Reese

Brett Lee may own the official ranking as Australia’s No.1 bowler, but Troy Cooley, the team’s new pace mentor, believes Glenn McGrath is still the country’s best fast man.

Rick

Of course he is. But I am a little worried by the fact that he wants to be a little quicker. Why would he want to do that in the twilight years?

Hayward

He has now learnt something called contrast swing. What’s that?

powerpak

A new kind of reverse swing is all that seems to be known at this stage.

willow

This means that after 814 international wickets (542 in Tests and 331 in ODIs), Pigeon is still learning!

baggygreen

I wonder why Cricket Australia placed Pigeon fourth after Ricky Ponting, Lee and Adam Gilchrist on its 25-man contract list?

macstorm

Pigeon told Courier Mail: “To be honest I was really happy with the ranking because I wasn’t sure where I would be. It was great that the selectors showed faith in me. It has given me a lot of confidence. It does help.” Remember, when McGrath missed a lot of action in 2003-04 with his huge ankle problem, his ranking slipped to 15. So fourth would be an improvement.