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• Cricket World Cup: How do England stand before this summer's tournament?

  02-03-2019 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport assesses whether England can win this summer's World Cup - or if a "moment of madness" will ultimately be their downfall.
  
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• England in West Indies: Dismal tourists lose by seven wickets as series drawn 2-2

  02-03-2019 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  West Indies dismiss a dismal England for just 113 to set up a seven-wicket thrashing in the final one-day international and draw the series 2-2.
  
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• Oshane Thomas skittles England out as West Indies square ODI series

  02-03-2019 20:41 via theguardian.com
  • England 113 all out; West Indies 115-3; series ends 2-2
  • England’s last five wickets fall for just two runsEngland’s World Cup bandwagon came to a juddering halt as they slumped to a record-low one-day total of 113 against West Indies in this startlingly one-sided series finale in St Lucia. Related: West Indies cruise to seven-wicket win over England in fifth ODI – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Oshane Thomas skittles England out as West Indies level ODI series

  02-03-2019 20:41 via theguardian.com
  • West Indies 115-3; England 113 all out
  • England’s last five wickets fall for just two runsEngland’s World Cup bandwagon came to a juddering halt as they slumped to a record-low one-day total of 113 against West Indies in this startlingly one-sided series finale in St Lucia. Related: West Indies cruise to seven-wicket win over England in fifth ODI – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• West Indies cruise to seven-wicket win over England in fifth ODI – as it happened

  02-03-2019 20:18 via theguardian.com
  It was all too easy for the hosts as they cruised to a seven-wicket win to square the series7.24pm GMT7.06pm GMTJason Holder is looking forward to the World Cup: “We’re heading in the right direction. our batters have really held their hands up and our bowlers have had some trying times but they’ve arguably won us two games.”The teams have to choose their squad by April 23. England are nearly there but Jofra Archer is hovering around the edges, Rob Key thinks David Willey
  
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• West Indies chasing 114 to beat England in fifth ODI – live!

  02-03-2019 18:56 via theguardian.com
  Over-by-over updates from the final match of the one-day seriesIndia chase down Australia to win first ODI by six wicketsEmail Tanya with your thoughts. Tweet @tjaldred 5.56pm GMT 5th over 45-1 (Gayle 37, Hope 3) A quieter over for Woakes. Another appeal for lbw off the last ball of the over after Hope has a swing and misses... .but the umpires say no and Eoin Morgan agrees.5.54pm GMT West Indies appeal..... and ball tracking shows that the impact is in line but missing the top of leg stump....
  
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• India chase down Australia to win first ODI by six wickets

  02-03-2019 17:16 via theguardian.com
  Australia 236-7; India 240-4Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni lead hosts’ charge
  Kedar Jadhav and Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck unbeaten half-centuries to help India pull off a tricky chase and beat Australia by six wickets in the first one-day international on Saturday.Needing 237 for victory, India slumped to 99 for four, but Jadhav’s grit and Dhoni’s experience during their 141-run partnership helped India reach the target with 10 balls to spare. Jadhav made 81 not out – his fif
  
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• India beat Australia: first one-day international – as it happened

  02-03-2019 16:57 via theguardian.com
  Kedar Jadhav made a sparkling unbeaten 81 to guide an impressive India to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Australia in Hyderabad 4.17pm GMTRelated: India chase down Australia to win first ODI by six wickets4.07pm GMT That’s it for today’s blog. Thanks very much for your company and emails. Bye! 3.57pm GMT Australia will reflect that they didn’t get enough runs. A score of 260-270 would have been par. They gave everything with the ball and in the field but they were nearly
  
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• Afghanistan-Ireland ODI abandoned because of rain

  02-03-2019 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Saturday's second one-day international between Afghanistan and Ireland in India is abandoned because of rain.
  
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• West Indies v England: fifth ODI – live!

  02-03-2019 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Over-by-over updates from the final match of the one-day seriesEngland seek to tighten up bowling in pursuit of series winEmail Geoff with your thoughts. Tweet @GeoffLemonSport12.56pm GMT Welcome to the Isle of Madness. Gros Islet is playing that role today, after other Caribbean locations have filled in over the past couple of weeks. By which I mean, we’re about to finish off one of the most extraordinary One-Day International series that the format has seen. Three matches have been succe
  
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• India chase 237 to beat Australia: first one-day international – live!

  02-03-2019 12:39 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the series opener in HyderabadAny thoughts? Email them to Rob 11.39am GMT Thanks Geoff, hello everyone. That was a formidable performance from the world’s best ODI attack, and Australia are facing a heavy defeat. “236 is essentially the new 150, isn’t it?” says Avitaj Mitra. “The 150 of twenty five years ago.” 11.35am GMT Well, the tale of the day was that India’s bowlers swarmed and never really let up. Right from the start they were all ov
  
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