Harry Brook | England captain: Yeah, and we've seen what Reggie do in the nets and he's gone out there and played beautifully there and taken the game away from them alongside Jacksy who's got his fourth man of the match, in this tournament, which is the most ever, he's just told me, so he's pretty happy with that performance. (on Rehan) Yeah, and there's conversations to be had, but we said from the start of the comp, when we said it to the group, we're going to select on conditions and we thought that today was the perfect opportunity to bring him in and he did an amazing job. (did New Zealand test you?) Yeah, absolutely. And they're a very strong side that I think they've gone unbeaten before now. So, yeah, we played against them before Christmas. We knew how strong they were and they do everything so well. They do the little things really well with the running between the wickets and then they've got some extreme power with the batting and likewise with the bowling. They're a very skillful outfit. (on Buttler) Yeah, I think there's been a lot said about Joss. I said the other day that he's played 150 games for England and people probably need to take a little step back from that. He's probably the best white ball player to have ever played the game. He's in a little bit of a rut now, but I think that's an exciting thing for everybody in the world to know what he could produce in the next couple of games. He's obviously got a lot of fire in the belly and he wants to go out there and show everybody what he's made of. He's just 34, striking at 145 in 150 games and yeah, he's a phenomenal player and I have no doubts he'll go out and do well. (on Jacks) He's just a proper batter. There was one instinct that we played against the West Indies at the start of last summer and he came out and he just leant on his first ball for four through the covers or two or whatever. That's just a good sign. I think a lot of lower order batters come out and they block it or they try and hit a wild swing, but he's a proper batter. He's got first-class hundreds, he's played Test cricket and as we've seen tonight, he's got immense power as well. (on their choice of opponent for the semi - India or West Indies) We're not bothered. We're just going to go out there and whoever we're facing, they're going to be a tough opponent anyway. We've already played against West Indies in the warm-up game already, so a little bit of experience there. It's nice to go back to a ground that we've already played on as well. So yeah, both sides are very strong, very powerful teams and we've just got to go out there and try and do the little things well again. (is your side peaking at the right time?) I think so, yeah. We still haven't played that perfect game. We haven't had... Yeah, the starts that we'd like to with bat and ball, and we've done well with the ball, but the bat's been a little bit off, but we've managed to get over the line in some very close games, and I think in World Cups, that holds you in really good stead going into the final stage of it.
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