Pre-Match-Pakistan-David-Hemp-20-03-2022_Moment

20 March - Hamilton - Pakistan coach David Hemp pre-match press conference

Pre-Match-Pakistan-David-Hemp-20-03-2022_Moment

Reporter: How has the buildup going into tomorrow’s game?

Coach David Hemp: Yeah, like it's been specific, pretty good to be honest, we've had last three days of some really, really strong sessions. We had obviously after the defeat against Bangladesh, we had a day to reflect.

Reporter: Obviously got three games left. What's the goal? For the rest of the tournament?

David Hemp: All three wins. So that hasn't changed. You know, we obviously take one game at a time because that's all you can sort of look at. So for us, nothing, nothing shifted there. Despite the results. It's all about focus on the west Indies. And then once that game is done, regroup, review that, look at areas that we did well and areas that we need to think about. And then focus then shifts to England and after that, we'll be on to New Zealand.

Reporter: Yeah, and you focus on performance and leaving a bit of a legacy for the team?

David Hemp: Yeah, look, we've had some individual performances have been very good. Obviously from - which is important, again, you're trying to build that strength and that if individuals can start to perform on this stage and do that more regularly, more often. Then your team results will come at some stage, the challenge for us is getting those - the team wins. But we are seeing some individuals improve their games and showing that especially on this stage - now so for us to get a World Cup 100, I think is excellent, there's only three ODI hundreds in this group anyway, just as an example. So the key is we keep trying, we keep working with the players and keep instilling that belief in themselves but also the way in which they train, how they train and keep challenging the training, so that at some stage they will get over the line in match situations. And then once they do that as a team as a collective, then hopefully you'll see some confidence grow as a team and they will get more wins.

Reporter: Even now looking at the points table and doing a few calculations at the start of the tournament – are you doing the same?

David Hemp: Well, we obviously can't qualify. So that's a challenge for us. But I mean, yeah, I mean, there's obviously an interest now that the West Indies winning that tight game again, a couple of days ago was sort of move them up to third. I think there's obviously four teams underneath that - that are - three teams underneath that that are looking at what they do moving forward and obviously there'll be a bit of interest because we play a couple of those teams obviously England - all three of them West Indies, England and New Zealand. So there's some really big games coming up in the tournament.