Other than England, Glenn McGrath named India as one of the toughest teams to beat but took confidence from Australia's recent ODI form and backed them to reach the final.
Many former players have touted England and India as front-runners to win World Cup 2019.
1. Glenn McGrath believes Australia's recent ODI form is a good sign
2. McGrath feels Australia have picked off at the right time
3. McGrath credits T20 cricket for teams' attacking mindset in ODIs
Australia bowling great Glenn McGrath, who was the torch-bearer of England-Australia rivalry in early 2000s, has picked England as the favourites going into a world Cup 2019.
McGrath, who spearheaded Australia's pace department for close to two decades, never thought one day he would pick arch-rivals England as tournament favourites over his own nation.
"England, a very good one-day unit. To me they are the favourites going into this World Cup, so I think they'll do very well," McGrath quotes in news interview.
Asked if it was the first time he had picked England over his own nation as tournament favourites, McGrath laughed and said, "Probably! I can't remain biased my whole life.
"You've got to go on current form. The England team - the way they go about it, they have impressed me. They have scored some big, big totals," he added.
Other than England, McGrath named India as one of the toughest teams to beat during the tournament.
"The two standouts to me were India and England, with fingers crossed, Australia doing well. England and India are tough to beat," said the coaching director of MRF Pace Foundation.
After praising the England side for a while, McGrath got back to his usual self and said, "I didn't say they (England) were going to win the World Cup though! So they are the favourites and are going to be tough to beat in their own conditions, but fingers crossed, Australia can do well."
McGrath cited T20 cricket as the reason behind the recent dominance of teams like India and England in One-day International (ODI) format.
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