What team does Australia fear for this world cup?

Question

What team does Australia fear for this world cup or think it might be difficult to play?

Answer 1

The same team that they always talk the most rubbish about and try to psych out - South Africa.

Answer 2

India and South Africa.

South Africa always gives them a hard time...super six and semi finals of 1999 world cup...remarks by Steve Waugh that South Africans are chokers will further inspire South Africa to stand up against Australia...Australians are short handed without Lee and some of its players are injured so it would have a very hard time with South Africa plus South Africa is no.1 now passing Australia last month.

India because they have the offense to match Australia...great batsmen who are very experienced...other countries don't have the experience that the Indians do and the amount of stats they've accumulated by the Indian players who are playing in this current world cup are close to what the Australians have achieved plus they would want to seek revenge against Australia for eliminating in super sixes in 1999 and in the final in 2003.

Answer 3

That will be South Africa.
South Africa dit beat the Australians in 2006 and got the hights ODI score 438 and the South Africans are the no.1 team in the world. South Africa got good player like Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs, Makhaya Ntini, Graeme Smith, Andrew Hall, Mark Boucher, Justin Kemp and André Nel and they have the best felding coach Jonty Rhodes and South Africa made history Yesterday when Herschelle Gibbs got six sixes in an over, Mark Boucher made History for the fastest half-century in World Cup and they hit the most 6 in a ODI game 18 sixes.

So South Africa is going to win the World Cup.
So GO South Africa GO.

Answer 4

I've seen Australia play and I've watched them play a number of teams. I feel they actually fear the UK team. Ok, so they beat us pretty frequently but they never really know where they have us. They never really know what they are going to get when they play the UK, team.
On our day, we are the best in the world and when we are not on our best form, we are almost the worst. This uncertainty is actually the greatest weapon the UK team has against the Australian team.

I always struggle when Australia is playing the UK to know who to vote for. As a dual national, I seem to be expected to support both teams which is difficult when they play each other.

I also think that the Australian team fear themselves. They are a very very good team but sometimes this goes to their heads and they play badly.

Answer 5

I think NZ always play really well against the Aussies.

Despite being a much lower ranked team, the Kiwi's seem to be the most mentally prepared for Australia.

Apart from NZ I think South Africa, India and Pakistan in that order.

Miss Congeniality would probably be England

Answer 6

Australia

Answer 7

It looks like we might be up against the tough as nails Dutch in the final so maybe we should adjust our game plan and give Ponting and Hayden and Symonds and Gilchrist and Tait and Bracken and Hussey and Hodge and Clarke and Clark a rest and send in the Tasmanian second XI !

Seriously though, maybe the South Africans, against the abovementioned Dutch 353/3 after only 40 overs! Too bad they didn't get to set a record with a full innings!

Answer 8

Without a doubt we fear no one...though we would prefer to meet any team other than South Africa. Why? That is the one team that has an aggressive pace line able to go through our batsmen, they have strong batting depth, and importantly are a stand out fielding side....so all in all someone take care of the South Africans in the semi's please...

Answer 9

The Australians should have a fear of the West Indies on home soil and if they don't they should start now! Every other teams just a pretender to the crown! RALLY ROUND THE WEST INDIES!!!!

Answer 10

Australia fears no team as we are the best in the world and will soon prove it - again!

Answer 11

Itself ! Why? Because success can and does breed complacency. We might have seen some evidence of this in the recent one day matches. Although I am a one-eyed fan of Aussie cricket, it would be good for the game if the competition was tighter and the Aussies did have to work harder.