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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Hobart, Feb 3 (IANS) Injured Australian cricketer James Faulkner&rsquo;s state team coach Dan Marsh said Tuesday the all-rounder was capable of playing for the national team purely as a batsman if injury restricts his contributions as a bowler.<\/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;\">Faulkner is suffering from a moderate grade abdominal muscle strain and is expected to miss Australia&#39;s World Cup opener against England. But Tasmania&#39;s coach Marsh believes Faulkner could bat as high as number six even if he doesn&#39;t bowl.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Also read&rArr;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/england-don-t-know-how-to-beat-australia-hazlewood--6814\">England don&#39;t know how to beat Australia: Hazlewood<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I think it is something that he&#39;s always been picked as, an all-rounder, for Australia but there is no doubt that he&#39;s got the talent to do it,&quot; he was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald.<\/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;It just depends on the role they want him to play. I think he&#39;s a good enough player to bat higher up the order if needed. I know he&#39;s done it before at No.6 for Australia.&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;\">Faulkner went off the field Sunday in the tri-series final against England after complaining of a side strain.<\/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;\">Faulkner averages a healthy 48.12 with the bat from 38 One-Day Internationals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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