Brett Lee can help Australia make it four in a row – Steve Waugh
Former Australia captain, Steve Waugh feels the form and experience of express pacer Brett Lee can lead Australia to a record fifth World Cup title.
"I think he is an inspiration for the rest of the Australian team", said Waugh. “The way he has come back and is bowling at 150 kilometres per hour, he will motivate the players around him”, he added further.
The 34-year-old, who has recently made a return to international cricket after a gap of more than year after recovering from a knee surgery, is the leading wicket-taker in the seven match one-day series against Ashes rivals, England, with 11 wickets.
Australia after a facing a 1-3 drubbing in the 2010-11 Ashes series made a strong come back and holds an unassailable 5-1 lead in the 50-overs series, a kind of lead-up that Aussies must have been looking for going into the mega cricketing event.
Steve Waugh has become the latest to attribute Australia’s stunning come back to Lee’s sparkling return into the side.
Waugh, 45, claimed that India is one of the countries Lee loves to tour. Being aware of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lee-c72382’s injury-prone nature, the victorious captain of ICC World Cup 1999 has urged the pacer to focus on his fitness to ensure his availability all through the quadrennial tournament.
The former batting all-rounder of Australia does not see any clear favourite in the upcoming World Cup rather he feels any side which makes it to the knockout stage can lift the coveted trophy.
However, he did add Sri Lanka and India would have an edge over others as they will be playing in their home conditions and it would be tough to defeat the two in their backyard.
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Waugh said Australia would not be “the favourites” in the tournament rather he ranked them as “one of the favourites".
The former talismanic Australian captain, who led the Aussies in 15 of their world-record 16 Test victories in a row, further added that the defending champions are still ranked the No. 1 one-day side in the world and still has the potential to make it four in a row.
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