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• Cricket World Cup highlights: South Africa beat Afghanistan for first win

  15-06-2019 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights as South Africa revive their World Cup hopes with a nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Cardiff.
  
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• Cricket World Cup highlights: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 87 runs

  15-06-2019 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch highlights from Australia's 87-run victory over Sri Lanka in their World Cup fixture at The Oval.
  
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• South Africa crush Afghanistan by nine wickets: Cricket World Cup – as it happened

  15-06-2019 21:41
  Imran Tahir was too hot for Afghanistan to handle and Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla found some form as South Africa coasted to a nine-wicket win 8.41pm BSTRelated: Imran Tahir too good for Afghanistan as South Africa ease to win And check out the latest standings after the bottom of the table clash … Related: Cricket World Cup 2019: latest standings8.08pm BST Ground out it may have been, but South Africa did the job, a win at last. Four more wins needed for that semi-final place. Eeek!
  
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• Imran Tahir too good for Afghanistan as South Africa ease to win

  15-06-2019 21:24
  • Afghanistan 125; South Africa 131-1
  • Imran Tahir (4-29) and Chris Morris (3-13) prompt collapseIf Afghanistan are the standard bearers for the old ICC associate cricketing nations, they are not advancing the cause so far in this World Cup. They have been unlucky. There may be a bit of turmoil behind the scenes in the running of their team; they have certainly been disrupted more than most by the vagaries of the English weather. But they keep getting thrashed.They have been pursued r
  
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• Cricket World Cup: South Africa beat Afghanistan for first win

  15-06-2019 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Imran Tahir takes 4-29 as South Africa win their first match at the World Cup with a nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Cardiff.
  
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• Unpredictable Glenn Maxwell gives turbo-charged Australia extra boost

  15-06-2019 20:37
  Quickfire 46 helps keep Sri Lanka at arm’s length as Australia top World Cup standingsIn Australian cricket one of the most intriguing games is Maxwellball. It leaves some spectators thrilled, some frustrated, many both in varying measures.Glenn Maxwell himself has shown he has the technique and temperament to play orthodox innings in Test and one-day cricket when required but in this World Cup he has been liberated to play his unique version of the game. The only rule: when Maxwell arrive
  
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• Unpredictable Glenn Maxwell gives turbo-charged Australia an extra boost

  15-06-2019 20:37
  Quickfire 46 helps keep Sri Lanka at arm’s length as Australia top World Cup standingsIn Australian cricket, one of the most intriguing games is Maxwellball. It leaves some spectators thrilled, some frustrated, many both in varying measures.Glenn Maxwell himself has shown he has the technique and temperament to play orthodox innings in Test and one-day cricket when required, but in this World Cup he has been liberated to play his unique version of the game. The only rule: when Maxwell arri
  
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• South Africa chasing 126 to beat Afghanistan: Cricket World Cup – live!

  15-06-2019 20:35
  Cricket World Cup updates from the game in CardiffSri Lanka v Australia – live! Follow the OBO report nowEngland win, rain delays and autocorrect – The Spin podcastAnd feel free to email Tanya 7.35pm BST Just after bringing up the hundred partnership, de Kock whips Gulbadin off his toes and is well caught by Nabi at mid-wicket at hip height.7.32pm BST 22nd over: South Africa 99-0 (Amla 33, de Kock 64) Nabi bowls, four off the over. And we’ve got an “I agree with Nick&rdqu
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Watch Aaron Finch's best shots in his 153 for Australia

  15-06-2019 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the best shots from Aaron Finch's 153 to inspire Australia to a 87-run victory over Sri Lanka in their World Cup fixture at The Oval.
  
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• Australia v Sri Lanka: Aaron Finch & Mitchell Starc lead defending champions to victory

  15-06-2019 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Australia move to the top of the World Cup group table as heroics from Aaron Finch and Mitchell Starc secure an 87-run win over Sri Lanka.
  
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• Australia complete 87-run win over Sri Lanka: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened

  15-06-2019 19:24
  Australia moved to the top of the table after a comprehensive victory over Sri Lanka at The OvalFinch and Starc shine in Australia victory 6.25pm BST Here are the latest standings ... Related: Cricket World Cup 2019: latest standings6.24pm BST Barney Ronay’s match report. Related: Aaron Finch and Mitchell Starc power Australia to victory over Sri Lanka6.23pm BST That’s all from from me at The Oval. Thanks for your company throughout the afternoon. I’ll be with you again from Ol
  
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• Aaron Finch and Mitchell Starc power Australia to victory over Sri Lanka

  15-06-2019 19:11
  • Australia 334 for 7; Sri Lanka 247
  • Australia go top of World Cup tableAustralia went top of the World Cup standings with this ultimately comfortable 87-run victory at the Oval.Opener and captain Aaron Finch hit 153 off 132 balls, hitting 15 fours and five sixes as Australia reached 334 for seven off their 50 overs. Related: Australia complete 87-run win over Sri Lanka: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happenedContinue reading...
  
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• Jos Buttler could be given leading role for England against Afghanistan

  15-06-2019 19:00
  • Eoin Morgan and Jason Roy are injury doubts
  • James Vince set to step up at Old TraffordThe joke going around the England dressing room after Friday’s World Cup group stage victory over West Indies was that they simply could not wait to get out of Southampton.Nothing against the place, of course, but after last month’s warm-up against Australia turned into a scene from M*A*S*H, and now finding themselves crossing all possible body parts over the fitness of Eoin Morgan and
  
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• Sri Lanka chasing 335 to beat Australia: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  15-06-2019 18:19
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at the OvalSouth Africa v Afghanistan – live! Follow the OBO reportListen to our new podcast, The Spin, and a new episodeAny thoughts? Email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 5.19pm BST Starc hits the stumps once again! How often do we see it? To the new man, the left-handed Siriwardana, Starc angles in at pace and hits leg stump, the ball finding the woodward via his back pad. They’re in for the kill now. 5.17pm BST 36th over: Sri Lanka 208-4 (Mendi
  
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• India v Pakistan: Mickey Arthur tells his players they can be heroes

  15-06-2019 18:08
  • Pakistan coach Arthur plays up his side’s unpredictability
  • Virat Kohli focuses on India’s strengthsThe Pakistan coach, Mickey Arthur, has promised his young side they will go down in history if they can “produce the perfect game” and beat India for the first time at a World Cup. Organisers are forecasting that Sunday’s match at Old Trafford will have the biggest TV and digital cricket audience of all time but Arthur swatted away concerns Pakistan might
  
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• ‘We all want peace between Pakistan and India. Except when playing cricket’

  15-06-2019 17:00
  Rival communities gear up for a politically charged World Cup match at Old TraffordWhen India and Pakistan came close to war this year, Dalawar Chaudhry pulled out all the stops to ensure tensions did not boil over in the area of west London where he lives – home to sizeable communities originating from both nations. During the worst military crisis between the neighbours in decades, he organised meetings, put up posters calling for peace and even met Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran
  
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• Australia set Sri Lanka 335 to win: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  15-06-2019 15:46
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at the OvalSouth Africa v Afghanistan – live! Follow the OBO reportListen to our new podcast, The Spin, and a new episodeAny thoughts? Email Adam or tweet @collinsadam 2.46pm BST 1st over: Sri Lanka 12-0 (Karunaratne 7, K Perera 4) Target 335 The skipper is off the mark first up with one to third man, albeit off the outside edge. Starc pulls out of his approach from the next ball before giving Perera enough width to cut a boundary to get his own aft
  
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• South Africa v Afghanistan: Cricket World Cup – live!

  15-06-2019 15:44
  Cricket World Cup updates from the game in CardiffSri Lanka v Australia – live! Follow the OBO report nowEngland win, rain delays and autocorrect – The Spin podcastAnd feel free to email Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 2.44pm BST 11th over: Afghanistan 44-1 (Noor Ali 20, Shah 1) South Africa make their first bowling change, and it’s a drama-packed first over from Andile Phehlukwayo. First Shah goes for a sharp single, and Morris’s shy at the stumps hits a divot in the turf
  
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• Sri Lanka v Australia: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  15-06-2019 11:34
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at the OvalListen to our new podcast, The Spin, and a new episodeAny thoughts? Email Jonathan or tweet @JPHowcroft 10.34am BST 1st over: Australia 4-0 (Warner 4, Finch 0) Malinga opens from the Vauxhall end and he begins superbly, swinging one into Warner’s pads then beating the outside edge with a length delivery. Warner is typically unfussed, clipping the next off his pads through midwicket with a firm push that races away for four like it’s
  
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• All-time Pakistan ODI XI revealed: Imran Khan, Wasim & Waqar all make readers' team

  15-06-2019 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The all-time Pakistan ODI XI, as selected by readers of the BBC Sport website, is revealed - but none of the current side feature.
  
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• All-time India ODI XI revealed: Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni & Rohit Sharma all make readers' team

  15-06-2019 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The all-time India ODI XI, as selected by readers of the BBC Sport website, is revealed - with four of the current side featuring.
  
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• England win again, rain delays and autocorrect v cricket – The Spin podcast

  15-06-2019 04:00
  Geoff Lemon, Ian Moore and Kamila Shamsie join Emma John to discuss England’s victory over West Indies. Plus: is there a better way of deciding the outcome of matches abandoned due to rain? Who are the early contenders for player of the tournament? And Emma catches up with Bryony Smith, who made her ODI debut earlier this week Continue reading...
  
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