'Aussies don't dwell on past'

Glenn McGrath: Yes, no one goes out there for personal abuse, I think that has no part in the game. Mental disintegration, gamesmanship, sledging or whatever you may call it, I have seen a lot of batsmen, a lot of players, if you say anything to them, it really makes them focus more and makes them more determined.

So, that could work against you, but other players get a lot nervous and change their gameplan that can work for you. You can't just go out and do a 'willy-nilly' because I know a lot of guys in the Australian team, if you really get stuck into them, it makes them a lot more focussed, a lot more determined, and your job as a bowler is twice as hard.

Gaurav Kalra: So which is your favourite one? Now that you are retired, you can tell us the favourite one you have tried, maybe one on Sachin Tendulkar?

Glenn McGrath: It wasn't too bad with Sachin, but there was one game where he was actually getting stuck into me - I didn't say anything to him before that. He was batting very well and having a go at me. It is a two-way straight; it's not one that stands out more than any other.

I don't go out there to give anyone a hard time, sometimes or probably a majority of the time with me, if I say something it's because I'm a bit frustrated, because they are actually batting so well. So if I start saying something to him, they probably should feel that they are slightly winning the battle sometimes.

Gaurav Kalra: Three straight World Cups, I know you shouldn't be worried about this, but the world should be worried in a certain sense because Australia have won the last two without losing a game. They have not just lost a game, they haven't actually been challenged in this World Cup. There hasn't been a 10-run game or a one-wicket game. Do you sense now that the world needs to really catch up, if Australian cricket needs to be challenged, or is it going to go on this way?

Glenn McGrath: I think the other teams will learn a lot by watching the current Australian team at the moment. It's up to them to put things in place and really lift, and work out how to beat this Australian team. The Australian team has got a good mix of experienced players and youth, but our average age is a lot older than any other team.

I think over the next few years there's going to be a big turnover of players in the Australian team and how those young guys come through, we'll see how things go then. But when a few senior players finally hand their boots up, I guess it changes the way how others team view the Australian team. We'll see what happens then.

Gaurav Kalra: But in your previous interviews with us, you have been pretty confident about how younger guys are coming through, especially in the fast bowling resources, it doesn't worry you at all. You can sit back on a bed in Sydney and the Mitchell Johnsons and the Shaun Taits of the world just rip across batting orders.

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