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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Port of Spain (Trinidad), Feb 12 (IANS) All-rounder Kieron Pollard has vowed to return with a vengeance following his omission from the West Indies team for the cricket World Cup.<\/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 selectors&rsquo; decision to exclude Pollard and his Trinidad and Tobago teammate Dwayne Bravo from the squad has been a subject of raging controversy in the cricketing world, reports CMC.<\/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 27-year-old Pollard said his omission from the squad for cricket&rsquo;s biggest showpiece does not signal the end of his career.<\/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;Despite the omission, I&rsquo;m definitely not thinking that my international career is over. No way. I&rsquo;m only 27 and I want to come back with a vengeance,&quot; Pollard said Thursday.<\/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;So for now I&rsquo;ve got to focus on where I want to see myself in a couple of years and what I&rsquo;ve got in front of me. The break will also help me stay fresh because I&rsquo;ve been on the road for a long time.&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;\">Pollard and Bravo were members of the West Indies team which participated in the aborted tour of India late last year over a pay dispute.<\/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;\">They were said to be the leading players behind the strike and their axing was described as &quot;vengeance&quot; by former West Indian pacer Michael Holding.<\/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;What happened on the tour of India behind my omission? Well let&#39;s just say that even before I completed my visa application, I had a fair idea of who would be and wouldn&#39;t be in the final squad,&quot; he said.<\/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 was disappointing, obviously, getting that &#39;bad news&#39; call but I knew from before that I won&#39;t be going to the World Cup. These things happen. I&#39;m not the first person not playing in the World Cup and I definitely won&#39;t be the last,&quot; Pollard 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;\">&ldquo;Life goes on. I&#39;m a young man, I still have a lot of cricket left in me and that&#39;s how I look at it.&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;\">West Indies open their Cup campaign against Ireland Feb 16.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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