Gooch urges England to go one better and win final

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NEW DELHI, Mar 21 (AFP): England batting coach Graham Gooch believes Andrew Strauss's men can succeed where he failed as a player and win the World Cup. The former England captain enjoyed a distinguished and lengthy career as an opening batsman, helping win a couple of Ashes series and posting the Test record score at Lord's of 333 against India in 1990. But he also became the answer to a somewhat unkind quiz question: name the one England player who appeared in all three of their losing World Cup finals in three different decades? "Winning a World Cup didn't happen for me," said Gooch, beaten in finals against the West Indies (1979), Australia (1987) and Pakistan (1992). "I hope this team have got it within them to win the World Cup -- and I'm convinced they have," added Gooch, brought back into the national set-up by head coach Andy Flower. Gooch said it was England's spirit that had impressed him most in a see-saw group phase where they tied with India and beat South Africa yet lost to both Ireland and Bangladesh. They also came back from the brink of defeat against the West Indies in a match they had to win to reach the quarter-finals.