The way to think

[Salems Lot 2,394]

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/451958.html

Being the off season and all, i was reading Cricinfo when I came across this article. It made me think that this is how our boys need to start thinking to achieve the level of success that we all crave. It's not important which sport one follows, belief seems to be 90% of the battle. Happy reading.

[Sir Why You Little 35,266]

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/451958.html

Being the off season and all, i was reading Cricinfo when I came across this article. It made me think that this is how our boys need to start thinking to achieve the level of success that we all crave. It's not important which sport one follows, belief seems to be 90% of the battle. Happy reading.

Good interview. Yes the power of a positive attitude after a team gets a sniff. Reminds me of '87 and what nearly was.

We will rise.

[Retrospective 104]

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/451958.html

Being the off season and all, i was reading Cricinfo when I came across this article. It made me think that this is how our boys need to start thinking to achieve the level of success that we all crave. It's not important which sport one follows, belief seems to be 90% of the battle. Happy reading.

Positive thought is great, but have a look at the side Australia took to the WI

M. A. Taylor (New South Wales) (captain), I. A. Healy (Queensland) (vice-captain), G. S. Blewett (South Australia), D. C. Boon (Tasmania), D. W. Fleming (Victoria), J. L. Langer (Western Australia), C. J. McDermott (Queensland), G. D. McGrath (New South Wales), T. B. A. May (South Australia), R. T. Ponting (Tasmania), P. R. Reiffel (Victoria), M. J. Slater (New South Wales), S. K. Warne (Victoria), M. E. Waugh (New South Wales), S. R. Waugh (New South Wales).

B. P. Julian (Western Australia) and C. G. Rackemann (Queensland) joined the tour as replacements for the injured Fleming and McDermott.

Pretty handy side although underrated at the time...and they mostly went on to show how good in the following years

Julian in particular revealed his famous "mystery ball" during the tour..... one that lands on a line and length

Perhaps in 2014 we'll have a MFC side just about to break through for a sustained period of dominance..I hope so

[Salems Lot 2,394]

But of course that is the point; I was living in London in '89 and I remember the newspapers talking up the series as the battle for the worst team in the world. At the time, no one rated any of the Aussies, they proved themselves just as the MFC must do. Let's hope that the likes of Blease, Gawn, Scully, Watts and Trengove become our equivalent of AB, Boonie et al.

Edited March 20, 2010 by glenn honey's dud brother