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Australia, New Zealand tone down hype around WCup clash
Australia and New Zealand players are trying to tone down the rhetoric around their impending clash at the Cricket World Cup, stressing that the hype around Saturday's game is attaching too much importance to a pool match
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ustralia and New Zealand players are trying to tone down the rhetoric around their impending clash at the Cricket World Cup, stressing that the hype around Saturday's game is attaching too much importance to a pool match.
The showdown between the co-hosts and co-favorites has been billed as the biggest one-day international in New Zealand in two decades.
Australia's opening batsman David Warner stoked the fire when he said New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was prone to "brain explosions" and challenged the Auckland crowd to do its worst.
New Zealand all-rounder Daniel Vettori was more diplomatic on Thursday, saying such pre-match talk was "irrelevant." (***)
