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  • 20/06/2025
The latest Wales sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.
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00:00Wales men's football team manager Craig Bellamy has outlined that his team are constantly evolving and progressing under his stewardship.
00:10There's no right or wrong in how you play this game. No right or wrong.
00:14But how I look to use and how I like a team to be able to play, from what they were doing before, there was a big shift, there was a big gap.
00:23But how we were able to close that, like Turkey was a massive game to get it straight away and be able to play the way we did, really shortened our, really give the players the confidence to be able to, this is what we want.
00:40This is how we can play. And then we've just been able to just keep moving some bits, maybe we can be a little bit better on, but then we've improved again with it.
00:48Maybe Iceland away, for instance, 2-0 up, but then second half, didn't create the angles quick enough. That was our only downfall.
00:56Second game, after we ended up drawing that win in the next game, Montenegro had started going man v man, then we create the angles even quicker, took man v man off and then we win that game comfortably.
01:05So those learning bits, we've been always able to progress.
01:08And Ben Stokes, captain of the England and Wales cricket team, is going into a crucial period for his captaincy, with Test Match Series against India, and then the Ashes to come over the winter.
01:21Yeah, very. It's been a long time coming, obviously nearly at the back end of June now, and for this to be our build-up towards the second test since the New Year's, obviously a long time to wait.
01:36So, yeah, we've had different preparations for different individuals, obviously we've had some guys getting their bodies right, some guys playing counting cricket, but yeah, everyone's really excited to be here now and to get going tomorrow.
01:49And as you head into this period of five tests against India, then the Ashes, is this the biggest challenge we could all face at this time, would you say come on?
01:57Oh, look, I think first and foremost, obviously it's the five games against India that we're focusing on. We know it's going to be tough, always is against India, the five test matches are very demanding on the body, so yeah, we'll be focusing on these five games first.

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