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- ↑ "World Record Goes As Pakistan Register Huge Win". Cricket World. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "WI lose second match in T20 World Cup for Blind | The Trinidad Guardian Newspaper". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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