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Mar 2019
46m 26s

Australia's timely resurgence

Bbc World Service
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After beating India 3-2, are Australia peaking in time for the men's World Cup?

It's a big week for Irish cricket with their first overseas Test match and the launch of a new European Twenty20 league.

And meet the fireman from Western Australia whose new invention promises to revolutionise backyard cricket.

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