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Kiwis upset Australia
New Zealand shocked Australia by five wickets in their World Cup group B8217; match in Cardiff today. Brief scores: Australia: 213 for 8 in 50 overs. New Zealand: 214 for 5 in 45.2 overs.

Pakistan win
A fiery Shoaib Akhtar rocked the Scotland8217;s top order with an awesome spell of three wickets for 11 runs as Pakistan pace attack shot out the rank outsiders for 167 runs on their way to a comfortable 94-run win in a World Cup group B8217; match in Chester-le-Street today.

Azhar blames all
Yet another humiliating defeat for his team, but India8217;s skipper Mohammed Azharuddin trots out familiar excuses blaming everyone but himself.

A bunch of losers
Everything that is wrong with Indian cricket was on evidence at the Grace Road stadium in Leicester on Wednesday. It was not just that the team played like a bunch of losers; they were a bunch of losers.