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  Stokes nominated for New Zealander of the Year award

  Reuters . Wellington | Updated at 06:15pm on July 19, 2019

  After ripping the heart out of New Zealand's bleary-eyed cricket fans on Sunday with a man-of-the-match performance in the Cricket World Cup final, England all-rounder Ben Stokes has now been nominated for the New Zealander of the Year award...

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  Hathurusinghe faces sacking over WC failure

  Agence France-Presse . Colombo | Updated at 06:21pm on July 19, 2019

  Sri Lanka's sports minister has ordered the sacking of the national cricket coach after a lacklustre World Cup campaign that saw just three wins from nine games, officials said Friday.

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  NZ coach wants rules review

  Agence France-Presse . Wellington | Updated at 12:00am on July 17, 2019

  New Zealand coach Gary Stead has called for the Cricket World Cup’s rules to be overhauled, labelling the showpiece final ‘hollow’ after England defeated the Black Caps on...

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  Cricket wins in all-time greatest thriller

  Azad Majumder . London | Updated at 12:00am on July 16, 2019

  World Cup final often does not promise a great match. Take Melbourne 2015 as one example or the last final held at Lord’s in 1999...

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  Sakib named in WC Team of the Tournament

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on July 16, 2019

  Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan on Monday was named in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 Team of the Tournament for his valiant efforts...

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  Stokes takes lesson from Bangladesh’s slip-up

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on July 17, 2019

  England’s World Cup hero Ben Stokes on Tuesday claimed to take lessons from Bangladesh’s blunder against India to take the final match into the super over by not attempting...

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  Stokes revels in ultimate vindication

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on July 16, 2019

  Most players would have been broken by what happened at the end of the World T20 final in 2016 but Ben Stokes, the bowler destroyed...

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  Kiwis praise team but query ‘cruel’ rules

  Agence France-Presse . Wellington | Updated at 12:00am on July 16, 2019

  Heartbroken New Zealanders expressed pride Monday in the Black Caps’ fighting spirit after defeat to England in the Cricket World Cup final, but also bemusement...