Pace trio crush Zimbabwe
Champions Australia softened up a resolute
Zimbabwe with fiery pace and bounce to kick start their World Cup
campaign with a resounding 91-run victory on Monday. Australia’s
speed merchants Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson (four for
19) regularly hit the 145 kph mark to reduce Zimbabwe to 44 for four
within 13 overs, from which the African nation never recovered and
they were all out for 171.
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Hard work ahead, Mahela warns
Former captain Mahela Jayawardena warned his
teammates that there is hard work ahead after scoring a sparkling
century in Sri Lanka’s opening group ‘A’ match against Canada at the
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium on Sunday.
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Pakistan to avoid repeat of upsets
Pakistan face minnows Kenya in their opening
World Cup match on Wednesday, desperate to atone for their
tragedy-hit 2007 tournament. Four years ago, Pakistan suffered an
embarrassing three-wicket defeat at the hands of outsiders Ireland
in Kingston and crashed out in the first round. As if the
humiliation was not enough, their English coach Bob Woolmer died the
very next day, threatening the World Cup and putting the players
under investigation by the Jamaican police who initially treated the
death as murder.
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