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February 20, 2001

Up close with the aussiesUp close with the Aussies

Up close with the aussies

  The pace is hotting up.

The Indians have announced their team to take on the Aussies.

Meanwhile,the opposition has landed in Mumbai, and are readying for the tour game against Ranji champions Mumbai, followed immediately by the first Test of what should be a very tough, hard-fought series.

And as the pace picks up, so does our coverage. With a special feature comprising a series of crisp, sharp interviews that take you into the minds of the Aussies, as they prepare for what they say is going to be their toughest assignment yet.

Click on the names below, to go to the interviews.


     Steve Waugh: "When you have played in a losing side, you learn to appreciate the victories and to enjoy them more."
     Adam Gilchrist: "Steve raises the bar on you all the time, he keeps challenging you to better yourself."
     Michael Slater: "Knowing how to get someone out is one thing, doing it out there in the middle is something else."
     Justin Langer: "If Steve asked me to run into a brick wall, I would"
     Mark Waugh: "In the final analysis, pace will decide the outcome"
     Ricky Ponting: "The dream is not dead yet, I just need to work on my game, make it happen"
     Shane Warne: "I can relax at the bowling crease and that should make a difference."
     Colin Miller: "To come here as a spinner, to go up against batsmen who play spin well, it is big, very big."
     Glen McGrath: "I wish I could have had a bowl against Sachin at the Brabourne".
     Michael Kasprowicz: "I wanted to come back just once, I wanted to do it again and   do it better this time."
     John Buchanan: "It is about having pride in the baggy green, in Australia"


Interviews: Prem Panicker, Ashish Magotra, Faisal Shariff
Co-ordination: Imran Shaikh
Design: Lynette Menezes
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