By IANS,
Dubai : Former Australian wicket-keeper Rodney Marsh has tipped the sub-continent’s countries to win the cricket World Cup in 2011, co-hosted by India, Sri lanka and Bangladesh.
Marsh, who played in the 1975 and 1983 World Cups in England said Thursday the teams from the south Asian sub-continent will be the ones to watch out for next year.
“I think the fact that the tournament is being held in the sub-continent means it will be very difficult for teams England, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa to win. I would think a team from Asia would be successful, perhaps Sri Lanka, I quite fancy them for the title and of course India,” said Marsh.
On how Australia will fare in the tournament, Marsh opined: “We will get a fair idea of how Australia are going to fair in the World Cup once we have seen the results of the one-day games they are playing against India and also against England. We will also get an idea of how England and India are going to fare too with those results”.
Marsh represented Australia in 92 one-day internationals.