[Its sequel, the Odyssey, describes the effort of one of the attackers to return home. It is] the epic of the displaced person, ... The cities are down and the survivors wander the face of the earth as pirates or beggars.

Hopefully, we can come back with a good effort Wednesday because if we don't, we'll be coming home for good. Everybody I've talked to seems to feel like the other district is a little stronger than ours this year.

With the effort we've put in, I don't think we deserve to go home as losers, so it's a must-win game for us. It would be a massive achievement to win here. Circumstances have forced us to play several new players so to beat India with all their experience would be a monumental effort. We've shown signs of being able to do that in patches during the previous Tests, but we need to get it right over five days.

The better team won. Johnston put forth a great effort on our home floor. I was disappointed we came out in the first quarter and didn't play the defense I expected us to play, but hats off to Johnston. I thought a number of their kids really played their roles well.

It was a team effort, and we got the win we needed at home. We knew they wanted to get one of two here, but we came together and stepped up when we needed to.

We need a team effort to cover for him. We don't have anybody who will probably hit 15 home runs, but we have a couple of kids with power.