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Ten days later as they trouped in to Indian soil in Ahmedabad for the last occasion on this tour to congratulate the Proteas their chances had blown away. Young Farveez Mahroof rocked the West Indies with six wickets - the best performance thus far in the tournament. From then it has been down hill in the next three games, with the last against the South Africans being the worst. Cricket can some times be a cruel game. There’s much to learn from every outing. This is exactly what Farveez Mahroof has to remember. In this type of games – the limited over version, no team can drop their guard even for a few overs. This is exactly what Australians would have learned from their game against the West Indies. Cashing a not so big total of 220 odd Australians kept loosing wickets at crucial moments which helped the West Indies to keep coming back. Poor shot selections and careless running were the main causes of this debacle. Now the Australians are fighting hard to stay in the competition. The same happened to the Sri Lankans. They should have over hauled the Pakistani total particularly the way in which they batted during the first twenty five overs. In to the Thirty fourth over they were 171 for 3 wickets. What happened in the hour that followed, took the game away from Sri Lanka. The 254 Sri Lanka scored was finally proved to be inadequate as Abdul Razaak made merry in the end enabling the Pakistanis to romp home with overs to spare. This tournament also has brought to light that there is very little difference in the strengths of the eight participating teams. Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies have all got enough capabilities to defeat any opposition on their day. The playing surfaces and the dew factor have also added a new dimension to test the strength of the players. As a result, the first tem to qualify for a Semi final berth was the New Zealanders. Not many cricket fans would have put their money on the Kiwis. All what the Kiwi’s did was playing intelligent cricket against the Proteas and Pakistan. The game Sri Lanka played against the South Africans exposed one of Sri Lanka’s recurring problems – their inability to play the moving ball. The nine wickets fell to pacemen. South Africa did not even try the recognised left arm spinner Robin Peterson. It is now a proven fact that when the ball seams around Sri Lankan batsmen fail. For Sri Lanka, it is now back to the drawing board before their next ODI assignment. Article Source: http://www.BharatBhasha.com Article Url: http://www.bharatbhasha.com/sports.php/52545 Article Added on Monday, November 27, 2006
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