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Younis wants to win T20 World title for Woolmer

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Posted: Jun 17, 2009 at 1341 hrs IST

Nottingham Just two wins away from the title, Pakistan skipper Younis Khan is determined to claim the Twenty20 World Cup for their former coach Bob Woolmer, who died in mysterious circumstances after the team's loss to Ireland during the 2007 ODI World Cup in the Caribbean. "He was an inspiring person, a father figure for me and the team. We all still miss him and if we win the World Cup I will dedicate that final game to him," Younis told reporters ahead of their tomorrow's semifinal against South Africa. Younis followed Woolmer's advice in their final Super Eight match against Ireland by shuffling the batting order. He had sent Kamran Akmal and Shahid Afridi up the order in their comfortable 39-run win against the minnows. "I learned a lot of things from Bob and he was always flexible, especially in the batting order. I thought we needed a couple of in-form batsmen for big games like the semi-final and final," he said.

Younis admitted that Pakistan are slow starters but felt his side was peaking at right time. "Everybody knows we're slow starters. We take some time and we need some time for ourselves and now we are just two wins away from winning the World Cup," he said. "I still believe we were 20 runs short (against Ireland). It would be good if we could put 180 or 200 on the board because in the semifinals there will be good teams against us and it's not possible to win all the time scoring 150," he added.

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play to your potential by syed ali zia jaffery on 18 Jun 2009

PAKISTAN WE ARE PROUD OF YOU DO GIVE IN YOUR BEST AND FIGHT TILL THE VERY END BEST OF LUCK

Sour grapes by Naveed on 18 Jun 2009

This nonentity Arif is a sick case. How dare him to say something to Indians on Indian media? (Oh!!! yeah, I forgot they don't have their own one). It's a case of sour grapes, Mr. Arif. The Pakistani players were dying to play in the IPL, they begged and when that not worked-out, they threatened to go to court. As far as T-20 is concerned, your own captain said "it's a fun game", so you Pakistanis are good only in the fun game unlike India, we're good in test matches and ODI's.

Go give your best younis.We are proud of you by Arif on 18 Jun 2009

Go give your best younis.V R proud of U.Short sighted indian media were not giving chance to qualify u in super eight but you have brillinatly qualify for Semis and there useless team loss all matches in super eight.They should only play domestic match fixing saga IPL.Pakistan Zindabad.

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