the job at hand well and being prepared.

We've got to come out tomorrow and give ourselves a chance to win the game.

There'll be no free deliveries or anything other than world class cricket.

There's definitely something still in the pitch. As a batsman you never feel comfortable. It's difficult to play shots with any sort of certainty. From our perspective the situation can only get better the more runs we get.

It was important we got off to a good start and we got two early wickets and picked up more pretty regularly through the day,

It's always good to have a partner who is full of energy, and who you can see is giving it 110 percent all the time. You need those kind of characters in a side.

That's definitely the idea but you've got to look at the game situation when he comes on to bowl,

I only had five bowlers, so everyone had to step up and take responsibility.

He thinks about the game, although it's probably one of his strengths that he doesn't do so excessively, and he's always asking questions.