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Australia dumped Pakistan out of the World T20 and set up a winner-takes-all clash with hosts India on Sunday courtesy of a 21-run victory in Mohali. Steve Smith (61no from 43) top scored for Australia in a total of 193-4, the skipper sharing rollicking, 38-ball stands of 62 with Glenn Maxwell (30 from 18) and an unbeaten 74 with the soon-to-retire Shane Watson (44no from 28).Spinner Adam Zampa (2-32) then accounted for the dangerous Umar Akmal (32 from 20) and Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi (14 from seven) as the 2009 champions were restricted to 172-8, James Faulkner (5-27) firing at the death to complete the best bowling figures by an Australian in T20Is.Pakistans defeat was their third in four games in Group 2 and leaves them unable to progress to the semi-finals, with the victor of this weekends Australia-India encounter - the sides currently locked together on four points - joining table-toppers New Zealand in the last four.Usman Khawaja (21 off 16) made a brisk start in his first match against the country of his birth, before being clean bowled by a Wahab Riaz yorker in the fourth over, two balls after pulling the searing left-armer for a sumptuous six over deep backward square. Wahab Riaz (R) bowled Usman Khawaja and David Warner David Warner (nine) - up a spot to No 3 in a rejigged Australia bating line-up that saw Aaron Finch drafted in to open and Watson drop from the top of the order to No 6 - fell in similar fashion two overs later, Wahab (2-35) rattling the top of his middle stump.Finchs dismissal shortly after, the burly opener bowled by spinner Imad Wasim for 15, saw Smiths men slip to 57-3, but the skipper and Maxwell powered on, the latter drilling a superb maximum over long-off just prior to being caught at long-on off Imad (2-31). Maxwells exit didnt disrupt the scoring, with Smith reaching his second T20I fifty from 35 deliveries - his other, an effort of 90, coming against England in Cardiff last August - and Watson nailing three sixes and four fours as Australia plundered 66 runs from the final five overs.Sharjeel Khan (30 from 19) started like a train for Pakistan, much like he did against New Zealand on Wednesday when cracking 47 from 25 balls, but his opening partner, Ahmed Shehzad (one) fell cheaply, top-edging an attempted slog off the recalled Josh Hazlewood to mid-off.Sharjeels enterprising knock, which featured nine boundaries, came to an end when he chopped Faulkner onto his stumps in the sixth over, though Pakistan rebounded in the seventh with Akmal walloping Watson for 17 runs, including for six over midwicket. Sharjeel Khan powered nine fours from his opening berth Akmal, though, came unstuck against Zampa, bowled middle pole after missing an almighty heave to leg, and Pakistans hopes diminished further when Afridi - perhaps in his final T20I - was stumped having launched the leg-spinner over the ropes the ball before.Afridis men looked beaten way before Faulkner dismissed top scorer Khalid Latif (46 from 41) and Imad (0) from successive balls in the 18th and, needing 30 from Faulkners final over, could only muster eight, with Sarfraz Ahmed (two) and Wahab (0) caught out in the process.Watch highlights of Australias game with Pakistan at 6.30pm on Sky Sports 2 and then catch their crunch clash with India, in Mohali, from 1.30pm on Sunday on the same channel. Ecco Scarpe Scontate . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. 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Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers is tempering his expectations for himself and the Green Bay offense Friday night.All Rodgers is expecting is to finally play a game this preseason when the Packers visit the San Francisco 49ers.Whatever Mike wants me to do, Rodgers said Tuesday, referring to coach Mike McCarthy.Though playing time for Green Bays third of four preseason games wont be set until Wednesday, the goal according to McCarthy is to play Rodgers after the two-time MVP quarterback was a healthy scratch the previous two weeks.I think Im going to play, Rodgers said after McCarthy put the team through its longest practice of training camp, nearly 2 hours, 45 minutes. Im not sure how long he wants me to play, but itll be good to get out there and get some work with the guys.Not that Rodgers needs much work as he enters his 12th NFL season and ninth as a starter.Even with top receiver Jordy Nelson returning to the field in recent days after being out nearly a year with knee injuries, Rodgers hasnt felt a need to use the preseason games as an audition for the season. Rodgers said after only two weeks of camp in early August that he felt ready for the season, which opens Sept. 11 at the Jacksonville Jaguars.Saying he expects Fridays exhibition to be his only game action of the preseason, Rodgers responded with nothing when asked what he needs to see in whatever playing time he gets.And Rodgers also doesnt feel the offense, even with two notable additions, needs him on the field in a preseason game to sufficiently prepare for that season opener.But itll be good to feel the tempo if I play -- Im expected to play, Rodgers said. So if I play Friday, itll be good to feel the tempo out there if we get some stuff in the no-huddle that were used to.The biggest priority for the 32-year-old Rodgers this summer has been his cconditioning, which he says hes accomplished by running the offense at a high tempo in practice, and also with his on-field workouts before the preseason games he hasnt played.ddddddddddddActually, the stuff Im doing on game day is probably more exertion than I would be doing on the field (in the game), Rodgers said. Ive just got to be ready to go four quarters, and Im confident that the work Ive put in in the offseason and the work this past month in camp, Ill be ready to go once the season starts.Though Nelson isnt expected to play Friday after being limited to individual work in practice this week, Rodgers will get a chance to work with newly chosen starting center JC Tretter. Likewise with veteran tight end Jared Cook, who the Packers signed in the offseason.Its going to be a good test just to see how he runs the offense, how he calls the plays, and for me to keep up, said Cook, an eight-year pro.Game notes Corey Linsley, who lost his starting job to Tretter, said Tuesday he doesnt think surgery will be needed for the torn hamstring that has kept him out since the start of camp. Linsley also doesnt think his season is in jeopardy because of the injury. Im not giving up on that. Im not out for the year, said Linsley, the starter at center since the beginning of his rookie season in 2014. . Rookie DT Kenny Clark, the teams first-round draft pick, didnt practice Tuesday because of a back injury. DT Mike Daniels was out with an illness. Starting safety Morgan Burnett (back) and backup QB Brett Hundley (ankle) remained out. . The Packers released undrafted rookie OT Josh James, who had been sidelined with a hamstring injury.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '