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Good morning. The Cricket World Cup is the tournament that always leaves the audience wanting less. The group stages are a tough mudder for supporters – a draining test of endurance, nerve, commitment, caffeine levels and ability to understand how net run-rate works. They must be quite hard to play in as well. The group …

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6.55am EDT 06:55 18th over: England 124-1 (Bairstow 54, Root 1) “I moved to NZ in 2014,” says Alex Webster. “Since then I’ve seen England dumped out of the group stages at three different World Cups, including being in the stadium with my (extremely drunk) cricket team when we got pumped in Wellington. I’m now …

Welcome to our coverage of the Cricket World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand, live from Lord’s. For Australia the match is a chance to cement their spot at the top of the ladder, while a win for New Zealand would guarantee them a semi-final berth and heap even more pressure on underperforming England. …

11.37am EDT 11:37 44th over: Australia 202-6 (Khawaja 69, Cummins 1) What an over from Ferguson. He’s been fast and furious all day, but accurate too. Bowls a perfect bouncer that Khawaja has to evade, then a slower ball mistimed straight to the field, then another textbook bouncer. Ferguson has been right at the helmet …

27 June, 11:43pm Warren Gatland is the new head coach of the Chiefs, the Chiefs and New Zealand Rugby confirmed on Friday. Gatland, currently coaching Wales through to the end of the Rugby World Cup 2019, has inked a four-year deal with the Chiefs. The former Waikato Rugby Union head coach and Chiefs technical advisor …

7.34am EDT 07:34 12th over: New Zealand 45-3 (Williamson 22, Latham 1) Hafeez replaces Imad Wasim and concedes just one run from his third over. Latham has also been in poor form – his highest score in the tournament is 13 – so he is taking to get his eye in. 7.31am EDT 07:31 11th …

9.37am EDT 09:37 14th over: New Zealand 48-2 (Williamson 23, Taylor 22) Oshane Thomas has a bowl, and Williamson, given a bit of width, cuts nicely for four. Then, off the last, a leading edge that floats to mid-off, where there’s nobody around the take the catch. The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) New Zealand are getting …

7.19am EDT 07:19 4th over: South Africa 15-1 (Amla 8, Du Plessis 2) Another quietish over, just four from it – it’s funny really, for all the master blasting at the top – and surely that’s what Stevie was talking about – now it’s serious we’re back to the wickets in hand. The more things …

Philip Neville Arps, 44, was sentenced in Christchurch District Court on Tuesday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to two charges of distributing objectionable material, his lawyer Anselm Williams confirmed to CNN. Arps sent copies of the footage — which was streamed live on March 15 by the mosque shooter — to about …