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    Sri Lanka go for the kill in group of death

    Preview by Rahul Bhattacharya in Port-of-Spain March 14, 2007 Now comes the chance of Trinidad, which hosts the appropriately named Brown Package, the group of the subcontinent, and the closest these feeble opening-round pools can come to producing a group of death. It is also the chance for...
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    MAD, BRAIN, FOOL, NOBODY, SOMEBODY

    This is crime story. Five friends lived in a room, Namely MAD, BRAIN, FOOL, NOBODY, SOMEBODY. One day SOMEBODY killed NOBODY. At that time BRAIN was in bathroom, MAD called police. MAD: Is it police station??? Police: Yes, what is the matter?? MAD: SOMEBODY killed NOBODY. Police: Are you mad...
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    Larsen’s Line: Prediction Time

    Time to lay it on the line, then. The teams have assembled; the finishing touches have been applied. The talk stops, and the action begins. So how’s it all going to pan out? It’s certainly the most open World Cup since the trophy’s inception back in 1975. The heavy and expected...
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    Smith and Bravo come to the fore (West Indies v Pakistan, Group D, Jamaica)

    The Bulletin by Will Luke March 13, 2007 West Indies 241 for 9 (Samuels 63, Sarwan 49) beat Pakistan 187 (Malik 62, Smith 3-36, Bravo 3-42) by 54 runs The West Indies shrugged off any early-tournament nerves with a convincing 54-run win over Pakistan in the opening match of the World Cup at...
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    Rupavahini CWC 2007 Broadcasting Times

    Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation has issued the scheduled times of the ICC Cricket Word Cup matches starting on March 13 (Tuesday). With most of the matches starting at 6.45 p.m. and ending at on the following day morning at 2.45 a.m., Sri Lanka cricket fans will keep vigil during this mega...
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    Cricket in Numbers: West Indies V Pakistan

    The first match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 kicks off at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. Here are the top facts about the match: 1: It's West Indian wicketkeeper DS Ramdin's birthday. 2: Five players share a March 13 birthday in the history of ODI cricket and three of them are West Indian...
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    Windies, Pak set for explosive opener

    Hosts West Indies and unpredictable Pakistan, two teams equally blessed with the same explosive potential, fittingly open the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 here on Tuesday at Sabina Park. The two sides have fought some epic battles in the past, including twice being involved in one-wicket...
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    Andy Roberts expects sporting pitches. "Relaid surfaces could assist seamers as well"

    Andy Roberts expects sporting pitches. "Relaid surfaces could assist seamers as well" March 12, 2007 There should be plenty of variety in store as far as the pitches are concerned © Andrew Miller Andy Roberts, the former West Indies fast bowler who is now a pitch consultant for the World Cup...
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    Urdu only for Pakistan cricketers

    The Pakistan cricket team have been banned from speaking in English at World Cup news conferences to prevent players from being misquoted. The players will speak only in Urdu, said former player Pervez Mir, the team's press liaison officer. The decision was also taken "because 2007 is our...
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    World Cup Opening Ceremony Pics

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    We’ll take one match at a time - Sanath

    By Sanath Jayasuriya, Sunday Times, 11 Mar 2007 The warm-up game against New Zealand was a satisfactory start to Sri Lanka’s World Cup campaign even if the result was not in our favour. We had just concluded a series in New Zealand where we levelled the series and gained an enormous amount of...
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    Career records of Sri Lanka cricket team

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    Slow pitches force hasty World Cup reassessments

    Slow pitches force hasty World Cup reassessments By John Mehaffey BASSETERRE, St Kitts, March 10 (Reuters) - World Cup team combinations and bookmakers' odds are being hastily reassessed as the 16 teams gather in Jamaica for Sunday's opening ceremony before dispersing for the opening round...
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    Cricket's time-wasters like Sehwag are ruining their country's chances of success

    The modern games demands 300 per cent effort and commitment. Some players are falling woefully short. When players go on to the cricket field, they are not clocking in and out. Virender Sehwag (India) and Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) need to realise that they represent a nation that expects...
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    The death eaters

    They're the bunch that thrives in the death, stepping up the accelerator, booming the sixes and applying the finishing touches. Unlike their colleagues at the top of the order, the finishers rarely have the luxury of getting set, having to pick up the pace from the tie they enter. Sometimes they...
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    Gilchrist and Watson lead canter to victory (AUS v WI 2007 World Cup warm-up)

    March 9, 2007 Australia 200 for 5 (Gilchrist 72, Watson 55) beat England 197 (Vaughan 62, Bell 56, Tait 4-33) by five wickets Adam Gilchrist and Shane Watson helped Australia to settle a score emphatically against England after their recent whitewash in the CB Series finals. The opening pair...
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    Munaf powers Indian victory (West Indies v India, World Cup 2007 warm-up)

    March 9, 2007 India 86 for 1(Karthik 38*, Uthappa 35) beat West Indies 85 (Patel 4-10, Pathan 3-25) by nine wickets India registered a facile win after West Indies, in a perfect exhibition of the infamous Calypso Collapso, deflated like cheap party balloons and were shot out for a paltry 85 in...
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    Younis eases Pakistan past South Africa (Pak v SA, 2007 World Cup warm-up)

    March 9, 2007 Pakistan 200 for 3 (Younis Khan 79) beat South Africa 199 (Bosman 53) by seven wickets Younis Khan's 79 guided Pakistan to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over South Africa on a difficult pitch in Trinidad. The match was stopped during South Africa's innings when the batsmen...
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    Tharanga hundred can't stop defeat (New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2007 World Cup warm-up)

    March 9, 2007 New Zealand 285 for 8 (Vincent 70, Fleming 65, Fulton 59) beat Sri Lanka 267 (Tharanga 106) by 18 runs Upul Tharanga's fine 106 was not enough to drive Sri Lanka to victory © Getty Images Upul Tharanga's century was in vain as Sri Lanka slipped to an 18-run defeat against New...
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    Stats analysis on Sri Lanka (Devastating at the start)

    Check dis out guys http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/284345.html

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