McGrath declares Australia "unsinkable"

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Okay, he didn't use those exact words but you get the point. Overnight, Glenn McGrath boasted that Australia would run through the World Cup undefeated:

"If we go out and play the way we have, I can't really see any team getting close to us. If we keep focusing on that and keep trying to improve ourselves, I think that's the way it will be."

Pigeon is famous for his bold predictions. 5-nil before the 2005 Ashes (that one didn't pan out). Possibly gagged by Cricket Australia, he didn't predict 5-nil before the 2006/07 Ashes but we all know he was thinking it (and was right on the money, it turned out). So now he comes out and predicts we'll go through the World Cup undefeated. Maybe he's right. Australia are playing pretty damn well, albeit against a few minnow sides, a hungovered England, an erratic West Indies and South Africa. One substantial win doesn't warrant crowing about how much better we are than everyone else. Instead, it puts pressure on our boys and hands a decent serving of motivation to the opposition. Guess it could be worse. He could be muttering about being "quietly confident" and "taking it one game at a time".

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Posted by JC on Sat 31 Mar

4 comments

This pigeon is a bit of a hype. Because of derth in quality batting in world cricket barring the Australians, his bowling is over-rated. Arjuna Ranatunga had the guts to say that Warne was a over rated bowler and proved it by bashing him all around in the 1996 world cup final which Sri Lanka won against Australia. Today no batsman or captain has the ability and guts to stand up and say those words and prove it. That is the problem. That is why Glen Mcgrath behave like spoilt kids with too much candy around and nobody is there to admonish them.
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Posted by Ganesh Rao on 2007-03-31 18:07:24

Rana-who? I don't remember this guy's name on any top ten list of players. But what do you know, there's Warnie's name. And pigeon's too.

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Posted by TA on 2007-04-02 08:29:53

I'm definitely going to check out Ganesh's blog... I haven't laughed so hard in ages. Aside from the size of their guts, how could you compare Ranatunga with Warnie?

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Posted by P. Dorf on 2007-04-02 15:17:02

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