Captain's Log - Feb. 26 - Mar. 4

Saturday, March 1, 2003:::

"I don't want to look at the political side. Just like playing Australia or South Africa it's just another game and we're approaching it in the same frame of mind." Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, ahead of the game against Pakistan
Source: The BBC, UK

"Let's hope there are a few scars there and let's hope we can open them up again." Australian skipper Ricky Ponting, on the match against England
Source: The Courier Mail, Australia

"He has a lion heart, walks like a lion and has the strength of a lion." Kenyan skipper Steve Tikolo, on Collins Obuya, the leg-spinner who spun Kenya to a shock win over Sri Lanka
Source: The Hindu, India

"It has become obvious that, in the matches played under lights in this World Cup, teams winning the toss are getting an unfair advantage. I would say any team which wins the toss has won the match 75 percent (of the time) and that is grossly unfair." Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis, after the loss against England
Source: Cricmania

posted at 3:35 p.m. IST

Wednesday, February 26, 2003:::

"We didn't bowl well at the end. Brett Lee wasn't at his best at the end - his yorkers weren't quite there - there were full tosses and 'hit me' balls. So we have got to go away and work on that and make sure that it's a bit sharper the next time we play." Australian skipper Ricky Ponting, after the game against Zimbabwe
Source: The BBC, UK

"I wouldn't call him a mentor as such, that's probably more Martin Crowe for me. But it's the lessons I have learned out of cricket from him, from the way he plays the game." New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming, on Steve Waugh's influence on his career
Source: Stuff, New Zealand

"Henry's (Olonga) omission has nothing to do with his protest or politics. We needed to have more depth in our batting, hence the inclusion of Andy Blignaut ahead of Olonga. It was as simple as that - nothing else." Zimbabwe skipper Heath Streak, after the match against Australia
Source: The Age, Australia

"We're grown men, we're enjoying the country and we're friends who've been together for a long time. We're going to have fun - we're not going to stop that - but we're still here to play cricket very seriously." Canadian skipper Joe Harris
Source: Gulf Times, UAE

posted at 5:38 p.m. IST