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    "title": "Australia thrashed England at Melbourne",
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    "excerpt": "14th February, Melbourne  - Australia thrashed arch-rival England in their first match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at MCG in Melbourne. ",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">14th February, Melbourne &nbsp;- Australia thrashed arch-rival England by 111 runs in their first match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at MCG in Melbourne. Aaron Finch was awarded man of the match for his well played century.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore#\/csgsa\/43\/ENG\/1274\/2nd-Match-Pool-A-Australia-v-England.html?type=scorecard\">Scorecard - Australia vs England at Melbourne<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color:#008080;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Match Report<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Co-hosts Australia hammered their way to 342\/9 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;\">after being put into bat by England&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">in their cricket World Cup opener here Saturday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Aaron Finch (135) smashed the first century of the tournment and guided his team&nbsp;to set mammoth total. He was well&nbsp;supported bt&nbsp;skipper George Bailey (55) and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (66). The fourth wicket partnership of 146 runs between Finch&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">and skipper Bailey turned the momentum for Australia. It was Finch sixth century in ODI<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img alt=\"Bailey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/images\/gallery\/George_Bailey.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 314px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px;\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">England pacer Steven Finn picked up 5\/71, with the 2015 World Cup&#39;s first hat-trick coming in the last three deliveries of the innings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Put in to bat, Australia got off to a good start with David Warner (22) and Finch scoring at a good pace. However, two back-to-back wickets of Warner and Shane Watson (0) off pace bowler Stuart Broad brought down the scoring rate.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Australia received another jolt when in-form Steven Smith (5) was bowled by medium pacer Chris Woakes, reducing them for 70\/3 in the 11th over.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Chasing Australia&#39;s mammoth total of 342\/9 in 50 overs, England were bowled out for 231 in 41.5 overs. Marsh was mainly responsible for as he&nbsp;took five wicket haul to push England on the backfoot. James Taylor (98*) remained the top scorer for England.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><img alt=\"Marsh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/images\/gallery\/Mitchell_Ross_Marsh.jpg\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 252px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px;\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><img alt=\"Steven Finn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/images\/gallery\/Finn.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 285px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 4px; float: left;\" \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#008080;\"><strong>Steven Finn Hat-trick<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Finn&#39;s hat-trick at the end brought some smiles across the English faces but their batsmen have a huge task ahead as history shows that Australia have never lost after scoring 300-plus runs while batting first.&nbsp;Steven Finn Saturday took the first hat-trick of the 2015 cricket World Cup to become the seventh bowler to do so in the history of the event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#008080;\"><strong>Aaron Finch (Man of the Match) -&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">I am just sinking in the feeling. We knew the pitch will slow down. I hit that flick nicely off the middle off the bat, I was a bit nervy. Everybody contributed today with the bat, ball and in the field. This is a good win and will give us momentum.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#008080;\"><strong>George Bailey:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;It was a good night. We are very happy. It is a special moment. When the top stands in the MCG fill up, it is a very good sight. We had a good game. We were happy to bat first here. It was nice to get a good total. Mitchell Marsh did well on his home ground. It was a good to set a platform after we lost some wickets at the top.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#008080;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">Eoin Morgan:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;It was a good surface. 310 was a par score. We let ourselves down in both batting and bowling. With Broad and Anderson at top, we thought we could get early wickets. Finn took his fifer and showled promise. James Taylor is batting well. Hopefully we will do well towards the quarterfinals&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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