Craig Wright
Craig Wright
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It's very important to us that we get some prior experience of the unique cricketing atmosphere in the Caribbean before we go to the World Cup. Although our competitive games in a year's time will all be at the new Warner Park Stadium in St Kitts, we will have some warm-up games in Barbados, and this trip is an ideal way to find out how to play the game in these conditions.
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The increased pessimism about the regional economy has offset more robust consumer confidence in the Southeast over the first six months of the year.
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It's not been the most enjoyable of Bank Holiday weekends but we now know how much hard work is ahead.
We'd like to see what Omer can do at this level.
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We need to get that last wicket as soon as possible, bat well and then get them out quickly, ... But we'd have settled for this position at the start. If we bat with discipline, I'm pretty confident.
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Again it was a story of not enough runs. We played pretty well to get to 100-1 but then did what we tend to do and lost wickets. It might have been closer in UK conditions but we want to be a side that can adapt.
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The fiscal environment doesn't get much better. Hopefully, we'll get something in terms of income tax ... I would think there is probably room. That would be the best of all worlds.
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I know I've taken a lot from it as captain, ... Even when you're losing, it still toughens you up. You learn how to cope with different and difficult situations and we've done well to keep our spirits high. These guys have worked hard. They've had a chance to watch good players every week and learn from them. Take our game against Warwickshire last week. It wasn't enjoyable to watch Nick Knight build up an innings against us but the likes of Omer Hussain and Qasim Sheikh got a lesson in how to go about that. We've a lot of good young players coming through. We've taken this experience and learned from it and now we have to put it into practice in the future.
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We don't expect the dollar to continue to trade at such high levels and believe it will end 2006, a little lower, at 84 U.S. cents.
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He's one of the nicest people I've met in the game. He's a very loyal person and I wish him all the best. I think he'll do a great job,
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This is a great opportunity, we don't want to miss it. The fiscal situation in Canada is the envy of the G-7 ministers and probably well beyond that.
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It's not fair to ask someone to make that jump, which is why we need to bridge the gap,
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It was frustrating, but there is nothing to be gained from moping. Our best retort is to go out against Ireland and perform to our capabilities. If that happens, we give ourselves a chance.
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Although no-one has heard anything official there's every chance this could be Andy's last game. If that's the case we'd love to give him a winning send-off.