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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 20 (IANS) South Africa bowling coach Allan Donald Friday said the Proteas are relishing the opportunity of facing the defending World Cup champions India early in the tournament.<\/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&#39;s a massive game. This is what we train for. This is why we play for our country... to play in big games like this. I&#39;m really, really up for this,&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;\">Donald said that though the match would be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Sunday, the large number of Indian supporters expected to come to the stadium would make it akin to &quot;a home game for India&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;It (MCG) is an intimidating place. You just have to walk out there, (even when) these stands are empty it&#39;s an intimidating place - full stop,&quot; the former pace bowler 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;We&#39;re not looking one game ahead of this game. If (the finals draw) brings us back here that&#39;s great. It means we&#39;ve played cricket out of our socks to get back here. But we&#39;re concentrating on Sunday. That really is all that matters.&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;\">Soth Africa conducted a 3.5-hour training session at the MCG Friday.<\/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;\">Donald also spoke of his belief that no run target is insurmountable in modern day One-Day International (OID) cricket.<\/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 start of the ongoing World Cup has witnessed scores of 300 chased down regularly and Donald said it was a emblematic of the fast paced nature of the modern game.<\/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;I&#39;m not surprised that we&#39;re seeing these big scores. It&#39;s going to come down to the bowling skills at the end if you&#39;re chasing - and it is chaseable. (A target of) 320 or 330 is chaseable,&quot; Donald said Friday.<\/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;\">Donald said the ODIs was &quot;a different animal&quot; to the type he played when Australia last co-hosted a World Cup in 1992.<\/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;Guys didn&#39;t have the skill set or the mindset of taking on a powerplay like they do now,&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;The wickets in hand in Australia, that&#39;s been the outstanding factor for all the teams. Guys like (David) Miller have been let loose, J.P. Duminy and other teams as well - we saw what happened to England with (Glenn) Maxwell at the end.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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