We preferred to let him recuperate and release him on Thursday.

In the early days of the DCC I preferred to let the proponents do their thing and then see how it all worked out in the end. Now we are pretty close to the end.

We were fragile and febrile.

Fred is a key player of our squad, that's why he was rested this week.

England will want to bounce back from that as they need to win to retain any chance of winning the tournament and that is not good news for us.

This was an important match because the result was a determining factor in who wins the tournament. We haven't won the title yet, but we are on the right track. The players handled the pressure very well and with a lot of determination. That is what made the difference.