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Cricket: Pakistan players 'have nothing to fear' WORLD CUP CRICKET.(Sport)

Article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Article date: March 28, 2007

Byline: BY CHRIS GREENWOOD

PAKISTAN'S players have no reasons to fear a return home, according to team spokesman Pervez Mir.

The squad finally left their Heathrow hotel, which has been their base for the last couple of days since their return from the World Cup in the Caribbean, to make the journey back to Pakistan.

Since their surprise exit from the tournament and the even more shocking murder of coach Bob Woolmer in his Jamaican hotel room, emotions have been running high in Pakistan.

However, Mir said the ...

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