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AV: You played your cricket very hard, in what is now known as
the "Australian way." What is it that separates the good teams from
the really great teams?
GC: I think, from an Australian point of view it is the culture
that has developed. I think it has always been there and has got
refined as the years have gone by. We have a very strong domestic
competition. Our first class cricket is very competitive and has a lot
of very good players. That's why we produce the right type of players
to play at the highest level of the game. But what really separates
the good teams from the great teams is the collective mindset of each
player wanting to take responsibility for making sure that the team is
successful. The current Australian team has refined that to a point
that very few teams in the past have achieved. The West Indies in the
late 70s and the 80s were in a similar situation. They had a
collective desire to win. If one player did not perform, someone else
was always there to bail the side out. I think it is that collective
desire that separates the good teams from the great teams.
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