22 March - Wellington - South Africa player Chloe Tryon post-match press conference
Reporter: I'm sure you take a lot of confidence in going over that score of 50 to 60 plus against that well organized Australian side, can you just give us a review of the batting and bowling from today's game, please.
Chloe Tryon: I think we just, we couldn't start with the bat. Lizelle and Wolfe really set it up nicely for us. And then to get Sune to get a really good partnership with Wolfe until the end, so we really couldn't ask for better start to them. We still felt that we lost a couple of wickets towards the back end. But we're still happy with 270+ cause you're able to see that the girls taking the responsibility as batters and really getting to that score. We really want to score that consistently. So yeah we really ticked off after the first half. We were happy with that. With regards to bowling we couldn’t ask for a better start, I think Marizanne and Ismail bowled really well. I just felt that as bowlers as we didn't back them up in the middle overs - too many loose balls both sides of the wicket. Really hard to set fields for that - so yeah, I felt that we didn't follow that up enough and we kind of got – Meg Lanning going there - once you get her going you can’t stop her and once you got the opportunities with the ball there a little bit too late and we kind of missed them as well. So very unfortunate with that - I think we were disappointed with the second half.
Reporter: One of the themes of this World Cup has been that Australia have been completely dominant and obviously you guys haven't played them for quite a long time. What would you say is the biggest gap between the two sides and is this a true reflection of where the form between the two sides lies?
Chloe: Look Australia is a quality side and you can’t get away from them. They're the number one ranked team in the world for a reason. I just felt that we needed to be at our best in the second half and we weren't. We were really happy with how we batted against them - I loved the intent that the girls had which was fantastic to see. I still felt that we could have done better in the field. Back up the bowlers in the field as well, too many dropped catches, and bowling two sides of the wicket. I think it'd be a really different story if we kept to the stumps and kind of put a lot of pressure on them. But I don't think the gap is too big. We've worked really hard. And yeah, we'll just have to bounce back from today.
Reporter: You're obviously - actually you did not win but it is not a final, it is only one match. So it's not actually the end of the world – or is it?
Chloe: No, no, definitely not. I think we've always starred in our bowling as a unit. So to just play that - we weren't happy with - I know the bowlers really rank themselves really high - so we'll be disappointed about it. But yeah, like you said it's not the end of the world. We've got two important games coming up against West Indies and India, which is very important for us to make sure that we qualify and we get good momentum going into the semifinal and potentially final, so it’s not the end of the world. We'll just have to refresh from this and got to make sure that we bounce back.
Reporter: Given those missed chances, has that sort of hit confidence amongst the group and given those chances missed, If you take them you probably feel like you can beat Australia if you meet them later in the tournament right?
Chloe: No, definitely. Chasing 270+ is a lot. So we felt that we could take those chances, we could have put a lot of pressure on the their order. But unfortunately that didn't happen and we’ve to just make sure that we go back and just make sure we take a few extra catches. We've got a quick turnaround into the West Indies game. So we definitely want to make sure that we take those chances.
Reporter: South Africa's next game is against West Indies. You have played with Dottin - so how much will that experience help you guys in the next game?
Chloe: Look, we’ve played a lot of cricket against them - not just me, we’ve had a series against them back home just before the World Cup which is great. We know what kind of dangerous team they are. We won't take them lightly. We don't take anyone lightly in here. And we know once a player like Deandra Dottin gets going, it's kind of hard to stop her. So yeah, we'll just have to make sure that we are now in our best game going into the next one. And we just make sure they don’t score any runs against us and they're also on the back foot a little bit. So it's going to be a big test for us, but I think we're really looking forward to it.
Reporter: My question is - most of the South African players have played with and against all of the Australian players during the WBBL. Do you think that is something - especially the batting - that it's something that helped you put on that big score in the first innings, because the batting unit has faced these ballers especially with you, Laura and Lizelle and Sune of course have faced these bowlers before?
Chloe: It's always good to have these leagues around the world. We get to play with them and you play against them. You kind of see what their strengths and weaknesses are. We know players evolve over the years, but it's good that we have these leagues and you get to watch players and kind of see what their strengths and weaknesses are -so Yeah, it is a plus. It's not just Australia. It's any other team. You really get to watch what they do. So yeah, it does give a little bit of intel on different players. But I felt that we could have done a little bit better knowing how strong of a team they are and the way we batted in the first innings I figured that we could have really done better with the ball. So yeah, a bit disappointed by that, but we really have to just look forward to next game.
Reporter: Do you now basically know that how far you are from Australia in terms of how much you need to improve to beat them?
Chloe: Yeah, definitely - Like I said in my previous answers, they're very consistent team with the ball. If you watched them in the first half, it was really tough and we kind of found ways to score runs and when they came out they came out really good intent as well. And you want that as players. So yeah, definitely take a lot from them. And just make sure that we can take that into our next game.
Reporter: You mentioned the fielding let you guys down a bit in today's game, but regarding the batting - some players have been misfiring with that. Is it a concern for you especially when you get to the business end of the competition?
Chloe: I don't think it's much of a concern. I feel like it's more on just making sure that we have really good intent going into the games. The girls worked really hard. You can’t take that away from anyone. It's just making sure that we kind of select our balls - we kind of spend time in the middle and I don't think we do enough of that. I think Laura has been the perfect example of how to bat. She's been fantastic for us. And she really spends some in the middle and we just know that once you bat longer it becomes a little bit easier. So yeah, if we can just look to do a little bit more of that. A lot more players can fire but I don't think it's the end of the world. They're just minor things.
Reporter: In looking at this tournament – do you think that the experience that the South African players have - I mean most of them have played in various different international leagues like WBBL and Hundred - Do you think that experience is something helped you close on those close matches in these world cups - especially the past against the likes of England – do you think that has helped you guys?
Chloe: A little bit, I think that we just got really tired of getting games down to the wire and not getting over the line. I think a pure example of that is the 2017 semi -final, you know, we fought really hard and it was a really tough pill to swallow then. So yeah, we don't want to be in those positions again. But if we are and we have to really fight and we have a lot of fights in our first four games with the batting, getting over the line. So it's really important that we take those in, but we kind of don’t want the games to go down to the wire like that, especially when we are in really good position so yeah -
Reporter: Just in terms of the mindset of the way you guys are wanting to play, I presume it's an attacking one and one that wants to take the game forward, but does that come across in terms of the way the batting line up is structured in various times, it just seems that it’s very formulated, it does not - the game situation is not taken into account – how do you feel that can be addressed?
Is that something to discuss that, that there could be movement in the batting line up depending on the game situation and not just go - this one bat at three, this one bats at five and so it goes on.
Chloe: I think as bad as we've – we’ve kind of always backed ourselves whoever goes in. Yeah, so you can look at it like that too. But at the end of the day, every batter that goes, shows really good intent, should want to score runs, and we kind of just back anyone that goes in so whether it's number four, five or six doesn't necessarily have to be changed. I feel that everyone that goes up there needs to pick up the hand and take responsibility and the way Sune went out today and really showed intent and kind of got the run rate going up and supported Wolvaardt was really good. So I think we just need to back ourselves and back our players. But yeah, I don't think it necessarily needs to change. I think we've all taken that responsibility.