[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.