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When Inzamam-ul-Haq bid a tearful farewell to international one-day cricket, the crowd rose to acclaim the great Pakistani. The problem was that there were so few people inside the 20Â 000-capacity Sabina Park in Kingston that Inzamam, had he so desired, could have personally shook the hands of all of them without delaying proceedings.
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Sri Lanka virtually guaranteed themselves a place in the World Cup Super Eights with a 198-run thrashing of Bangladesh in their second group-B game on Wednesday. Sanath Jayasuriya smashed a quickfire century to help Sri Lanka post a challenging 318-5 against Bangladesh.
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The 2007 Cricket World Cup, the first to be held in the Caribbean, was opened in Jamaica on Sunday in a three-hour, -million opening ceremony. Sir Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest players the game has ever known, declared the 16-team, 49-day, 51-match tournament open.