The album, released in January, currently resides at number 2 in the UK albums chart, where it has been for 30 weeks. It occupies the same position in the Germany and Canada. It has been in the US Billboard 200 for 25 weeks, now occupying the number 4 position. Most impressive however, is its feat of holding the number one position in Australia for 15 weeks.

The album has been nominated to win the Mercury Music Prize, to be announced on September 6th, The awards ceremony comes in the midst of her UK tour, which continues throughout September.

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The shows will showcase the American rapper’s debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, released on September 27th on Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation. The tour will follow his stint touring as the support for Tinie Tempah, which will occupy him in early November. J. Cole’s tour will begin on November 11th at London’s Electric Ballroom, and conclude on November 26th at Norwich’s UEA.

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London, Electric Ballroom – November 11th
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Cardiff, Solus – November 13th
Southampton, University – November 14th
Glasgow, ABC – November 17th
Liverpool, O2 Academy – November 18th
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Harrison created some of the most famous music of the 1960s with the Beatles and wrote such songs as While My Guitar Gently Weeps. He died of lung cancer in 2001, and Scorsese’s documentary, entitled Living in the Material World, is a celebration of his very interesting life.

Scorsese is a huge fan of Harrison’s music and has said regarding the film, “I will never forget the first time I heard All Things Must Pass, the overwhelming feeling of taking in that all glorious music for the first time. It was like walking into a cathedral. George was making spiritually awake music – we all heard and felt it – and I think that was the reason that he came to occupy a very special place in our lives.”

The documentary is set for release on October 10th. The documentary features interviews with other Beatle Paul McCartney.

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Cate Blanchett will tread the boards of the Barbican next year, celebrating the theaters 30th anniversary. Blanchett will star in Gross und Klein a play by German play-write Botho Strauss in April 2012.

It will be her first appearance on a London stage in eleven years since her performance in the Vagina Monologues in 2009 at The Old Vic. In which time she has built a glittering trophy cabinet: two SAGs, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, and an Academy Award, as well as the Volpi Cup at the 64th Venice International Film Festival. Blanchett earned five Academy Award nominations between 1998 and 2007.

But don’t be fooled she has not been lured to hollywood and shied away from her theatrical roots. Cate and her husband, Andrew Upton, have been resident Artistic Directors at the Sydney Theater Company since 2008.

The Baricans Birthday bash is part of the London 2012 Festival, which takes place next summer to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the city. Barbican managing director Sir Nicholas Kenyon said there would be “something for everyone”.

“In 2012 London welcomes the world for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Barbican will be at the forefront of that international moment with an extraordinary range of great cultural experiences for all,”

It will be a fantastic way to to celebrated the theaters big  3 – 0  and as soon as the tickets are released we will of course we will let you know ( since their bound to go like hot potatoes!) …

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Iniesta, 26, missed the first leg and Saturday’s defeat to Real Sociedad. But the World Cup winner has returned to training and looks likely to start against Madrid.

“One day after the 2-1 defeat to Sociedad, the first team returned to work and the big news from the session was Andres Iniesta who began working with the group,” read a statement on Barcelona’s official website.

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After spending so much time touring with England before the World Cup, Anderson seemed to suffer from fatigue more than most. But he has accepted that this was not the only reason.

“It was a different ball game than the Ashes,” Anderson told M.E.N. Sport.

“In Australia, the red ball was swinging but in India the pitches were flat and the white ball wasn’t doing as much. I found it tough and in a competition like the World Cup if you are not on top of your game you get found out, and I got punished.

“I couldn’t argue when I was left out. I hadn’t done anything to keep my place, I wasn’t bowling well.

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The offence would usually be punished with a 18-week ban, but the RFU has halved that ban due to mitigating circumstances, meaning that Cueto, 31, will be available for England’s World Cup campaign in New Zealand.

“At the hearing Cueto did not contest the citing and he was suspended for nine weeks,” the RFU said.

“The suspension runs from 4 April to 6 June and he can resume playing on 7 June.

“The panel decided this was a mid-entry offence, which attracts a ban of 18 weeks, but because of the player’s compelling mitigation he received the full 50% discount.”

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The team made up of World Cup winning Spaniards and the mercurial Argentine Lionel Messi are the favourites to lift the Champions League this year, and progressed through the last stage with a 4-3 aggregate win over Arsenal. But Barca’s away record in the Champions League isn’t very good and manager Pep Guardiola has never won a knockout game away from home. Shakhtar, however, haven’t lost a home game since October 2008 and have never lost in the Donbass Arena since its grand opening in the summer of 2009.

If Barcelona turn on the style, the tie could be over by the time Shakhtar leave Spain. Barca have had the fewest shots on target against them this campaign, but face a side who have scored 26 goals in their last 10 Champions League games. Shakhtar’s proclivity to signing Brazilians works means the side boasts an impressive attacking line-up.

The last time the two sides met was in the 2009 Super CUp Final, where a Pedro goal deep in extra time saw Barcelona win 1-0. This game is by no means a formality and, in a similar poisiton to Spurs at Madrid, if Shakhtar can leave the Nou Camp still with a chance, their astonishing form at home will lean heavily in their advantage.

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It’s the team managed by a multi-million pound Hollywood manager who has won the tournament twice with two different clubs, against a manager famous for locking Amdy Faye in his house in an effort to sign him.

When Tottenham qualified for the Champions League through Peter Crouch’s winning goal at Manchester City last season, it was games like tonights at the Bernabeu that Spurs fans hoped for. Despite topping the group stages, beating Inter superbly at home on the way, and coming through a two legged game against AC Milan without conceding a goal, Spurs will be the underdogs tonight.

“We are the big underdogs,” manager Harry Redknapp said. “I’ve said all along that the two Spanish teams are the favourites. But we are not just coming here to turn up. The dream is still there for us all and we want to make that dream come true. We want to go all the way.”

This is the first time in seven years that Real Madrid have reached the quarter-final stage of the Champions League and on Saturday manager Jose Mourinho lost his nine year record of being undefeated in home games, stretching back to 2002 when he was manager of Porto. But Madrid will be the heavy favourites and are boosted by the inclusion of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Marcelo and Kaka in the squad to face Spurs.

Spurs own injury worries means they may only field six substitutes. All eyes will be on Gareth Bale, who has lit up the European stage and announced himself to the world by ripping apart Brazilian right back Maicon in the two games against Inter. But if Spurs can leave the Bernabeu with a good result, few would bet against them at White Hart Lane. If Madrid turn in a similar performance to some domestically, where they scored eight without reply against Levante and seven against Malaga, Spurs’ dream tie will quickly become a nightmare.

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Kumar Sangakkara was named captain, while Yuvraj Singh was decided as Player of the Tournament.

The tournament’s top two run-scorers, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sachin Tendulkar were named the team’s openers.

Muttiah Muralitharan, Shahid Afridi, Zaheer Khan, Dale Steyn, Mahela Jayawardene, Shane Watson and AB de Villiers completed the team

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India beat Sri Lanka in the Cricket World Cup final to claim the trophy, but sources have now said that this was a fake. If the reports are true, it would be the first time the real trophy has not been handed out in the competition’s history.

The Times of India today reported that according to its sources, Team India were given a replica of the World Cup trophy.

“The original is lying with the Customs,” the TOI quoted a BCCI source without elaborating.

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The Sri Lanka all-rounder has a thigh injury, and will most likely be replaced by off-spinner Suraj Randiv.

Meanwhile, India seamer Ashish Nehra is a major doubt for the final, after injuring a finger on his right hand during his team’s semi-final win over Pakistan.

Sri Lanka Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is expected to play through his injury, in what will be his last game for his country.

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The duel between the world’s highest wicket taker and leading batsman can only add even more intrigue into what will be a fascinating match.

Muralitharan, 38, will retire from international cricket after the game. He leaves with more Test (800) and one-day (534) wickets than any other bowler in history.

Tendulkar, 37, has no retirement plans but is unlikely to carry on much longer. Despite being the most successful batsman ever with 32,785 runs including 99 centuries, Tendulkar has never won a World Cup.

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Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar got India off to a great start as they batted first, with Tendulkar coming close to acheieving his 100th international century. Pakistan were eventually set a target of 260.

However, the total proved much for Pakistan. Mohammad Hafeez struck 43 and Misbah-ul-Haq made a defiant 56 but Pakistan were all out for 231 in the final over.

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England failed at the final hurdle in their Grand Slam attempt after being soundly beaten by Ireland.

Shaw, 37, told the Daily Telegraph: “In order to have beaten Ireland, we really needed to have raised our game to another level from the intensity we produced in Cardiff.”

He added: “I still believe, though, that if we get that right in New Zealand, there is no reason why we can’t go on to reach the final, as we did in 2007, and go one better this time.”

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Hamilton will fly home from Malaysia this weekend, before returning for the Grand Prix at Sepang the week after.

The 2008 World Champion will watch his brother Nicolas take part in the Renault Clio Cup, where their father Anthony will also be present.

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Ferguson told US radio station Sirius XM that friendly matches have become totally devalued.

Ferguson said: ‘I am all in favour of the competitions. The players should play in the major competitions; the European Championship, the World Cup.

‘But friendlies are a waste of time as far as I am concerned. We always say that. It is understandable for the coach. They have the players for a period when they can influence them and can build and shape their team.

‘I can understand that completely. But every time there are friendlies you get six or seven call offs. It is sometimes worthless for the manager to build on that because of the lack of players.’

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Ponting, 36, made the announcement in Sydney after arriving home from the Cricket World Cup, where his team were soundly beaten by co-hosts India at the quarter-final stage.

“I have decided to stand down as captain of the Test and one-day teams as of now,” he told a news conference.

Michael Clarke is favourite to replace Ponting as captain.

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Dhoni realises the significance of this match, which is not only one of the great sporting events but also has massive political significance.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited his Pakistani counterpart Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the game with him, which will be the first meeting between the leaders since April 2010 in Bhutan.

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Young had spent almost nine years working for the International Rugby Board, who own the World Cup. In this time, Young played a major role in 2003 in Australia, and 2007 in France. He is now working on New Zealand’s preparations for this year’s World Cup.

Since Young has been involved, Rugby’s biggest tournament has generated record surpluses for the IRB to invest in the development of the Game. Now installed as one of the world’s top three global sporting events, Rugby World Cup attendance topped over 2m in 2007.

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Sri Lanka will be playing on the same wicket where they thrashed England, but Sangakkara does not want his team to get complacent.

“The guys have done that pretty well and tomorrow is not going to be any different, you can’t play too much to the crowds, or too much to show off,” Sangakkara said. “There’s no room for complacency – at all.”

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Captain Kumar Sangakkara has said Muralitharan is carrying multiple injuries.

The world’s leading wicket taker strained a hamstring in the group matches before aggravating a quadricep muscle in the quarter-final win over England.

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In an interview with French sports paper l’Equipe, Mourinho stated: “I was hours away – I almost signed up for the England national team.

“But at the last minute I began thinking, ’I am going to coach a national side, there will be one match a month and the rest of the time I will be in my office or overseeing matches. And then to have to wait until the summer to compete in a European Championship or a World Cup’? No, it wasn’t for me.”

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Former England captain Vaughan thinks that a bowler may be a better option, although Alistair Cook has been tipped to take over the role should Andrew Strauss step down.

“I just think the one-day team might grow under someone like Stuart Broad who plays it pretty tough,” Vaughan told BBC Sport.

“Maybe the one-day team needs a different approach and direction.”

Many have aimed the blame for England’s exit from the Cricket World Cup on Strauss, including a shock defeat to Ireland.

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South Africa’s win over Ireland secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Cricket World Cup.

“I am not disappointed over missing out on a century as I tried to get as many runs as possible for the team,” Duminy said after the 131-run win in the day-night match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

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Williams, who hinted that the match against France on Saturday would be his final Six Nations appearance, damaged knee ligaments in the win over Ireland last week.

A scan has revealed the injury is very serious, and Williams will have a fight on his hands to be fit for the World Cup.

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While England are hopeful that Strauss and Swann will recover in time for tomorrow’s vital game against the West Indies, Shazad is now a doubt.

“Azmal Shahzad has been struck by (the stomach bug) as well. He probably won’t practise but we are not sure if that would affect his chance of playing tomorrow,” Strauss told reporters on Wednesday.

“I’m feeling very well, Graeme Swann is also recovering well… I don’t know if he’s equally buoyant as I am but we are still confident that he will be fine tomorrow.”

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Both men were expected to be able to play in the vital match against the West Indies tomorrow, but if they miss training again today it seems increasingly likely that they will be unable to take part.

According to the Independent, the bug leaves the patient lighter and enfeebled for a few days.

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The result leaves India, West Indies, Bangladesh and England fighting for the three remaining quarter-final places.

Ireland did well to limit South Africa to 272, but were then bowled out for just 141.

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Former England bowling coach Gibson, who now works with the West Indies, could have vital information on England’s key players.

England are currently fifth in their group with one game to play. Only four teams will advance to the next round.

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“I am delighted that we were able to agree early on continuing our work until the 2014World Cup,” Loew said.

“Together with German Football Federation (DFB) chief Theo Zwanziger and general secretary Wolfgang Niersbach we believe that it makes sense to continue our successful path with the team in the same style.”

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Afridi said Pakistan would be happy to play their World Cup knockout stage matches in either host country, despite earlier raising concern over India’s security.

“It does not matter to us where we play our quarter-final. The biggest issue for us was to qualify for the knockout stage and we have done that now,” Afridi said on Geo TV.

“We are ready to play our quarter-final at any venue now,” the experienced all-rounder said.

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“We haven’t banned anything and that includes talking about a Grand Slam,” said Johnson. “We’ve never said ‘don’t mention the Grand Slam’.

“We all know what is at stake now and what we want to do. We will be talking about how to beat Ireland.

“We go away to probably the toughest place to play right now in Europe.”

A win against the Irish in Dublin would mean England win their first Grand Slam since 2003, a year when Johnson was captain and a World Cup was won.

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A team spokesmen has said that they should both recover in time for Thursday’s must win match against the West Indies in Chennai.

West Indies opening batsmen, Chris Gayle, should also be fit to play after recovering from an abdominal injury.

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In a rain-hit match, Pakistan had to chase 162 in 38 overs by the Duckworth-Lewis method. In the end, it was all too easy as Pakistan reached the target with 23 balls to spare.

Asad Shafiq hit 78 to extend Pakistan’s unbeaten run in one-day international wins over Zimbabwe to 23.

Pakistan join Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in reaching the quarter-finals.

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England need to win on Thursday if they are to have any chance of going further than the group stage and also hope other results go their way.

During the loss to Bangladesh, Swann was caught swearing as he became frustrated with the conditions. He was unable to grip the ball well because of the evening dew.

“It’s obviously something that’s disappointing, what happened, and I’m a bit ashamed about my own behaviour,” said Swann, who was fined 10 percent of his match fee.

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Porterfield told the media at Eden Gardens: “There won’t be many people who will give us much of a chance in tomorrow’s game. South Africa were obviously one of the pre-tournament favourites and they have just beaten India in a good game of cricket.

“We don’t have anything to lose tomorrow. We have just got to go out there and play with freedom and attack in the same way that we have attacked in earlier games. If we go out and do that and leave everything on the pitch, I will be happy.”

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New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Australia have already made it out of Group A, and Pakistan will join them if they beat Zimbabwe this afternoon.

Group B has been much more unpredictable with no team securing a quarter-final place yet. Bangladesh are the team causing problems, as India and South Africa will go through as soon as Bangladesh lose a match. A lot hangs in the balance of England’s next match against the West Indies. If the West Indies win, Bangladesh could go through after their win today against the Netherlands. If England win the game, Bangladesh will have to beat South Africa as well to stand a chance.

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The incident took place during a defeat to New Zealand in World Cup Group A. After having already received a first and final warning for bowling a full toss above waist height in the 40th over, Cheema bowled a similar delivery in the 50th over. He was found to have breached 2.1.8 of the code which relates to conduct “contrary to the spirit of the game”.

The charge was brought by on-field umpires Bruce Oxenford and Shavir Tarapore, third umpire Steve Davis and fourth umpire Asoka de Silva.

Cheema can now expect further action, which may include losing up to 50 per cent of his match fee.

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Known worldwide for organizing “The Rumble in the Jungle” and the “Thrilla in Manilla,” and promoting the careers of Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson, King now says he has another claim to fame.

King told Sean Sport Magazine: “James Brown was the “Godfather of Soul”; Don King was the “Godfather of Hip Hop.”

King explained: “We changed the game. The game used to be cup and hold, and hold tight and don’t let go! So the thing here that you have to understand is we are like when Shakespeare and them were going round and playing on a ukulele or little banjo and they would tell the state of the union. All the rappers would tell the story of the community and the story of the ghetto, the stories and of the high profiling.”

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Ranked as the number one ODI team in the world and going for their fourth title in a row, Australia were still not considered as a favourite at the start of the tournament. But their recent performances have showed that they should not be forgotten so easily.

Australia have proved that they can be just as effective as any spin attack and the return of Mike Hussey gives their middle-order a boost after he replaced the injured seamer Doug Bollinger.

The introduction of Hussey could be a decisive decision, as Australia now have perhaps the best finisher in the game. Hussey is adept at playing spin and has the mental toughness finish games under pressure.

Former Wimbledon finalist Nalbandian struggled through a Davis Cup match last weekend as his Argentina team overcame Romania, but he must now receive treatment.

The world number 19 needs surgery for a hernia problem and torn adductor muscle. If his recovery goes to schedule he should be able to take part in the Masters tournaments in Madrid or Rome.

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Morgan, 24, missed out on selection after breaking a finger playing in Australia. He was replaced by Ravi Bopara, but with Pieterson now out of the tournament with a hernia problem, Morgan will get his chance after all.

The left hander is a similar player to Pieterson, and England will hope his talent at finishing games off will boost their chances of winning the title.

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Pakistan will face Zimbabwe on Monday. A win would guarantee them a place in the last eight and allow them to relax in their final group game against Australia.

Afridi said: “We are worried because the team hasn’t played well in the last two matches. But I believe that now it is the time to show what we are capable of. It is true that we played poorly against New Zealand but what has happened has happened. It might backfire if I start scolding the players. I believe the right thing to do is to talk to the players and give them confidence and that`s what I plan to do.”

“We can`t panic,” he said. “We have five days to regroup and we have to make it sure that we make good use of this break.”

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Having been narrowly defeated by England, Amla said South Africa would not crumble when taking on the tournament favourites in front of 45,000 Indian fans.

Amla said: “I think the pressure is more on India, there will be a big crowd and lots of expectation on them. Being at home, they will know the conditions, but there’s also going to be big pressure on them. We’ve played before in front of big crowds, so the noise factor won’t be a surprise. It will be a big occasion and we are used to those and enjoy them,” Amla said.

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The Dhaka crowd turned on the co-hosts last week as they crashed to a  record low 58 against the West Indies and lost the match by nine wickets.

It was a far cry from an earlier match when a 27-run win over Ireland prompted nationwide celebrations.

The country’s premier stepped in to appeal for supporters to calm down and armoured personnel carriers were introduced to give added security for all teams.

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Broad was ruled out of the tournament on Tuesday after straining his side in England’s win over South Africa.

Tremlett, already with the squad as a stand-by player, is more or less a like-for-like replacement for Broad. However, 29-year-old Tremlett, who is 6ft 7in, has played only 13 one-day internationals.

Broad, 24, has an impressive tally of 130 wickets from 76 ODIs, including a best haul of 5-23 against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 2008.

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Broad told BBC Sport he was “pretty much a no-go” for Friday’s match with Bangladesh. When asked if he would take any further part in the World Cup he said: “At the minute it’s not looking so great.”

An injury to Broad would be another blow to England who already lost Kevin Pietersen because he needs hernia surgery. He has now returned to England and was replaced by Eoin Morgan.

Chris Tremlett is likely to come into the squad should Broad be unable to continue in the tournament.

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England, now captained by Andrew Strauss, play South Africa on Sunday and will be looking for a victory to keep hopes of progressing in the tournament alive.

Flintoff told BBC Sport. “Rather than worrying about the Ireland result, they need to worry about the next game. The South Africa match is massive but we can beat them. We have got a good chance but it will be tough.”

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