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World Cricket News and Events Thread - 2016

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    Australia beat New Zealand by 7 wickets in the 2nd Test at Christchurch
    Australia 505 (Burns 170, Smith 138, Wagner 6-106) and 201 for 3 (Burns 65, Smith 53*, Khawaja 45) - New Zealand 370 (McCullum 145, Anderson 72, Lyon 3-61) and 335 (Williamson 97, Bird 5-59, Pattinson 4-77)
    Australia win series 2-0
     
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    Australia now top the ICC Test Rankings
    Australia 43 4823 - 112
    India 32 3535 - 110
    South Africa 34 3703 - 109
    Pakistan 28 2977 - 106
    England 45 4610 - 102
    New Zealand 39 3755 - 96
    Sri Lanka 35 3123 - 89
    West Indies 33 2504 - 76
    Bangladesh 22 1026 - 47
    Zimbabwe 10 53 - 5
     
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    Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood has pleaded guilty to dissent after swearing during day four of the second Test against New Zealand.

    It was a poor decision, but you can't react like he did
     
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    India beat Bangladesh by 45 runs in the Asia Cup at Mirpur
    India 166 for 6 (Rohit 83, Pandya 31, Al-Amin 3-37) - Bangladesh 121 for 7 (Sabbir 44, Nehra 3-23)

    Sri Lanka beat UAE by 14 runs in the Asia Cup in Mirpur
    Sri Lanka 129 for 8 (Chandimal 50, Javed 3-25) - UAE 115 for 9 (Patil 37, Malinga 4-26)
     
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    Bangladesh beat UAE by 51 runs in the Asia Cup in Mirpur
    Bangladesh 133 for 8 (Mithun 47, Mahmudullah 36, Naveed 2-12) - UAE 82 (Usman 30, Mustafizur 2-13, Mashrafe 2-12)
     
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    India beat Pakistan by five wickets in the Asia Cup in Mirpur
    India 85 for 5 (Kohli 49, Amir 3-18) - Pakistan 83 (Pandya 3-8, Jadeja 2-11)
     
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    Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 23 runs in the Asia Cup in Mirpur
    Bangladesh 147 for 7 (Sabbir 80, Chameera 3-30) - Sri Lanka 124 for 8 (Chandimal 37, Al-Amin 3-34)
     
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    Pakistan beat UAE by seven wickets in the Asia Cup in Mirpur
    Pakistan 131 for 3 (Malik 63*, Akmal 50*, Javed 3-36) - UAE 129 for 6 (Anwar 46, Amir 2-6, Irfan 2-30)
     
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    India beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the Asia Cup in Mirpur
    India 142 for 5 (Kohli 56*, Yuvraj 35) - Sri Lanka 138 for 9 (Kapugedera 30, Siriwardana 22, Pandya 2-26, Ashwin 2-26)
    India qualify for the final
     
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    Current Asia Cup Table
    India 3 - 6
    Bangladesh 3 - 4
    Sri Lanka 3 - 2
    Pakistan 2 - 2
    UAE 3 - 0

    Top 2 qualify for the final

    India have qualified because even if they lose their last game to UAE, Pakistan play Bangladesh, so impossible for both to get 6 points
     
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    Bangladesh beat Pakistan by five wickets in the Asia Cup
    Bangladesh 131 for 5 (Soumya 48, Mahmudullah 22*, Amir 2-26) - Pakistan 129 for 7 (Sarfraz 58*, Al-Amin 3-25)
    Bangladesh qualify for the final
     
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    Sad news - Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has died of cancer at the age of 53.
    The ex-Black Caps batsman had been suffering from lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, for a second time. He received the all-clear from the disease in 2012 but confirmed in September 2014 that it had returned.
    Auckland-born Crowe is widely regarded as one of New Zealand's best players, scoring 17 centuries and 5,444 runs in 77 Tests at an average of 45.36
     
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    West Indies allrounder Andre Russell has committed an "anti-doping whereabouts" violation, according to the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), and could face a lengthy ban from cricket
     
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    India beat UAE by nine wickets in the Asia Cup
    India 82 for 1 (Rohit 39, Yuvraj 25*) - UAE 81 for 9 (Shaiman 43, Bhuvneshwar 2-8)
     
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    Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the Asia Cup
    Pakistan 151 for 4 (Umar Akmal 48, Sarfraz 38) - Sri Lanka 150 for 4 (Dilshan 75*, Chandimal 58, Irfan 2-18)
     
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    South Africa beat Australia by three wickets in the 1st T20 in Durban
    South Africa 158 for 7 (Miller 53*, du Plessis 40, Coulter-Nile 3-29) - Australia 157 for 9 (Finch 40, Tahir 3-21)
     
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    Ireland lost to Zimbabwe by 6 wickets in a T-20 warm-up match in Dharamsala
    Ireland 155-8 (Wilson 38, Porterfield 34) - Zimbabwe 160-4 (Masakadza 60*)
     
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    Australia beat South Africa by five wickets in the 2nd T20 in Johannesburg
    Australia 205 for 5 (Warner 77, Maxwell 75) - South Africa 204 for 7 (du Plessis 79, Faulkner 3-28)
    The 3 match series is level at 1-1
     
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    India beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the Asia Cup Final
    India 122 for 2 (Dhawan 60, Kohli 41*) - Bangladesh 120 for 5 (Mahmudullah 33*, Bumrah 1-13)
    Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli shared a 94-run stand to help India chase down 121 in the Asia Cup final against Bangladesh in Mirpur
     
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    Watched it - good game.

    It makes you realise how hard it is to pick a winner for the WC. Every team seems to have so many power batsmen. Which bowlers are going to make a difference?
     
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