Australia's Alex Carey happy with high-scoring tracks in Pakistan: A lot of fun

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Australia's Alex Carey has said that he is enjoying the high-scoring tracks in Pakistan after their amazing run-chase against England. Australia next face South Africa at Rawalpindi on February 25.

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00:00Perhaps last match is the greatest match of the cricket history and champion trophy as

00:07well.

00:08It's passed.

00:09What did you say about the weather, the scotty arrangement here in Pakistan?

00:16The weather?

00:17Weather and the scotty arrangements in Pakistan.

00:21Yeah, a fantastic game of cricket as you mentioned and even better for the Australians to come

00:27out on top I think.

00:30At the halfway mark of the game we didn't know that that was a record amount of runs

00:34scored and then for us to I guess chip away at that total, stayed pretty calm throughout

00:42the run chase and the dew started to come onto the ground so the outfield got wetter

00:49as the game went on which obviously suited us.

00:53But any time you're chasing 350 runs a lot has to go right and I thought the way that

00:59we kept the run rate at the top of the order with Matt Short and Marnus was really positive.

01:06It didn't get away from us and then once we lost a couple of wickets for Josh and myself

01:11to put together a partnership and continue to keep the run rate at around seven, seven

01:16and a half to eight allowed for Maxwell to come in and do what he does best and if he's

01:23batting with only five or six overs to go it means we're in a pretty good position and

01:29he can come out and score a strike rate of 200 plus which he's done a number of times

01:33for Australia so I think all in all for us to get our Champions Trophy underway in such

01:42a manner we probably don't want to chase 350 too many more times but our bowlers will learn

01:48a lot from that hit out and for Australia to win a Champions Trophy game after a number

01:55of years, yeah it's a great vibe around the group.

02:00The second question, how is the weather here in London?

02:14Yeah beautiful, we've played a test match here probably 2022 and spent a lot of time

02:21out in the ground fielding so yeah it's a lovely place to play cricket here and just

02:27walking across the ground, the climate's lovely, it'll be interesting to see if the dew comes

02:35in like it did in Lahore but I guess the benefit is we've got a game here today that we'll

02:42be able to watch how that pans out, New Zealand and Bangladesh play here so the boys will

02:46be watching and probably assessing a little bit as it goes on but yeah it's a beautiful

02:51place to play cricket here in Islamabad and we're really excited for tomorrow.

02:54General feeling is that you've got a betting heavy team, you chased down a very very formidable

03:02total, do you think when it comes to setting the target, your make-up, your body, has got

03:12the same guts to defend such a big total?

03:16Yeah it's a good question, look it's an inexperienced bowling attack, there's no hiding away from

03:21that, in and around that we've got some experience with our leg spinner Adam Zampa, we've got

03:27Glenn Maxwell who's really smart with our he bowls and we've got Steve Smith who's a

03:32fantastic captain so I think if we are to bat first throughout the tournament I'll back

03:41our boys to defend, hopefully a good score of 300 plus but if not Nathan Ellis has got

03:47a lot of tricks, got a lot of good slower balls, Spencer Johnson's really damaging up

03:52the top, left arm Seema and so has Ben Dworshis and you've got Sean Abbott ready to go as

03:58well so we've come into this tournament really confident that our bowling attack will still

04:05do a fantastic job without the big three and hopefully as a batting group we can score

04:11as many runs and make it easy for our bowlers.

04:14Are you enjoying your new role on the pitch?

04:18Yeah I still probably prefer wearing the gloves but it was nice to run around in the field

04:23the other day, a different perspective on the game standing out at deep square leg and

04:30deep point and the crowd was fantastic, they were very kind and it was a pleasure to run

04:37around in the field with the Pakistan fans behind us.

04:40Is it concerning about the 5th bowling option as Stoinis has retired, there is no Mitchell

04:52Marsh, Maxwell and Matt Short has done the job for you guys for the first match, is it

04:56concerning the 5th bowling option that 10 overs?

04:59Not concerning, nah look I think England played really well and I just think the other night

05:08I think whoever bowled it was going to be difficult in those conditions so I think it's

05:15a great chance to throw the ball around, at times we might see Marnus bowl, Matt Short,

05:24Travis Head, I think the way that Steve Smith uses the bowlers is a strength of ours, Smudge

05:33is a great captain tactically and he reads the play really well so I'm still really confident

05:42with 50 overs of bowling however that looks for us, we'll do a good job in trying to defend

05:50as much as possible and then if we are to bat first try and take early wickets is a

05:56key, defend through the middle and hold it tight at the end.

06:01Hey this is Meerozina from 24 News, welcome to Pakistan, any key challenges expect in

06:08the upcoming game against South Africa and second question is what's your expectation,

06:14any kind of specific strategy to counter the South Africa's bowling attack?

06:21Yeah thanks for the question, I think South Africa are playing really good one day cricket

06:25at the moment and they look like they've got a great balance across their 11 players

06:31so another exciting opportunity for the Australian team, yeah look we'll sort of dig deeper into

06:39that today, team meetings, bowling meetings, batting meetings, we have played South Africa

06:44quite a bit in the last sort of 12 to 24 months in one day cricket so we know how they line

06:50up but as you mentioned they're pretty strong across the board which I think just for us

06:56it's a great opportunity to come out here, coming off the back of a great game against

07:01England, play with a lot of freedom, take the game on, for our bowling attack you know

07:07get stuck in and try to take early wickets, Adam Zampa through the middle does his thing

07:12and Nathan Ellis with all these tricks at the back end and for our batting group you

07:18know not much will change, Travis Head will try to smack them at the top with Matt Short,

07:22you've got Smith and Marness through the middle and then hopefully set it up for Maxwell to

07:26go you know big at the end so great opportunity for us, we know they're a great team, you

07:33know they'll be strong throughout the tournament but I feel like you know our confidence is

07:37high and we're really excited for tomorrow.

07:40Welcome to Pakistan, I'm Ambreen, considering the pitch condition is there any chances to

07:46change the playing eleven?

07:49I don't think so at this stage, we'll watch today's game out here as well, I think we've

07:56got a pretty good balance but I'll leave that for the selectors if there is any tweaks,

08:02I think the batting line-up probably lines up pretty well and we'll see how the boys

08:07pulled up from the other night but yeah we'll wait and see at the toss tomorrow but I don't

08:13expect there to be a change but if there is whoever comes into the line-up will be ready

08:17to go.

08:18Thanks.

08:19We've got one more.

08:20In the last ten years we have seen two times three-fifteen changes between Pakistan and

08:21Pakistan changed three-fifteen plus against South Africa and you people always have changed

08:22next is South Africa, you have changed three-fifteen plus against South Africa, you have changed

08:23three-fifteen plus against South Africa and you people always have changed next is South

08:24Africa, you have changed three-fifteen plus against South Africa, you have changed three-fifteen

08:25plus against South Africa, you have changed three-fifteen plus against South Africa, you

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08:47South Africa, you have changed three-fifteen plus against South Africa, you have changed

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08:49Africa, you have changed three-fifteen plus against South Africa, you have changed three-fifteen

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