Graham Gooch feels England have the potential to break the World Cup jinx
England batting coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-c60529 Gooch feels Andrew Strauss's men have the potential to win the first ever World Cup title for the country.
Gooch, who was part of three unsuccessful England World Cup squads, said that the current team can succeed where he failed during his distinguished and lengthy cricketing career as an England opener.
"Winning a World Cup didn't happen for me," said Gooch while talking to the media reporters on Monday. "I hope this team have got it within them to win the World Cup - and I'm convinced they have," he added.
The former England batsman - who was brought back into the national set-up by the current head coach of England cricket team, Andy Flower – was part of the English World Cup squads that failed to seal the title after reaching the finals
- 1979, 1987 and 1992.
In 1987, they were beaten by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 snatched the coveted trophy from their paws.
In the ongoing World Cup tournament, they made a stunning comeback into the tournament after reaching the verge of first-round exit. Gooch said that it was the spirit shown by Strauss and his armory that had impressed him in the swinging
league stage of the World Cup in which they tied with co-hosts and pre-tournament favourites http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
He said that the main objective was to qualify for the knockout round and now after they are into the elimination stage, the former batting great of England said that they are not going to look back at their performance in the league stage
rather they are looking forward to the upcoming challenge against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the latter’s backyard.
"Sri Lanka in their own country are a top team - world-class players with lots of experience," said Gooch. "But that's one of the beauties of playing the game. You look forward to those challenges, to coming up against those players,” he
added further.
The Lankans have likes of opener Tillakaratne Dilshan and skipper Kumar Sangakkara in their batting line-up, while their bowling arsenal has magical spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157 and slingshot seamer Lasith Malinga.
Gooch said that the presence of world-class bowler like Murali makes the encounter “even more juicy than normal”. However he insisted Strauss’s men not to worry about the outcome of the match rather asked them to go and play their fearless
game.
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