“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

“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.