NIC POTHAS’ UTURN

ON SUNDAY

You can’t fault anyone within that changing room. Yes, we didn’t play our best cricket today. That’s pretty obvious. You do get angry. To say ‘too many cooks’ is probably accurate. When asked about Sri Lanka’s

continued poor showing If it was up to me and we had control over what we did, then we could probably give you a timeline (for a turnaround). It’s a question you probably need to ask a few other people as well. For me, if we were left alone and you could work with this group of players, you could get some stability and consistency over a period of six months, you’d see massive improvements.

On how to arrest the slide When we’re getting new players every game, it gets very difficult from a confidence point of view. From the player’s point of view, it’s very difficult. It’s difficult for us the coaching staff to create a strategy. On selection interference

ON WEDNESDAY

We are in good shape at the moment; we have had a couple of training sessions. The boys are in very good spirits. As I mentioned before, we are very, very focused on the processes and procedures which will stand us in good stead in the future. That future will take time as we have stated before.

On team’s outlook We certainly can’t wave any magic wands around. We are in a position at the moment where England, India, Australia they have all found themselves in. We certainly have learnt from them and spoken to them. We are confident how we are going to work.

On the slump