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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, Feb 13 (IANS) Former captain Steve Waugh has cautioned Australia against expecting Steve Smith&#39;s endless summer of run-scoring to continue during the upcoming ICC 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;\">Smith has enjoyed a record-breaking season with the bat, scoring four centuries in four Tests against India and also reaching three figures twice in the one-day internationals in the past six months.&nbsp;<\/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;\">His man-of-the-series performance against India lifted his Test average for the past 12 months to 86.57, while he&#39;s averaged 57.53 since he returned to the ODI side in August.&nbsp;<\/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;\">All this despite carrying the added burden of the captaincy for most of the summer - he registered scores of 133, 28, 192, 14, 117, 71 and 102 not out.&nbsp;<\/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;\">But Waugh has warned that Smith&#39;s incredible form won&#39;t last forever.&nbsp;<\/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;He has had an exceptional start and you have to remember that sport is ups and downs,&quot; Waugh told News Corp.&nbsp;<\/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 will not always be scoring runs or winning as a captain. We don&rsquo;t want to be too carried away with what he has been doing but he&rsquo;s led with incredible maturity for a young guy.&quot;&nbsp;<\/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;\">Waugh said Australia are rightly one of the favourites for the six-week tournament, which gets underway Saturday.&nbsp;<\/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 two-time World Cup winner said Australia&#39;s depth of fast-bowling strike power gives them an edge over other teams in the tournament and could lead them to a record fifth world title.&nbsp;<\/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;\">Australia&#39;s 15-man squad includes four frontline quicks - Mitchell Johnson, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins - along with seam bowling allrounders Mitchell Marsh, James Faulkner and Shane Watson.&nbsp;<\/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;\">Waugh said this gives the Aussies a distinct advantage.&nbsp;<\/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;If someone like David Warner hits a purple patch he could win the World Cup by himself,&quot; said Waugh.&nbsp;<\/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;We have a fantastic stable of bowlers with the amount of quicks around and when you have match-winning bowlers you are going to win a lot of games. We are in pretty good shape. There&rsquo;s no reason why we can&rsquo;t win this World Cup.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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