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AFP Sports Schedule for Wednesday, March 4

AFP sports schedule for Wednesday, March 4: CRICKET Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand Pool B Pakistan play the only amateur side in the competition UAE, whose squad has nine Pakistan born or of Pakistani origin players, in Napier (01:00 GMT) Pool A Australia badly need a win, as they lie fourth in the table, when they play Afghanistan, who are coming off a victory over Scotland, in Perth (06:30 GMT) Master slug: Cricket-WC-2015 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL English Premier League games with Manchester City desperately requiring a win, if they are to maintain pressure on leaders Chelsea, at home to Leicester, Newcastle host Manchester United, and West Ham entertain Chelsea, who are fresh from their League Cup triumph over Spurs. Slug: Fbl-ENG-Pr Barcelona have one eye on a potential treble when they take a 3-1 lead into the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final against Villarreal Slug: Fbl-ESP-Cup French Cup quarter final between Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco, three days after their 0-0 draw in Ligue 1. Slugs: Fbl-FRA-Cup Also German Cup and Italian Cup ties Slugs: Fbl-GER-Cup, Fbl-ITA-Cup BASKETBALL Thirteen NBA games scheduled Slug: Basket-NBA TENNIS WTA at Monterrey and Kuala Lumpur Slugs: Tennis-WTA-MEX, Tennis-WTA-MAS