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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Auckland, Feb 23 (IANS)&nbsp;Ahead of their Pool A World Cup game here Feb 28, Australian opener Aaron Finch Monday spoke of the threat posed by New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, terming him to be &ldquo;brutal&rdquo; with the willow.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn their last match, the 33-year-old took the England bowling apart single-handedly, clobbering his way to 77 off 25 balls. He also led his team to victory in the tournament opener against Sri Lanka with a 65.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;He (McCullum) is pretty brutal when he&#39;s on. He&#39;s someone we&#39;ll have to worry about. When you&#39;ve got Kane Williamson who is playing beautifully as well, he sets up their innings and they&#39;re able to bat around him,&quot; Finch was quoted as saying by the Cricket Australia website.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;So Brendon is a damaging player and he can take the game away from you if you bowl poorly to him in the first 10 overs. That&#39;s one thing we&#39;ve got to make sure we&#39;re doing, is be right on from ball one otherwise you do get hurt. We&#39;ve got a few plans so we&#39;ll wait and see how it goes.&rdquo;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFinch praised Black Caps pacer Tim Southee too for his efforts in the last match where he picked up figures of 7 for 33 from nine overs, running through the England middle and lower order.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;He (Southee) bowled brilliantly, everything went his way the other day,&quot; said Finch.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFinch, however, added even after all these threats it will be New Zealand who will be under pressure as they will be playing a high-voltage home game.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I think all the pressure is going to be on New Zealand the way that they&#39;ve been playing and (them playing) here in New Zealand as well,&quot; said the 28-year-old.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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