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• Pakistan v Bangladesh: Shaheen Afridi takes six wickets against Bangladesh

  05-07-2019 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch nineteen-year-old Shaheen Afridi take six wickets against Bangladesh, the best figures ever by a Pakistan bowler in a World Cup match.
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Pakistan hammer Bangladesh but New Zealand into semi-finals

  05-07-2019 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan hammer Bangladesh by 94 runs at Lord's but fail in their highly unlikely task of pipping New Zealand to the last World Cup semi-final place.
  
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• Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 94 runs at Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened

  05-07-2019 19:30
  Pakistan thrashed Bangladesh at Lord’s but are still on their way home after failing to overcome the odds that were stacked against them 6.27pm BST Goodnight to Pakistan and Bangladesh. Both sides have given us plenty of enjoyment over the last six weeks, despite missing the final four. And goodnight to you all. Thanks for your brilliant company. Let’s do it again tomorrow. Bye! Related: Pakistan exit Cricket World Cup despite victory over Bangladesh6.23pm BST Sarfaraz Ahmed, Pakista
  
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• Pakistan exit Cricket World Cup despite victory over Bangladesh

  05-07-2019 19:24
  • Pakistan 315-9; Bangladesh 221: Pakistan won by 94 runs
  • Imam and Babar share match-winning standIn the end it came with neither a whimper nor a roar but with a flicked single behind square by Tamim Iqbal off a shortish ball from Mohammad Amir.Batting first, Pakistan had made 315 at Lord’s. At which point the ICC version of Skynet ran the numbers through its circuits and decreed that they needed to bowl Bangladesh out for seven runs or fewer to qualify for the semi-finals of t
  
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• Pakistan v Bangladesh: Mustafizur's caught and bowled dismisses Shadab

  05-07-2019 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman takes a fantastic low catch just inches above the turf in his follow-through to dismiss Pakistan's Shadab Khan at Lord's.
  
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• Pakistan v Bangladesh: Sarfaraz Ahmed hit on elbow by team-mate

  05-07-2019 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Imad Wasim hammers a ball straight at the elbow of his team-mate Sarfaraz Ahmed at the non-striker's end, forcing the Pakistan skipper to retire injured.
  
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• Pakistan v Bangladesh: Babar Azam hits three boundaries at Word Cup

  05-07-2019 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Babar Azam finds the boundary with three fours in an over as Pakistan targeted a record win against Bangladesh in a bid to reach the World Cup semi-finals.
  
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• Two games from history: England’s action plan for World Cup glory | Rob Smyth

  05-07-2019 16:08
  Take early wickets, hope Roy and Bairstow stay in form, keep nerve in the field – England’s 10 steps to supremacyOne of the bigger cheers of the 2005 Ashes came when Michael Vaughan won the toss before the final Test at the Oval. If there are any England fans at Edgbaston for Thursday’s semi-final, there will surely be a similar cheer should Eoin Morgan do the same. As in 2005, batting first has suddenly assumed critical importance. A combination of tired pitches and debilitati
  
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• Pakistan set Bangladesh a target of 316 to win: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  05-07-2019 15:53
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at Lord’sEngland qualify for the semi-finals – The Spin podcastAnd you can email or tweet Adam with your thoughts 2.53pm BST The players are back on the field. Pakistan need to rock and roll Bangladesh for seven to progress. I’m looking forward to that being out of the way. Sarfaraz the skipper has the gloves, despite the whack he copped to the arm earlier. To be fair, as Simon Doull notes on telly, they don’t have another ‘k
  
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• Cricket World Cup final to be shown on free-to-air TV if England qualify

  05-07-2019 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The Cricket World Cup final will be broadcast on free-to-air television in the UK if England are in it.
  
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• Cricket World Cup final will be on free-to-air TV if England qualify

  05-07-2019 15:11
  Sky says it aims to ensure wide audience for final at Lord’s if tournament hosts get thereThe Cricket World Cup final will be shown on a free-to-air platform if England qualify after debate about whether the tournament has captured the public interest.Sky, which holds the rights, announced that if England reached the final at Lord’s on 14 July it would “ensure as wide an audience as possible is able to watch the game”. Continue reading...
  
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• Channel 4 in talks with Sky over screening Cricket World Cup final – if England qualify

  05-07-2019 15:11
  Free-to-air coverage confirmed by rights holders
  Final clashes with British Grand Prix
  The Cricket World Cup final will be shown on a free-to-air platform if England qualify, with Channel 4 understood to have opened talks with rights-holders Sky over sharing coverage from Lord’s. Sky announced on Friday that if England come through their semi-final against either India or Australia then it would “ensure as wide an audience as possible is able to watch the game”, which takes pla
  
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• Pakistan v Bangladesh: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

  05-07-2019 13:11
  Cricket World Cup updates from the match at Lord’sEngland qualify for the semi-finals – The Spin podcastAnd you can email your thoughts to Rob 12.09pm BST 26th over: Pakistan 123-1 (Imam 45, Babar 60) A change of pace, with Mustafizur returning to the attack - and he has Babar dropped at backward point. That was a sharp but essentially straightforward chance to Mosaddek, who tried it take it two-handed to his left. Imam gets a rare boundary off the last delivery with a vigorous pull
  
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• England fall to second Ashes defeat despite Tammy Beaumont century

  05-07-2019 10:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  TAMMY BEAUMONT hit a stunning maiden Ashes century but England crashed to their second defeat of the series to go four points down to Australia.
  
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• Cricket World Cup table LIVE: Latest standings and results as England reach semi-finals

  05-07-2019 09:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019 action continues with the race to reach the semi-finals. See how the Cricket World Cup table is shaping up with the latest results and fixtures.
  
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• England handed Cricket World Cup boost as Australia star suffers big injury

  05-07-2019 09:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND cricket captain Eoin Morgan has been handed a major boost ahead of the Cricket World Cup semi-finals, as Australia batsman Shaun Marsh has been ruled out for the rest of competition after a freak “friendly fire” injury.
  
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• Five-star Delissa Kimmince states case for Women's Ashes Test spot | Geoff Lemon

  05-07-2019 03:01
  The Australian bowler never imagined she would be in the 50-over team but has now played a key hand in the opening two winsDelissa Kimmince isn’t the biggest name in the Australian women’s cricket team. She’s a low-profile character off the field, too. “I’m a grandma,” she smiled after the second one-day match in the Women’s Ashes on Thursday. “Early to bed, early to rise.”“I find it hard to kill the time in the mornings, and I find it
  
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• Horror net session rules out Shaun Marsh and hurts Glenn Maxwell

  05-07-2019 01:45
  Short Pat Cummins delivery breaks Marsh’s wrist Maxwell will be monitored before South Africa gamePeter Handscomb could be jettisoned into Australia’s team to face South Africa after Shaun Marsh was ruled out of the World Cup and Glenn Maxwell injured in a horror net session.Maxwell and Marsh fell victim to Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins short balls within 10 minutes of each other on Thursday, just two days out from Saturday’s clash with South Africa. Related: Usman Khawaja and
  
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