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    "excerpt": "England\u2019s premier batting trio of Jos Buttler, Gary Ballance and Moeen Ali have unanimously declared Lasith Malinga as the best death bowler ",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Sydney, Feb 7 (IANS)&nbsp;England&rsquo;s premier batting trio of Jos Buttler, Gary Ballance and Moeen Ali have unanimously declared Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka as the best death bowler they have ever faced.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;He (Malinga) gets it in the hole. He has a good yorker. It&#39;s so hard to play. Would I scoop him? Maybe. As a last resort,&rdquo; Buttler was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo Saturday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nButtler said he would try a scoop shot against the lethal paceman as a last resort in dealing with the accurate yorkers of Malinga.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWhen asked which bowler was the toughest to play against in the slog overs, Ballance also voted for the right-arm pacer, known for his sling shot action.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;Probably Malinga. I haven&#39;t faced a lot of him but from what I have, he has all the variations. He is very different to what we&#39;re used to,&quot; said Ballance.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;He gets the ball to reverse, he&#39;s got good slower balls, so at the moment in world cricket he&#39;s the best. He&#39;s probably the best there has ever been.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAll-rounder Ali, who is also likely to open the batting for England in the World Cup, said Malinga leads over other bowlers by a comfortable margin in the matter of bowling at the end of an innings.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;By a mile. I faced him when he played against Worcester once,&rdquo; Ali said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe pacer has taken 271 wickets from 177 One-Day Internationals so far.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSri Lanka will start their World Cup campaign when they face co-hosts New Zealand Feb 14 at Christchurch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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