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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, March 27 (IANS) Former New Zealand legend Richard Hadlee on Friday said that the Black Caps winning on Sunday against Australia would be the country&#39;s finest moment in sport.<\/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;\">Co-hosts New Zealand entered the final of the World for the first time with a victory over South Africa in the semi-finals on Tuesday.&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;\">They now face four-time world champion Australia in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.<\/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;\">Cricket is a secondary sport in the rugby-mad nation but the New Zealand public has been captivated by the aggression and success of skipper Brendon McCullum&#39;s side, whom Hadlee rates as the best side the country has ever produced for a 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;\">&quot;It doesn&#39;t matter if it&#39;s Australia, England, India, they&#39;re in it for the first time, they have an opportunity to create history in our game, which means they will never ever be forgotten,&quot; Hadlee 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;\">The 63-year-old said the Black Caps, who have reached their first final after six semi-final losses, had what could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to become sporting immortals.<\/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 like the rugby when they won it in &#39;87, they&#39;ve won it twice, and we&rsquo;re yet to do it. You look at the America&#39;s Cup, great moment in our sporting history, win the cricket World Cup and it&#39;ll be right up there with our greatest ever achievements,&rdquo; 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;\">Hadlee, a board member of New Zealand Cricket, said in 40 years of World Cup cricket they haven&rsquo;t won the top prize and it&rsquo;s high time to clinch it.<\/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;ve had 40 years of World Cup cricket and to finally get across the line if we do is part of our cricketing history.&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;Being a board member and involved with NZ cricket for a long time, it&#39;d be one of the great moments, very, very special and something I&#39;d love to see in my time,&quot; Hadlee concluded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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