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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">London, May 23 (IANS) Legendary fast bowler and current bowling coach of the West Indies Curtly Ambrose believes they should focus in the short term on a top three spot in world cricket, instead of concerning themselves with trying to return to the pinnacle of the global game.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The 51-year-old on Friday said with the West Indies languishing at number eight for some while now, consistency needed to be the focus, and contended that a gradual process was required to see them move up the international rankings, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;From what I&rsquo;m seeing at the moment, it is going to be very, very difficult. How can you really recreate the mid-70s to the mid-90s with all those talented cricketers? That&rsquo;s almost impossible,&quot; Ambrose told TalkSport Radio here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;But what our plan is at the moment is to be more consistent, win some games, win some series and move up the ICC rankings. We&rsquo;re looking to get into the top three in the world first and if we can manage to do that over a period of time, then we can start thinking about number one.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Caribbean outfit dominated the world game during the 1970s and 1980s, with players of the calibre of Vivian Richards, Gordon Greenidge, Malcolm Marshall and Desmond Haynes at the forefront.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ambrose was part of the fine tradition, snaring 405 wickets from 98 Tests, to be only behind Courtney Walsh with 519, on the all-time West Indies list.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The giant Antiguan said aiming in the short term to reproduce this type of success and return to number one would be unrealistic for the current side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;You can&rsquo;t think about number one at the moment because you&rsquo;re number eight so let&rsquo;s focus on getting into the top three first and then we can think about number one after that,&quot; he stressed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;We&rsquo;ve got to be realistic. It is not going to be so easy to jump from number eight to number three overnight.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Earlier this month, the West Indies produced a shock performance to beat England in the final game of the three-Test series at Kensington Oval and come away with a 1-1 draw.They face Australia in a two-Test series in the Caribbean starting next month.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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