Huge reception for Australian team

 MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Australia's World Cup winning cricket team brought central Melbourne to a standstill during a ticker-tape welcome home today.
 An estimated 150,000 cheered the team as it paraded through the streets in open top cars.
 "I'm proud to be Australian today, it's just unbelievable," said captain Steve Waugh. "These are times that the players will never forget."
 Waugh was in the last car, along with Cup final man of the match Shane Warne. The pair held the trophy together.
 Some fans were decked in the national flag while others coloured their hair green and yellow. Even the police applauded the world champion players.
 Steve Waugh, who with his brother Mark had a bittersweet homecoming due to the death of their grandfather after the World Cup final, looked over the crush and said the reception made all the sacrifices worthwhile.
 Warne, who will take time out to decide if he wants to continue his international career, grinned for the length of the journey.
 The home-town idol lapped it up, punching the confetti-filled air in a victory salute.
 The leg-spinner then saluted the crowd military style and the army of supporters responded with a roar of "Warnie, Warnie, Warnie."
 He was asked if he was still considering retiring and told the crowd to wait and see.
 The fans had a vote on whether he should continue one of the most celebrated bowling careers in world cricket and the response was a resounding "aye."
 The team had arrived home early Wednesday looking disheveled, bleary-eyed and still hung-over.
 A crowd of about 600 was at Melbourne Airport to see Steve Waugh emerge with the Cup.
 "We didn't know what to expect but obviously it's a big thing back here," Waugh said. "The guys didn't realize quite how big it was but we knew there was a lot of support."
 Waugh clung on to the World Cup as fans moved in to congratulate him and his teammates.
 "My arms are killing me because it's pretty heavy but we haven't let it out of our sights," he said of the trophy. "It's great to have it and we'll be holding onto it as long as we can. I knew deep down the team was good enough."
 Waugh said many players were overwhelmed by the response, believing the magnitude of their success was only just starting to sink in.
 Waugh said he was looking forward to seeing his family and would not commit to defending the Cup in four years.
 "I don't know what I'm doing in four weeks time, let alone four years," he said. "If I don't I am sure there are a lot of guys that will make sure this trophy is going to be very hard to take away from us."