da cassino online： Justin Langer and Paul Wiseman speak about their day in the field
Wisden Cricinfo staff26-Nov-2004
Justin Langer: beating the heat and frustrating the bowlers© Getty Images
Justin Langer
On the heat
I feel pretty good and we’re in a pretty goodposition. I started cramping – I tend to do that atAdelaide – after lunch and that probably affected myconcentration. But that went away and I felt prettygood.On the century
I don’t think it’s one of my best. Besides the firstcouple of overs and a couple with the second new ball, it wasa gritty innings. But my balance was really goodbecause footwork is one area of my game that I’ve hadto improve over the last 12 to 18 months.On it being his 20th hundred
Statistics are a really funny thing in cricket. Whenyou are playing the game they mean a lot. I spoke toTugga [Steve Waugh] a couple of months ago and he saidthat in retirement statistics mean nothing. While I’mplaying and getting paid to score runs it means Ihopefully get a game next week.On the pitch
It’s a very good wicket and is actually getting morecarry than I’ve seen before. I’m not sure it’s goingto get up and down. We’re going to have to giveourselves plenty of time to get 20 New Zealandwickets.On Hayden’s caught-and-bowled
It was a big banging double noise so he must havethought that he’d thumped it into the ground. He wasprobably hoping it was a bump ball because he wasstarting to hit it pretty well. I thought it was out.On using the third umpire for a catch
I’m not saying it was obvious, but it looked to methat it was it probably out. The umpires did the rightthing. If the technology is there they might as welluse it.On New Zealand’s performance
They fought hard all day. Jacob Oram is an outstandingcricketer to bowl that economically on that track.Chris Martin runs in hard all day and hasn’t had thatmuch luck, but definitely has the spirit.On their mood in the field
They were a bit quiet, but I’m not sure how they play.They had a tough week last week, it was 38 degrees orso, they lost the toss on a good wicket. They did anadmirable job.On his run-burst in the first two overs
I keep telling Haydos that he’s the blocker and I amthe aggressor. I can’t believe he’s playing one-daycricket and I’m not. [The rooms laughs loudly] Heknows how I feel about this.Paul Wiseman
On his performance
I started off a bit rusty but came back well in thesecond spell and had good rhythm.On the heat compared to Bangladesh
It was hot and dry; Bangladesh was humid. You don’tget wet out there, it’s just dry, your mouth’s dry.But we had a breeze today.On Hayden’s catch
I thought it was just a regulation caught-and-bowled.He wasn’t sure whether he’d squeezed it into theground. I was pretty sure, but it put doubt in my mindwhen he didn’t go. He’s entitled to stick around. Itwas pretty amicable, no dramas.On the feeling in the side
It was good honest toil. We lost the toss on a prettygood batting wicket and the Aussies played very well.There weren’t too many chances and the boys stuck atit. Jacob Oram bowled beautifully, Chris Martin ran inwith good rhythm and Dan [Vettori] did a good job on awicket that’s not turning much yet. The guys are okand certainly not down.On the side’s position
It would have been nice to get a couple more at theend and maybe we could have done better with thesecond new ball, but we had an opener who was 120 bythat stage.On the pitch spinning
I think it will start turning quite a bit by daythree, especially if the heat stays. If we get to bowla second time I look forward to it.