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They are basically now the second best side in the world and it takes a bit of time to adapt. It is different when you approach a series and suddenly your own expectations and everyone else's expectations are that you are going to win.

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I've obviously got a psychological advantage being a spinner against those guys, with the record that I've got against South Africa. If they want to juice the wicket up and negate me, I'll take my 0 for 40 and we win in three days. That means a series win and a couple of days of golf. I'll take it every time.

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South Africa showed a lot of fight out there, and in the end we probably wanted it just a little more.

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The one thing about South Africa over all the years we have been playing with them is they have a lot of discipline with their batting and bowling. That's one of their strengths. Their weakness is they don't have much imagination or variety in their attack. There is not a lot of imagination with their captaincy.

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It's been a general trait of all (South Africa) captains over the years, especially Smith. That's the way they play.

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Nor, he tried to insist, would the series' epic quality. If we don't win I won't enjoy it, ... As a Test cricketer - and I've played 120-odd 126 - the series you remember are the close ones. A two-day Test against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh is not that enjoyable. Going to India and being tested in their conditions, playing South Africa, playing England the way they are playing now - they are the series people remember. As players you want to be tested. You don't want easy games. At the moment everybody is being tested. A Test match is a test of your technique, your patience, a test of everything about you.

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When we go to South Africa it is going to be pretty hostile there. They are going to rip into us and nail us. They have to expect Australian crowds to nail them but the racist stuff is not on. I am disappointed that has happened, if it has, and hopefully it stops.

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When we go to South Africa, it is going to be pretty hostile there. They are going to rip into us and try to nail us down.

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I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa they are a very good team.

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With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.

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I think he's a class player. He's proven he's one of the best fast bowlers for as long as we've been playing and I'm sure he'll be in the World Cup and lead the attack as he always has and do well. He's a big-match player, when the World Cup comes around McGrath will take the new rock and do extremely well. I don't think there's any doubt about Glenn McGrath being there.

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But England have not achieved greatness yet, nor Australia not lost this test of character. I think we have come though pretty well in tough situations, ... We batted against the wall and made 379.

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For the first time it will be us chasing England and it is a different mindset. England will have to come to Australia and try to retain them.

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I think they will be disappointed they are not 2-1 up. I think the pressure is on England and not Australia. At the end of the day, they have to win. We only have to win one (of the last two tests).

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Yep. And I'm sorry for that. It's cost me lots of stuff. At the end of the day, it's cost me probably - a chance to captain Australia.

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I love Sri Lanka. I played couple of Tests against India in 1991-92, in Australia, and then I came here for my first overseas tour in 1993.

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The wickets I have played on for my whole career, most of them have been to suit fast bowlers in Australia.

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I think everyone out there thinks that there's been hundreds and hundreds and thousands of women. That is not actually the case.

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I've slept with a couple of people and made some poor choices and put things in jeopardy with... what I was happy with, and that's my own fault. I've got no one else to blame about that stuff.

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But when it's Glenn McGrath, arguably the best fast bowler in the world, you want to give him every chance to play and if that means it's a last-minute decision then it's a last-minute decision.

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Those guys will be knocking on the door and they've got some form as well. I reckon Shane Harwood is a real chance. He's been bowling unbelievably fast this year. Everyone who's played against him is surprised by his pace, his hostility, his aggression - and no one's seen him.

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I think he'll be fine because he's a champion, ... In these situations champions come to the top and if he can get the ball down to the other end then I think he'll play - he wouldn't let himself or the team down by saying he's right when he's not.

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If we can keep this side together and the boys continue to play the way they have - and a couple of our young players start to make some runs - we'll be as good as anyone around.

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The pressure's on us as far as I'm concerned. We have to play well for five days. If we don't play well, for the first time in nearly 20 years, we've lost the Ashes. Hopefully that'll make us respond and the guys will soak it up and see it as a challenge rather than fear it.

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I am not sure, but I think the way the South Africans play, I don't think the players are 100 per cent behind (Smith) so far because I don't think they like his tactics.

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