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Planning for next World Cup must begin now
The Indian team may not have brought back the World Cup but they returned with their heads held high and in the process made almost every Indian feel a sense of pride at their achievement.
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Aussies, true and worthy champions
Australia were typically unrelenting, and saved theirbest till last to win the World Cup final and becrowned the 2003 champions. It was a professionalperformance with a superb batting display with someattractive strokes and powerful hitting, backed up bya tidy bowling and fielding exhibition. Perhapspredictably, the Australians were always going to takecricket’s ultimate prize.
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It`s Aussie pace vs Indian flair
Australia have had a smooth drive to the finals with hardly ever having to even apply the brakes. India on the other hand have had one major road-block in the Australians, to whom they lost quite badly in an earlier round. It is now an opportunity for India to exact revenge and with it also emboss their name on the World Cup.
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Kenya for supper, Australia for dessert
A banner displaying the dreams of a nation - food forthought - was proudly waved by Indian supporters atKingsmead, Durban saying, “Kenya for supper andAustralia for dessert!”
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The Australians have done it again
The Australians have done it again. It is quite unbelievable how they have the ability to dig themselves out of a hole, somehow score enough runs tobe reasonably competitive, put pressure on the opposition by capturing early wickets, and then winthe match convincingly.
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Indians did the Kiwis no favours
The Indian cricket team did New Zealand no favours atSupersport Park, Centurion. There was no respite forthe Black Caps, and it was all sweet revenge for theIndians, who a couple of months ago in New Zealand,were in a state of despair after a 5/2 drubbing.
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Kenya rule despite letdown by fellow Africans
Kenya’s entry into the semis of the World Cup is one of the lovely stories in the game.
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Kiwis have to re-group and focus on India match
The New Zealand Black Caps had the opportunity to cement a place in the semi-finals by beating the Australians at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
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Sachin catalyst to India`s fortunes
If a team is looking for near-perfection, India achieved that against Sri Lanka at the Wanderers,Johannesburg. This emphatic win by 183 runs allows India to not only qualify for the semi-finals, butalso to avoid an earlier clash with Australia, with the view of meeting them in the final, in what could be a classic showdown.
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Sensible constructive batting helped Kiwis win
Composure under pressure and sensible constructivebatting were the two basic ingredients that enabled the New Zealand Black Caps to beat Zimbabwe atGoodyear Park, Bloemfontein, by six wickets with 16 balls to spare in their first Super Six match on Saturday.
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