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HuaweiMOHALI, India - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi insists that the pressure and expectation will all be on India’s shoulders in Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final blockbuster.
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MOHALI, - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says his players are focused only on playing their best cricket in Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal against Pakistan, and not the possible political ramifications of the game.
SYDNEY - Prime Minister Julia Gillard paid Ricky Ponting one of the highest tributes in the Aussie vernacular Tuesday, describing the resigning Australia cricket captain as “a great bloke”.
MOHALI, India - Pakistan will decide later Tuesday if fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is fit enough to return to the team for the World Cup semifinal against India on Wednesday.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A Sri Lankan team official says Muttiah Muralitharan will be playing in the World Cup semifinal against New Zealand on Tuesday.
MUMBAI - Sri Lanka may exploit a pitch used three days earlier and employ three specialist spinners for the second match in a row in Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in Colombo.
SYDNEY - Ricky Ponting quit as Australia’s Test and one-day captain Tuesday, just days after the champions were knocked out of the World Cup, but said he remained available for selection.
SYDNEY - Ricky Ponting, who quit Tuesday as Australian captain, is the country’s all-time leading Test run-getter yet his magnificent career is overshadowed by three Ashes series losses as captain.
Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara has admitted that even a half-fit Muttiah Muralitharan could be risked in Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.
Ricky Ponting, the most successful captain in 134 years of test cricket, resigned as the Australian test and one-day skipper on Tuesday but will continue as a batsman with the team.