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Old July 14, 2009, 12:31 AM
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Default Congratz from Australia!

Well, from Boston technically, but from an Aussie at least. Second Test win and first away from home! Enjoy the feeling fellas, it's sweet isn't it. Great performance from your team, taking wickets when time is running out is always laden with pressure but your guys responded and they will reap the fruits of this in future matches to come. Test cricket is all about the mental side of things, and the fact that your team pulled it off - minus its captain - shows that they stayed strong when the pressure was on.

The true challenge will come against better teams, but this experience can only do good. It will have given the players the confidence that they can win, and give them faith to back their own ability. It's these moments that improve players' judgments and you clearly won the 50-50 moments in this Test. Hopefully the players celebrate tonight, but don't get carried away and realise that the job's only partly done, and exhibit a killer instinct and grind their oppo into the Caribbean dust next match. Player for player you are better than the WI team and you should prove that by making a statement, that would be invaluable for the team's confidence.

In the meantime, enjoy the win! Happy for you guys. You did better than we did against England (took all wickets you needed on the last day).
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