Stephen Finn
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So in a short chase like that, I don't know if Samuels did it to Sri Lanka in the first innings, but...
It was unusual for someone to come and smack sixes and change the game in a final like that.
Whereas now a short chase, it's one innings from someone with these deep batting lineups that teams have that wins you that game.
But I went, I mean, blow my own trumpet, but...
I bowled all of my overs that I could have done in the tournament and I didn't get hit for one six in the entire tournament.
So that shows the change in attitude in the game between now and then.
And yeah, Sri Lanka's players weren't able to do that and then crumbled under the pressure and expectation.
maiden title and danced the night away yes well they did indeed and then some I imagine you were quite glad you weren't necessarily there for that it would have been quite a party well maybe you would want to have been there well I'd have liked to play in a World Cup final yeah but yeah there's no doubt that those guys know how to celebrate and I'm sure they did do that night
Was there less concern about sort of...
I think the way that players are viewed and the way that you, not behave, because you don't go out to misbehave, but it's just you have your guardrails up the whole time, I think now.
And yeah, that was a time when that wasn't so prevalent.
No, I'd agree with that.
For a player now, with the way that social media works, you have a bad game and you're annihilated on social media.
So it immediately gets your back up and I don't think that was as big a thing 14 years ago.