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• David Warner takes the slow route as Australia stroll to victory | Andy Bull

  01-06-2019 22:06
  Hamid Hassan generates plenty of pace but David Warner is in no hurry for dominant AustraliansOf course they booed David Warner when he came out to bat, and he will have to get used to that. And in the quiet moments one could catch occasional catcalls on the wind too, cries of “Oi! Warner...”Up on the balcony of one of the flats at the Ashley Down Road End there were a couple who had come dressed, you guess, as sheets of sandpaper. Only from a distance one might have confused their h
  
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• David Warner rides the jibes in guiding Australia to an easy victory | Andy Bull

  01-06-2019 22:06
  Hamid Hassan generates plenty of pace for Afghanistan but Australia were in no hurry to complete their first World Cup winOf course they booed David Warner when he came out to bat, and he will have to get used to that. And in the quiet moments one could catch occasional catcalls on the wind too, cries of “Oi! Warner...”Up on the balcony of one of the flats at the Ashley Down Road End there were a couple who had come dressed, you guess, as sheets of sandpaper. Only from a distance one
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Australia beat Afghanistan by seven wickets - highlights

  01-06-2019 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as David Warner scores 89 not out to help Australia to a comfortable seven-wicket win against Afghanistan at the Cricket World Cup.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Australia beat Afghanistan by seven wickets – as it happened

  01-06-2019 20:35
  David Warner made 89 as the defending champions began with a comprehensive victory in Bristol 7.33pm BST Vic Marks’ match reportRelated: Cricket World Cup: David Warner guides Australia home against Afghanistan7.27pm BST All told, they did it easy. 34.5 overs were enough to chase down Afghanistan’s 207 to begin Australia’s title defence. Finch was excellent early on, clearing the rope four times in his 66. The opening stand of 96 with Warner all-but settled things, even if Khaw
  
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• Cricket World Cup: David Warner guides Australia home against Afghanistan

  01-06-2019 20:23
  • Afghanistan 207; Australia 209-3
  • Half-centuries for David Warner and Aaron FinchThe domination of the big boys continues. Australia defeated Afghanistan almost as simply as New Zealand dispatched Sri Lanka earlier in the day in Cardiff. They won by seven wickets with 15.1 overs to spare and once again the pace bowlers prevailed.Afghanistan fought more effectively than Sri Lanka or Pakistan at Trent Bridge, where they were thrashed by West Indies on Friday, but their total of 207 wa
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2019: Australia chase 208 to beat Afghanistan – live!

  01-06-2019 17:49
  Updates from the match at BristolNew Zealand thrash Sri Lanka by 10 wicketsListen to the Spin podcast | World Cup tableAny thoughts? Email or tweet @collinsadam 4.48pm BST An innings of bursts. First, Starc and Cummins did the damage, before Rahmat and Shahidi were able to put on fifty and frustrate their defending champion counterparts. To start with Starc - if he’s swinging it, Australia look like World Cup finalists. When not, less so. His third ball today was evidence enough that he&rs
  
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• Afghanistan v Australia: Najibullah Zadran smashes Adam Zampa for four boundaries

  01-06-2019 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Afghanistan's Najibullah Zadran hits two fours and two sixes from four balls off the bowling of Australia's Adam Zampa.
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2019: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets – as it happened!

  01-06-2019 17:12
  Sri Lanka 136 all out; NZ 137-0 | World Cup tableAustralia v Afghanistan live! | The Spin podcast 4.11pm BST And finally, here’s our match report from Liam Napier in Cardiff.3.06pm BST Matt Henry, collecting his award, gives a genial interview, handing some of the credit to his time with Kent. “You don’t get too many one-day wickets like that,” he notes. Thank goodness. He also says, “It’s a long tournament.” Which is about the only crumb of comfort for
  
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• England chase more ODI records after being handed same Trent Bridge strip

  01-06-2019 16:46
  • Hosts posted two world-record totals at the ground
  • England looking to make it two wins from two against PakistanEngland will return to the pitch on which they have posted two world record ODI totals when they meet Pakistan at Trent Bridge on Monday. Eoin Morgan’s side have been handed the same strip when they plundered Pakistan for 444 for three in 2016, before surpassing this with a monstrous 481 for six during last year’s 5-0 whitewash of Australia.Victory in Thursday
  
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• New Zealand coast to opening Cricket World Cup win over Sri Lanka

  01-06-2019 16:19
  • Sri Lanka 136; New Zealand 137-0
  • Sri Lank’s opener Dimuth Karunaratne carries batNew Zealand opened their Cricket World Cup campaign by making the most of a green top pitch to swat Sri Lanka aside under Cardiff’s balmy summer sky. Related: Cricket World Cup 2019: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets – live!Continue reading...
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2019: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets – live!

  01-06-2019 16:16
  Sri Lanka 136 all out; NZ 137-0 | World Cup tableAustralia v Afghanistan live! | The Spin podcastGet in touch! Email Tim here, or tweet him @TimdeLisle 3.06pm BST Matt Henry, collecting his award, gives a genial interview, handing some of the credit to his time with Kent. “You don’t get too many one-day wickets like that,” he notes. Thank goodness. He also says, “It’s a long tournament.” Which is about the only crumb of comfort for Dimuth Karunaratne and his t
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2019: Afghanistan v Australia – live!

  01-06-2019 14:43
  Updates from the match at BristolNew Zealand chasing 137 to beat Sri LankaListen to the Spin podcast | World Cup tableAny thoughts? Email or tweet @sjjperry 1.41pm BST Cummins gives Hazratullah some width and the batsman obliges only in offering a big feet-less swipe, gaining a healthy edge that’s taken at head height by Carey. 1.37pm BST 1st over: Afghanistan 3-1 (Rahmat 3, Hazratullah 0) Starc takes the first ball; can he elicit any swing? The first two not so much. The third, well, you
  
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• New Zealand chasing 137 to beat Sri Lanka: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  01-06-2019 14:41
  Sri Lanka 136 all out in Cardiff | World Cup tableAustralia v Afghanistan live! | The Spin podcastGet in touch! Email Tim here, or tweet him @TimdeLisle 1.41pm BST 3rd over: NZ 16-0 (Guptill 10, Munro 6) Malinga the Slinger goes for some singles, but he’s not here to keep it tight. The pitch looks like one of those smoothies that are a little too healthy for comfort. 1.38pm BST 2nd over: NZ 13-0 (Guptill 9, Munro 4) The other opening bowler is Suranga Lakmal, who finds some swing and lift
  
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• Cricket World Cup live stream: How to watch New Zealand vs Sri Lanka online

  01-06-2019 13:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  CRICKET WORLD CUP action continues today and Express Sport is on hand with all the details as New Zealand take on Sri Lanka.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka's batting collapses as they lose five wickets for just 14 runs

  01-06-2019 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Sri Lanka's top order crumbles against New Zealand as the Kiwis open their World Cup campaign with a dominant 10-wicket win in Cardiff.
  
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• New Zealand v Sri Lanka: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  01-06-2019 12:41
  Live updates from Cardiff, 10.30am (BST) startListen to the Spin podcast | World Cup tableGet in touch! Email Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 11.41am BST A tiny whisper of an edge, a straightforward catch, Angelo Mathews goes for a nine-ball duck and Sri Lanka’s deep, dark hole keeps getting deeper. And also darker. 11.38am BST 14th over: Sri Lanka 58-4 (Karunaratne 18, Mathews 0) A tasty 91mph yorker from Ferguson is dug out by Mathews, who is yet to get off the mark after seven deliveries.
  
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• Dimuth Karunaratne gets a lucky escape as the bails fail to dislodge after an inside edge

  01-06-2019 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne survives an inside edge on to the stumps as the bails stay on in their match against New Zealand at the Cardiff Wales Stadium.
  
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• Ben Stokes magic conjures higher hopes of England success | Vic Marks

  01-06-2019 12:00
  The win over South Africa could not have gone much better for England – and that catch galvanised an unexpected amount of interest in the Cricket World CupIt was not only the England team who were grateful to Ben Stokes in the victory over South Africa. So was everyone in the offices of the England and Wales Cricket Board, which is eager to promote this “once in a generation opportunity”.The board can – and has – contrived lots of well-meaning gimmickry in an effort
  
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