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    "title": "CWC15 Preview - South Africa vs West Indies at Sydney",
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    "excerpt": "Sydney, Feb 26 (CRICKETNMORE) - Two times world champions West Indies will try to extend their winning streak when they take on cup favourites South Africa",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sydney, Feb 26 (CRICKETNMORE) - Two times world champions West Indies will try to&nbsp;extend their winning streak when they take on cup favourites South Africa in a crucial cricket World Cup 2015 Pool B match at famous Sydney cricket Ground here Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Caribbean side was completely outplayed by the Proteas in a recently concluded 5 match ODI series on African soil. South Africa won the series by 4-1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">West Indies who suffered an embarrassing defeat from minnows Ireland bounced back in the tournament with two back to back victories against&nbsp;Pakistan and Zimbabwe .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Coach Stuart Williams Thursday said the side had learnt a lot from the recent South Africa series and believes the next meeting between the two sides can be different.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;The series against South Africa was more about learning about our game and where we need to go. We were playing the number one team in the world. Now it&#39;s not a series. It&#39;s just a one-off game in the World Cup. So it&#39;s a different mind-set, and we&#39;re prepared for Friday,&rdquo; Williams pointed out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;The guys have been (supporting each other), they have been working hard, they have been responding to my coaching and we&rsquo;ve been doing fine up to this day.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We always stress on roles and achieving our goals in the team. Lendl Simmons has been doing well for us also, he has a hundred and a fifty in another game &hellip; (Denesh) Ramdin has been doing well and everybody has been chipping in and contributing, including (Darren) Sammy and (Andre) Russell,&rdquo; Williams explained.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">With Gayle in form, the West Indies will be even more confident of a positive result, and Williams said it was a plus seeing both Gayle and Samuels hit form at such a critical time in the tournament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bravo has been ruled out of consideration for the South Africa game, having failed to recover from a hamstring injury.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On the other hand, South Africa who lost their previous match against defending champions India are looking positive for upcoming matches..<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;Things like that happen. We just want to brush it off, take the knock on our chin, and get our heads up for the next game,&quot; Amla said while speaking about match against India.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>CRICKETNMORE<\/p>\r\n",
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