John Buchanan
John Buchanan
John MacLennan Buchanan, PC, QCis a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1978 to 1990 and as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1990 to 2006...
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We were in control in the first few days with our batting and that's how we wanted to stay, ... We had set ourselves up to try and have a range of options as the day wore on so that if bad weather did eventuate, we were still in control of what we wanted to do. We didn't get ourselves into that position.
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There are a lot of things that everyone will take away from this tour. We've taken some interest in what England have in and around the team and the assistance they get from the England & Wales Cricket Board.
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We will consider everything to give our players the best possible support we can.
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We've put in place different measures to try to address that. It's not happening, but we'll keep working at it and hope in the next Test we reach zero tolerance.
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Brett's one of the few people in world cricket at the moment that is bowling consistently at 150km/h. You only have to be a fraction out in your action and the ball could potentially go anywhere.
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We have batted in dark conditions. But the umpires have equipped themselves well and I have every confidence they made the right decision about the light.
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I don't know about overhauls but there would be some fall-out if Australia lost the series 2-0, no doubt.
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One would obviously think that hasn't quite worked, so it might have to be a little bit more of a direct approach from me.
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Basically the way we have been approaching it at the moment is a self-management approach, leaving the quick-bowling group to work out their run-ups, measure those through the course of a training session,
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So it gives us some room for improvement which is always a nice place to be.
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Shane Watson is one player that played that role briefly in a Test match and certainly in our one-day games, so he's obviously a young player of the future and one that the selectors would have in mind.
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Shane spoke to us in South Africa, and then again in Bangladesh. There are a lot of considerations for him, mainly in terms of the longevity of his career. He needs to come to a conclusion. With the contract meetings coming up, I imagine it will be one of the topics for discussion.
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Obviously quite a deal hinges on where McGrath is at. He is coming along well. He will have a bowl in the nets tomorrow, and we will have a better idea of where we are going then.
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Ricky and senior players have just reiterated some approaches. We are hoping we will leave the tour unscarred.