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Wednesday, Jun 25, 2025
England boast the top ODI score of 481/6 that they posted against Australia last year in Nottingham, while Australia's 417/6 against Afghanistan in 2015 is the highest total in the history of World Cup.
It was West Indies' only win from their two warm-up matches, the first one against South Africa being washed out due to rain.
For Sri Lanka, their tournament preparations have been not been ideal as they lost both of their warm-up fixtures against South Africa and Australia.
Steve Smith plundered an unbeaten 91 and Glenn Maxwell hit 70 before bad light stopped play, with Australia winning their final warm-up game before leaving for England to defend their World Cup.
Trent Boult picked a four-wicket haul as India were restricted to 179 in their first warm-up game.
Boult said that the idea was to make maximum use of the conditions and whoever be the batsman at the other end -- sticking to one's own strength was the key.
Widely praised for the grace with which he and his side accepted the defeat, Williamson said they had signed up to the rules that governed the tournament.
Even a defeat may not spell the end of either team's chances of emerging as one of the top four from the 10-team round-robin phase.
England needed 9 runs from the final three balls when a throw from the deep touched a diving Ben Stokes' bat and raced to the boundary ropes.
In the end, it was the sheer doggedness of Ben Stokes and dame luck which meant England broke their final jinx in their fourth attempt.
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