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I feel that World Cup cricket should be played like football in which all the 160 countries take part. If only a handful of countries are going to keep on playing in the World Cup without making the game popular, I will be a sad man.

One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.

Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.

Try and understand: cricket was played by Commonwealth countries only; now it has started in other countries as well, and I am proud of that.

But eventually it is a game of cricket.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

You need to protect the best players in the country. When there is so much cricket, we must work on ways to prolong their careers.

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.