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NEWS Cricket World Cup 2007>Row with Woolmer sorted out: Shoaib 01st Feb 2007 22.33 IST By Agencies Shoaib Akhtar , who was fined for getting involved in an altercation with coach Bob Woolmer during the second Test in South Africa, said the matter has been sorted out. Shoaib was seen yelling at Woolmer at Port Elizabeth this month after he broke down with a hamstring injury and the argument was caught on by television cameras and became a source of great embarrassment for the Pakistan cricket authorities.
"My hamstring muscles started to bother me after I bowled on the first day and on the second day when I informed the team management about this, Woolmer thought differently. He thought I was trying to act it out," Shoaib told reporters in Lahore. "I also lost my cool and we had an argument but that is now sorted out because the doctors later confirmed I had a hamstring muscle tear which needed to be rested." "I had offered to take injections and bowl in the second innings of the Test, but I was advised to avoid this as I could risk my chances of playing in the World Cup," he said. He said, he is 80 percent fit and has started training with the PCB trainer and would also be appearing in a couple of domestic one day games to test his fitness before the World Cup in Caribbean. "I am very keen to play in the World Cup and that is foremost on my mind now," he stated. The fast bowler who is said to have got into trouble with Woolmer after overdoing his celebrations after taking four wickets in the second Test said, he wanted to play a big role in the upcoming World Cup. Also View In-Depth Coverage: Cricket World Cup 2007 Team Page: Pakistan Team Page: South Africa | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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