I have really enjoyed this World Cup
It seems like forever since our semi-final, and
we are really keen to get out there for this last
game, writes Glenn McGrath
Team Australia is the best thing to have happened
to cricket
As far as I am concerned, Team Australia is the
best thing to have happened to cricket in the recent
past. The players comprise a talented, committed,
professional unit that is created by a system focused
on excellence in cricket, writes Viv Richards
A team driven by extraordinary self-belief
In a way, the Australian approach is quite straightforward,
and indicates the virtue of ‘keeping things
simple.’ But at the core of this attitude is
extraordinary self-belief, writes Javed Miandad
The pitch for the final was not quite up to the
mark
Maybe the rains had something to do with it, but
there is no doubt that the pitch was not quite up
to the mark. The fact was highlighted by the dismissal
of Jayasuriya, who found that the ball from spinner
Clarke hardly got off the ground, writes Sunil
Gavaskar
The boys are raring to take the field
We look ahead to Barbados, where the track will
be livelier, and where we will face the Australians.
With a bowling attack to suit all conditions, and
a batting line-up that goes down to number eight,
we are raring to take the field, writes Tom Moody.
Lara was a genuine gentleman on and off the field
During the course of his extraordinary career, Lara
was maligned on quite a few occasions for different
reasons. However, that doesn’t come into the equation
as far as I am concerned. He was a genuine gentleman
on and off the field, writes Allan Border
Have fewer Ranji teams The Indian board must try to get fewer teams to play the Ranji Trophy rather than lessen the number of teams in the Elite Stage. The idea is to concentrate the best players in fewer teams, writes Imran Khan
I have never seen a stronger Indian side : Ranatunga India, in my opinion, should win the World Cup. I have never seen a stronger Indian one-day side: it's well-represented in batting and its bowling crop is very, very impressive, writes Arjuna Ranatunga.
Dealing with injuries and pressure: Anand Philar If we one were to go by the 'injury stories' that have become a daily diet, it would appear that almost all the top teams would be on pain-killers, writes Anand Philar.
Pathan not the first to face music: Rajan Bala Irfan Pathan, the Baroda swing bowler, is not the first cricketer to be subjected to the whims of a selection committee, writes Rajan Bala.
India dressed up for World Cup party: Anand Philar Coach Chappell must be pretty pleased with not just the series win against Sri Lanka but also the return to form of Yuvraj Singh, writes Anand Philar.
Hope springs afresh in West Indies: John Mehaffey Appraising West Indies' cricket, even in its present depressed state, induces a sense of awe that so much talent has flowed from a scattering of small, mostly impoverished tropical islands, writes. John Mehaffey.
