With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 just around the corner, South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn tips India's opening batsman Virender Sehwag and Australia's Cameron White as two players who will be key to their respective sides at the upcoming tournament on this week's ICC Cricket World Radio Show.
"I think the players that you're most weary of are from India at this tournament as it's in their home country. As an opening bowler, you want to get someone like Virender Sehwag out early because he's very dangerous in those first 10 overs when the ball can travel lightning-fast with the pitch conditions in the sub-continent.
"You've got to have good game plans for someone like him and then there are some other bigger hitters who come in to take part in the later stages of the game who can be destructive in the power plays – players like Australia's Cameron White, can take the game away from you," says Steyn.
Steyn also admits his favourite ever World Cup moment is from fellow South African and current Kenya assistant coach, Jonty Rhodes, who also features on the show this week.
"My favourite ICC Cricket World Cup moment is from 1992 when Jonty Rhodes ran out Pakistan's Inzamam Ul Haq. I had a poster of that dive in my room throughout primary school and most of high school so that would definitely go down as my favourite World Cup moment ever," says Steyn.
The show can be used in whole or part by radio stations that want cricket content, while the public can also download it straight from the ICC website at http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/media_interactive_zone/podcast.php.
Also on this week's show, former Proteas batsman Rhodes talks about his work as assistant coach with the Kenya side as it prepares for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Rhodes, who is currently with the side training in Dubai, says: "I've come in to help the Kenya team with their fielding as well as their batting as I've a bit of experience in that too. I'm here to provide them with advice and help them to prepare this Cricket World Cup as best I can. They have a great attitude and play very much for the love of the game."
Finally, Hong Kong coach Charlie Burke reflects on his team's victory over Papua New Guinea to secure the trophy at Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in Hong Kong.
"It's fantastic to be promoted into Division 2 and to top it off by winning the tournament was really good for the guys which will hopefully give them confidence going into the next division," says Burke.
Apart from these exclusive 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 15-minute ICC Cricket World audio show has been put together by the ICC's global broadcast partner, ESPN STAR Sports.
