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Men's T20 World Cup
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ENG19

277/7
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AUS19

(5.1/50 ov, T:278) 31/0

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SL

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Today
1:30 PM

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SL-A

145/9
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OMA

(18/20 ov, T:146) 146/5

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GG-W

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DC-W

Today
2:00 PM

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ZIM

178/9
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(4.1/20 ov, T:179) 37/2

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UAE

(3.4/20 ov) 17/1
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NEP

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QLD

215
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VIC

(44.3/50 ov, T:216) 216/3

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It's a draw!

It's a draw!

After Darren Bravo's superb effort in Dunedin, a look at some other famous match-saving innings in Tests

09-Dec-2013•Steven Lynch
War of the Roses

War of the Roses

EW Swanton on an epic post-war Roses match

12-Oct-2007•EW Swanton
The epoch makers

The epoch makers

Andrew Miller looks back on ten of the greatest momentum-seizing matches in Anglo-Australian history

07-Jul-2005•Andrew Miller
The Watson- Bailey epic

The Watson- Bailey epic

John Arlott's personal reflections on the great England rearguard at Lord's in 1953, when, it seemed, half the country held its breath all afternoon

06-Jul-2005
Hero of the 1953 Lord's Test dies at 84

Hero of the 1953 Lord's Test dies at 84

Willie Watson, the former Yorkshire and England batsman, has died at his home in Johannesburg at the age of 84

24-Apr-2004•Steven Lynch
A man for all seasons

A man for all seasons

Willie Watson, who has died at 84, saved the 1953 Lord's Test with a memorable innings, and was one of the last to play both cricket and football for England

24-Apr-2004
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