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    "excerpt": "Auckland, Feb 25 (IANS) Former World Cup-winning captain Steve Waugh Wednesday said New Zealand will be going into Saturday\u2019s World Cup Pool A",
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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 25 (IANS)&nbsp;Former World Cup-winning captain Steve Waugh Wednesday said New Zealand will be going into Saturday&rsquo;s World Cup Pool A encounter at the Eden Park here against Australia as &ldquo;a slight favourites&rdquo;.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWaugh, who was instrumental in helping Allan Border-led Australia win 1987 World Cup and captained his country to glory in 1999, said Eden Park is a hard place to play in, and given the confidence and form of the Black Caps, it will be a tough test for his countrymen.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;To be brutally honest, New Zealand is probably going in a slight favourite. They&rsquo;ve really got their confidence up and Auckland is a very hard place to play - it&rsquo;s just a different kind of ground,&rdquo; Waugh was quoted as saying by news.com.au.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a fantastic team capable of beating anyone but New Zealand have really got some tremendous momentum.&rdquo;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWaugh will attend the game here and has enjoyed the overall standard of cricket in the mega tournament so far - particularly competitive performances from Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;There&rsquo;s been big gains from those so-called lesser nations. They&#39;ve really been mixing it up,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/>\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Preview: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/wVBt3T\"><span style=\"color:#40E0D0;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center;\">India v United Arab Emirates<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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