The T20 World Cup has reached new heights with its tour across the United States and the West Indies. With defending champions England looking to repeat their feat we went behind the scenes with the current world champions and Pakistan, to get their thoughts on the tournament.
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00:00When Jonny Berstow spoke to the media at the T20 World Cup, he insisted defeat by Australia
00:07would not derail England's campaign. It was a shocker of a display from the world champions
00:12that put more question marks around the opening batting line-up and the ageing squad that
00:18travelled to defend their trophy.
00:20For me personally, if I'm playing well and my body's good and I'm fit, then I want to
00:25be playing for as long as I can. I love and enjoy playing for England, but it could be
00:30the World Cup where I'm not feeling as good or I'm not playing well and I just decide
00:34that this is not me anymore. I don't really think too much about it, I just go on how
00:41I'm feeling at the time.
00:43Amazing to have Geoff back. I think someone of his talent, he's been out for a couple
00:47of years, but to have him back fully fit is amazing. To watch him bowl again for England
00:54is what we've all been hoping for for ages now. He's massive for us, he's very, very
01:00important.
01:01Pakistan have also made a slow start to proceedings in their group at the World Cup, losing to
01:07unlikely candidates America in their opener and being dismissed by India in the following
01:12game. Fakhar Zaman commented on his Pakistan side and their preparation for the tournament
01:18in England.
01:19Playing against England in England condition, I think this is the best preparation for us
01:27going to the World Cup, playing against a tough team. So we are really excited to play
01:33against them.
01:34We played many times against Jovra, he's a very good bowler and yes, we are very excited
01:40and we are more excited that we are playing a full strength team of England. So that's
01:46a very good thing for us. The player like Jovra, he's in a team, so of course it will
01:54help England, but it will help us to play against a world-class bowler.
02:00England had brought back psychologist David Young in a bid to help the team regain its
02:05rhythm. Young was part of the backroom staff at Premier League club Manchester City, helping
02:10them to multiple titles.
02:12Mary Nally commented on the importance of bringing him back around the squad ahead of
02:17the tournament.
02:19Having Youngie back in the changing room generally is great for the side and he's a good character
02:23to have himself away from his work. So when he's in and he's doing his work, he's great
02:30to have. Yeah, everyone's different. I guess me personally, I don't use psychologist too
02:37much and all that kind of stuff, but he's great for the team and yeah, just a bit more
02:43clarity on what we're trying to do as a side and roles as players and what does it look
02:48like in terms of are we positive, are we trying to be a bit cautious, are we going to adapt
02:51and all these kind of things. And then we just pick and once we decide on what we want
02:56as a group, then we fully 100% commit to that.