Melbourne: Former Australian players foresee tough times for Ricky Ponting’s men in the upcoming World Cup despite being the number one ODI side as they feel co-hosts India and Sri Lanka are better-equipped to exploit the conditions.
“They (Australia) are certainly up against it,” former wicket-keeper Ian Healy said of the team, which is chasing a record fourth World Cup trophy.
“It’s not our favoured venue for a World Cup victory, but it’s a frontier that needs to be crossed again from ’87.
There’s some hot competition from Sri Lanka and India, and I’m envisaging a real battle for the other two semi spots,” Healy was quoted as saying by the ‘Daily Telegraph’.
Healy tipped Sri Lanka to clinch the trophy, saying veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, playing in his last tournament, would be a major factor.
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