Dav Whatmore
Dav Whatmore
Davenell Frederick "Dav" Whatmoreis a Sri Lankan-born former Australian cricketer and current coach...
driving enjoying second
We're really enjoying the situation. Barring any mishaps in the second innings, we're in the driving seat.
bangladesh brilliant improvement innings obviously previous runs score second
It could have been a lot better day for Bangladesh after a brilliant start. We wanted to score lot more runs in the second innings obviously but it did not happen. Still, I must say there is a lot of improvement than the previous games.
harder second test
I think the second test is going to be probably harder than the first test.
batting certainly chasing conditions extra good help pitch second
If the pitch is going to deteriorate batting second then I don't think it is going to make too much of a difference. But in good conditions an extra batsman will certainly help chasing down the score.
against australia comments focus lots totally win
The win against Australia has prompted lots of comments around the world but never more than now we have to totally focus on each individuals' performance,
bit boys hung pleased pleasing proud reward
I was very pleased and proud of the way the boys hung in there and got a little bit of reward at the end - that was a very pleasing aspect.
main obviously series tie tomorrow win
Obviously we would try to tie the series tomorrow (Wednesday) and tomorrow's win would be our main objective.
bit chance game longer objective obviously opposition period pressure series square stand tie tomorrow win
Obviously we would like to win tomorrow and tie the series and that is always the objective in a one-day match. We feel that if we can put a little bit more pressure on the opposition for a longer period we stand a much better chance to win the game and square the series.
cricket far focus good knew maintain match moment playing win
We knew it before the series. But our focus at the moment is to win tomorrow's match and clinch the series. We have been playing good cricket so far and we just want to maintain the same standard.
batting best feeling recall short
It was our best batting day I can recall in my short time. My feeling is very pleased, I am very happy,
ahead bigger forget happened test
It will be a bigger test for us. We need to really forget everything that happened in the first test and go ahead as much as we can.
improved learning ours played series since team test three top
They are the world's top team while ours is a team still in the learning process. But it has been three years since we played that test series and I think we have improved a little.
bat bowl helps start whether
We want to start well whether we bat first or bowl first and it helps things when you start well and that's what we have not done yet.
team reality numbers
The number one ranked team is playing the number 10 ranked team. That's the reality.