Fleming and Symcox look ahead to Boxing Day Tests on this week ICC World Cricket radio show
Kapil Dev reflects on India's victory in ICC Cricket World Cup 1983Podcast is available for free download and editorial use from www.icc-cricket.com
On this week's ICC Cricket World audio show Damien Fleming and Pat Symcox preview the Boxing Day Tests between Australia and England, and South Africa and India, respectively.
Fleming, who took 26 wickets against England in seven Tests, says: "I think Australia will go in as favourites.
"The pitch at MCG won't be as quick as WACA. They say there is some grass so there might be some seam and swing early. The batsmen have to watch their driving in the first half of the day. Then it becomes a good batting track. Then you have got to see what the weather's like.
"If it is hot, then it can bake the pitch then spin and reverse swing will play a part on days four and five. It's one of those tosses which is not a bad one to lose because if you are bowling first you can certainly get a lot of wickets in the first session if the opposition bats badly."
Symcox, who claimed 37 wickets in 20 Tests for South Africa, says: "Momentum is firmly with South Africa. India will need to do a lot of work mentally.
"I think toss could play a part because Durban is often affected by rain. So you end up having early starts as the days go on. And we know that at Kingsmead the ball does move around early on. I think the toss could be quite critical. The first hour of play at Kingsmead is always critical."
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Joining Fleming and Symcox on the show this week is India's World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev who recalls the ICC Cricket World Cup 1983.
"The entire country was shocked when we beat England in England (in the semi-finals). They were just too sad in England. We were too excited. For us winning every match was like winning the World Cup, because nobody gave us any chance to win the World Cup. So I think going into the final itself was a victory for us," he says.
Apart from the above interviews, the show has the usual round up of cricketing news plus an update of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test and ODI cricket.
The weekly ICC Cricket World audio show runs for 15 minutes and has been put together by the ICC's global broadcast partner ESPN STAR Sports.