Men And The Cup

Corals have odds of only 9-2 that he will remain unbeaten in the tournament.Klusener8217;s amazing run is helped by the fact he bats low down in the order, around seven or eight, and that gives him more of a chance of still being around when the South African innings ends.

But he is hampered by the fact that, going in late, he gets less time to score his runs and has made up for that by some big and fast hitting.

The talented lefthander faces New Zealand on Thursday, and that has put kiwi front line bowler Geoff Allott at the top of the list of favourites to get him out. Allott is rated a 5-1 shot with all-rounder Chris Cairns at 8-1 and Australian paceman Glenn McGrath in third place on 9-1.

The Australians meet South Africa at Headingley onSunday.

Too early for celebrations: Azhar

Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin said beating Pakistan was satisfying but there will be no celebrations in the Indian squad as they had not won the World Cup yet.

quot;Its just a victory, we havn8217;t won the World Cup,8221; said Azhar adding that the Indians always wanted the team to do well against Pakistan and now that quot;we have beaten them the whole country will be happy on this count. All Indian fans want that we should be Pakistan and they should be happy,quot; Azhar said after his team reversed the losing trend in the World Cup to complete a hat-trick of wins over Pakistan.

India has won all the three World Cup clashes with Pakistan, starting their first match in 1992 in Australia when Pakistan went on to win the World Cup. Then again in 1996, India beat Pakistan in the quarter-finals at Bangalore.

8212; Agencies