The Expert's Log - Feb. 24 - March 2

"Like our hockey team, our cricketers too seem to feel happy to be among the top six teams. They have limited ambition. That is the real problem with the team." Former Indian captain Bishan Singh Bedi
Source: The Indian Express, India

"They have to be aggressive and must go into the match against India with an attacking mind. It is a do-or-die match for Pakistan." Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan
Source: Agence France-Presse

"Shaun is the kind of captain who manages to inspire his team with his own commitment, his own play. You only have to look at the dramatic improvement in performances by the South Africans over the last three years for evidence that Shaun is a good captain." Graeme Pollock, former South African bat and uncle of Shaun Pollock
Source: The Dispatch Online, South Africa

"Shaun (Pollock) will never be the spearhead of the South African attack. He is a very good bowler, but he is not the strike bowler...I think time has caught up with Allan (Donald). I mean, you can see that it is just not the same. The stress shows on his face. A lot of people have told him so but he wanted to play in the World Cup. I think he has lost it. You can see the lack of rhythm in his bowling. Personally, I feel he should have retired a season ago." Former South African cricketer Peter Pollock, on Allan Donald and his son Shaun
Source: Rediff.com

"Allan's under huge pressure, and I think that's why he's just putting the ball there rather than getting through his action. But a man of that experience can still be an inspirational factor. He must play and I would choose him for all the games." Former New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee
Source: The Natal Witness, South Africa

"Tendulkar's innings was as precise as it was predictable and, once he began to flow, it came as no surprise when he brought up his record-equalling fourth World Cup century." Former Australian Greg Chappell, on Sachin Tendulkar's century against Namibia
Source: Press Trust of India