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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">London, Feb 3 (IANS) Former England captain Paul Collingwood criticised the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Tuesday, saying dropping Ben Stokes for the World Cup was a big mistake and claiming the young all-rounder could have won England the elusive trophy.<\/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;\">Stokes, batting at number five, hit an unbeaten 151 runs off 86 deliveries for England Lions against South Africa A Monday. He was dropped after struggling at number eight in Sri Lanka in December last year where he scored only 22 runs from two 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;\">England have never won the World Cup, being the beaten finalists thrice.<\/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;\">Comparing the 23-year-old to Portugal&#39;s talismanic footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Collingwood said: &quot;What England did with him is like telling Ronaldo to play at right-back. He could&#39;ve won you the World Cup,&quot; he was quoted as saying bbc.com.<\/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;\">Collingwood, now part of the coaching staff for the Scotland cricket team also said: &quot;The thing that frustrates me is that England were batting him in the number eight position.&quot;<\/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;You&#39;ve got to play him in the right position - whether that be four, five or six - and allow him to win games from that position. You&#39;ve got a guy here who - if he came good - he could&#39;ve won you the World Cup. He could have won three or four games, by himself,&quot; the 38-year-old added.<\/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;\">However, Stokes could still make the squad as a replacement for an injured player.<\/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;\">England&#39;s World Cup campaign starts Feb 14 against Australia in Melbourne.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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