Bowlers and heart-stopping finale salvage rain-hit World Cup
Drama unfolds at last at tournament of two halves which stuttered at the start and ended spectacularly
15 July 2019 - 14:11
London — A tournament that seemed predictable and at the mercy of the rain god in its first half got a fresh lease of life in the second and Sunday’s heart-stopping finale was the proverbial icing on the cake at the 2019 World Cup.
A wet World Cup seemed on the cards after a record four matches were either abandoned or called off with the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) drawing flak for no reserve day provision for the group games...
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