Player quotes from matchday 6

Jon Long, ICC


Quotes from Scotland v Bermuda, 9 July 2005

Scotland captain Craig Wright:

"We're obviously delighted to be in the final. We came here with the intention of winning this event and we haven't looked beyond that. To be honest I've no idea who we would be grouped with in the World Cup if we lost the final and at this stage it doesn't matter."

"I've been really impressed with our all-round performances. Different batsmen have stepped up to the challenge when asked to do so and our bowling has been solid."

"I've always said that if we can get our best eleven together we will be a match for anyone at this level and it's been pleasing to see that this has been the case. We've got one more match to prove ourselves and it promises to be a very good game."

"I think Ireland and us are pretty evenly matched. We're expecting a few fans to travel over from Scotland and I think there's going to be a great atmosphere at Clontarf on Wednesday."

Quotes from Ireland v Canada, 9 July 2005

Ireland captain Jason Molins:

"It's a big victory for us and it's great to be in the final."

"From a personal perspective it was good to get some runs. All of our top order have struggled in the tournament. It was a little bit better today but there is still more to come."

Man of the match Peter Gillespie:

"We don't mind who we play in the World Cup. It will be our first one so we're just happy to be going there."

"When Ed left us on Thursday he said that we'd better win this game today as he fancied coming back for the final. I think it's good to show that we can win a match without him. He was very important to us in the group games but a lot of us did not perform to our best in those games and it was good for some of the other lads to come good today."

Canada captain John Davison:

"To be honest I don't think we deserved to be in the final. I don't think we've really played as well as we are capable of playing so it's good that we've done as well as we've done."

"There are some good young players coming through so I think the future looks good."

"The tournament isn't over for us. We've got one more game to go against Bermuda and we really want to win that as it will decide which World Cup group we will be in."

Quotes from Holland v Denmark, 9 July 2005

Holland captain Luc van Troost:

"I decided to open the batting today as we wanted to get off to a positive start. Our batting was excellent today and Bas and Dan [van Bunge] both took responsibility under pressure."

"We've been working hard on our fitness during the winter and I think it has paid off. We have no injuries and I think we are in good shape going into a very important match on Monday."