Graeme Smith scored two runs in South Africa's seven-wicket semi-final defeat to Australia in 2007

South Africa captain Graeme Smith has reacted angrily to the suggestion that his side have 'choked' in their last three World Cup appearances. "So you have been out in the middle? You understand all that? Every time we walk into a press conference it's the question we expect to get," he said in reply to a journalist in Delhi.
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England spinner Graeme Swann wants his side to make a quick start against India on Sunday to quieten their "ear-shattering" fans.
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt, who was banned from the game for a minimum of five years for his part in 2010's Lord's spot-fixing scandal, has started work as a television pundit. "It is wonderful to share my opinion on television," he told Urdu language station Channel Five.
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Former England captain Michael Atherton has been recalling his own dressing-room tantrums in the wake of Ricky Ponting damaging a television screen after being dismissed against Zimbabwe. "From memory, I caused damage to a brick bath (in the Derbyshire dressing room), a wall-mounted mirror (Cape Town) and a fridge-freezer (Port Elizabeth)," he wrote.
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Irish bookmaker Paddy Power received only one bet on Ponting to be top run-scorer in the tournament before the event got underway. The Australian, who has scored 240 runs in last four finals, could be backed at 25-1.
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