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Ready again

Big-hitting South African Lance Klusener, man of the tournament at the last World Cup in 1999, said that he was ready once again to set the cricket world alight.

After a disappointing run of form, which had left many people questioning his place in the side, the 31-year-old answered critics in devastating style by smashing a swashbuckling 57 nearly winning the game against the West Indies at Newlands. Klusener then took 4-16 to help his side to a 10-wicket win over Kenya at Potchefstroom."There's been pressure on me to perform, but it's just nice to be batting and bowling well again," he said.

"It's just a matter of going out there and believing in yourself. It goes through your mind what the problem is, but at the end of the day there's no change and there's no reason why I can't get back to where I have been before with my game," said Klusener who was dropped from the Test and one-day sides after a run of poor form last year.

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