“It was good fun. I really enjoyed the partnership with White in particular and the assault in the end came good. There was no target set; we tried to get to 300. The outfield is small is some places and very very fast; it’s a difficult ground to defend.” Man of the Match Hussey.

“What we wanted to do was to take the game till the end. Five overs of powerplay was left and we should have achieved it but. We need to improve the death bowling and batsmen to carry on to make big scores.” Dhoni

“It was a pretty good performance other than six or seven overs in the end. The wicket held up nicely and the outfield was fast. We were just good enough to hold out in the end.  Told Siddle to be just calm and have one thought .. just keep it simple.” Ponting

“It was very tough because Jelena started off so strong. It was my second final of the year, so I was a little bit nervous, I wanted to perform really well. I feel like I played good enough tennis to give her a go today and I just wanted to keep fighting out there. It’s very difficult for her to perform at her best right now. We have gotten a lot of injuries. This is towards the end of the year. I wish Jelena a speedy recovery,” said Sharapova.

“Our batsmen were to blame on a wicket where we should have been looking at scoring at least 300 runs. Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting played magnificently well and they did a thoroughly professional job on us.” Strauss

“Ricky really helped me a lot throughout my innings, especially in the middle period, so to have him there getting me through that period was excellent.” Watson

“We can take some confidence out of that for when we go to the final on Monday.” Ponting

“I’m really blown away, I am just surprised to be up here. It has been a great 12 months for our side. We have lost some wonderful players in recent years and we have been rebuilding with some young guys in the team and we have played together well.” said Johnson.

‘It’s a dream come true to be honest and I never thought I’d reach this far, It’s also a great honour for me, means a lot to be part of such an elite list and shows I have done something worthwhile in my life and worked hard to achieve what I did. While the award is more of a personal satisfaction, a gesture that says I’ve done well in the field of cricket, it should also motivate our team and youngsters who are either involved with cricket right now or will play in the future. It tells them that if you do well consistently, you will be rewarded one day.’

“The Pakistanis bowled well, and thankfully Brett Lee and Hauritz showed some steel in the end and got us over the line. It’s a good achievement for our team and we’re looking to go at least another step further.” man of the match Hussey.

“I was chewing my fingers nails up there for the last little bit, That ended up being closer than I thought was possible.”  said skipper Ponting

“There’s nothing bad about it because like South Africa and Sri Lanka in the last T20, you can win all your matches in the first stage and then suddenly lose a big game, It will be good for us, sometimes it’s good for a team to be defeated, it makes you tougher.” said Younus.

Rain had the final say in Centurion, as the crunch game between India and Australia was called off.

India now have to beat West Indies on Wednesday if they hope to progress. Pakistan already into semis with two wins from two games, India have 1 point and Australia 3. India must beat the Windies convincingly and hope Pakistan see off Australia in Wednesday’s other match. Goodluck to India and Australia.

“It was a good total. To reach 212 was fantastic. Samaraweera, Kandamby and Mathews played well. Ajantha bowled well but it was not to be today. We are probably firing on about 80%. We have a lot of homework to do before the next game. We played well. Need to be flexible. This wasn’t a typical one-day track but we had to build a good score.” said Sangakkara

“Its good when you contribute to a team’s victory. The way Anderson took wickets early on was crucial. It was going to be difficult chasing because the ball was doing a bit, but Morgan did very well to see the boys home. We negated their spinners well.” man of the match Collingwood said.

“We played well. The key was to not lose too many early wickets. The way Collingwood played too the game to them. Shah played well. Morgan played brilliantly. This is a fast-scoring ground and we had to keep sensible and not do anything too rash. It was a sensible and professional chase. Morgan has played a lot of innings like that over the years at Middlesex but it is nice to see him transfer that into the international format. We’re not jumping up and down but you can take a lot from victories like this. Our players played without fear and if we continue to do that we can be a good team.” Strauss said.

“It was great to see the guys improve a hell of a lot. The first 15 overs of the first game let us down but this time we bowled with good intensity and hit our areas hard.” said Smith

“Our batters put us in a good position to launch in the final 10 overs for a score of around 250, but we never got that part of our game right. Credit though to South Africa for a good all-round performance.” Daniel Vettori

“We batted very well by doing the basics properly and building partnerships, Ajantha is a big challenge for anyone playing him for the first time. With him, Muttiah Muralitharan and Malinga, we have a lot of unorthodox match-winners in our side.” said Sangakkara

“We never got our basics right and we’ve got to improve very quickly, The number of extras we gave away is a problem, and we’ve got to think better on our feet.” said Smith