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Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi is eager to show his team’s potential in the last two group games of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011 that they are scheduled to play against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 and Australia.
“We are worried because the team hasn't played well in the last two matches,” said Afridi after a practice session on Thursday. “But I believe that now it is the time to show what we are capable of.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 their top spot at the table
but also put their progress to the quarterfinals of the event under question.
Afridi conceded that they played poorly against the Black Caps. However, he said that he is using the five-day break to regroup his team to make a full strength comeback. A victory against Zimbabwe would assure Pakistan of a place in the
quarterfinals.
Pakistan skipper added that the players did commit silly mistakes that cost them the game but insisted that they could not afford to panic in such a situation.
“It is true that we played poorly against New Zealand but what has happened has happened,” said Afridi. “It might backfire if I start scolding the players. I believe the right thing to do is to talk to the players and give them confidence
and that's what I plan to do.”
Afridi, who is the leading wicket taker of the ongoing World Cup, said that the lack of form of the openers is a cause of concern adding the team management is seriously deliberating over the issue. He did not turn down the option of trying
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 as an opener against Zimbabwe this Monday.
The Men in Green have not made it to the second round of the World Cup for the past 12 years and looking at their stunning start this time it was being assumed that they would easily qualify for the knockout stage. However, the defeat at
the hands of the Kiwis has put them in an uncertain situation of qualifying for the next stage of the event.
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