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• David Warner begins to find accelerator as Australia outgun Bangladesh

  20-06-2019 20:42
  • Australia 381-5; Bangladesh 333-8. Australia win by 48 runs
  • Australia make it five wins from six in tournamentIf Australia’s World Cup campaign has sputtered at times on its way to four wins out of five, it roared to full power with a batting demolition of Bangladesh to notch a fifth win and all-but confirm a semi-final place with a 48-run victory. Bangladesh have a remote chance of doing the same, but they did not just go down swinging: their raucous band of travelling suppo
  
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• Cricket World Cup: David Warner hits 166 as Australia beat Bangladesh

  20-06-2019 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  David Warner scores the biggest score of the World Cup so far as Australia go top of the group table.
  
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• Australia beat Bangladesh by 48 runs: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened

  20-06-2019 20:14
  David Warner built the platform for Australia’s victory, amassing a total that Bangladesh never looked like chasingWarner finds form to lead Australia to victory8.02pm BST Here is Geoff Lemon’s report... Related: David Warner begins to find accelerator as Australia outgun Bangladesh7.14pm BST That’s Geoff and me done! Thanks for your company all day on the OBO. We’ll be back with you again tomorrow. Night! 7.13pm BST Aaron Finch, Australian captain, speaks. Absolutely a f
  
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• Moeen Ali driving sense of fun for England’s World Cup joy of sixes | Ali Martin

  20-06-2019 19:29
  Moeen set to face Sri Lanka hoping none of England’s big-hitters better his ODI mark for a centuryMoeen Ali will win his 100th ODI cap in Friday’s World Cup group game against Sri Lanka, a deserved milestone for a player who made his debut in 2014 and has flourished to become an integral part of the squad.Recently turned 32, Moeen is among Eoin Morgan’s core of senior players and as an all-rounder, his cricketing value is obvious. But perhaps one of his most under-rated virtues
  
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• County cricket: Warwickshire and Kent earn victories

  20-06-2019 18:48
  Nottinghamshire were skittled for 120 when chasing over 400 to win agaist Kent, while Warwickshire saw off Yorkshire 7.10pm BST Nottinghamshire collapsed to their fourth defeat of the season at Tunbridge Wells, their side of talented allsorts tumbling to yet another batting collapse against Kent. Set a fairytale 406, they were all out for 120. Harry Podmore snaffled five for 41 , including Chris Nash and Joe Clarke in the same over. The Nottinghamshire captain Steven Mullaney was blunt in respon
  
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• Dead rubbers are another cloud on the horizon of a wet World Cup

  20-06-2019 17:07
  If England beat Sri Lanka it will help widen the gap between the top four and the restIt is not really the rain that is haunting the organisers of this World Cup; it is the results. England are about to play the 27th match at Leeds against Sri Lanka in a tournament that has 45 league matches before advancing to the semi-finals.Mathematically just about anything is still possible though Afghanistan would have to beat India on Saturday and win the rest of their games to have the slenderest chance
  
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• Australia set Bangladesh 382 to win: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  20-06-2019 16:07
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at Trent BridgeTalking points after the first half of the tournamentAny thoughts? Email or tweet @CollinsAdam3.07pm BST Afternoon everyone. Bangladesh have to start this positively. They weren’t able to against England in Cardiff in pursuit of a similar target a couple of weeks back due to the way that Archer and Woakes opened up at them. They can’t allow Starc and Cummins to do something similar. Instead, take the example of Sri Lanka, who we
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Andy Zaltzman on David Miller, Mohammad Amir and Mark Wood

  20-06-2019 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Comedian Andy Zaltzman digs into the stats to show why South Africa have been a disappointment in the World Cup, and why Mark Wood is a statistical bolt from the blue.
  
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• County cricket: Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Kent v Notts and more – live!

  20-06-2019 13:37
  Live updates from the final day’s play at York and elsewhereDenly boosts Ashes hopes with centurySend Tanya an email | Tweet @tjaldred12.37pm BST Gloucestershire all out for a magnificent 571. Trumpets and brass bands all round. Funny, after all those runs on both sides the Gloucestershire lead was only 56. A lot of running just to keep still. 12.33pm BST Oh heck, Notts. The gurgle has started. Podmore has snaffled three for 23. A duck for Joe Clarke. He shouldered arms and was lbw - his n
  
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• Australia v Bangladesh: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  20-06-2019 11:03
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at Trent BridgeTalking points after the first half of the tournamentAny thoughts? Email or tweet @mike_hytner 10.03am BST First email of the day. “Morning Mike.” Good evening, Nick Toovey. “With the as-yet-unidentified burning orb of gas appearing over the UK that residents of other countries refer to as ‘The Sun’, and Aus finally (or rumoured to be) playing Nathan Lyon, I wonder if this is the start of the ‘Second Phas
  
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