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The “Marsh One-Day Cup” is a Cricket competition. A limited-overs cricket tournament has been a feature of Australian cricket since the 1969–70 season, currently branded as the Marsh One-Day Cup since the 2019–20 season. Initially a knockout cup, the competition now features a single round-robin followed by a finals series, with matches limited to 50 overs per side. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia, who also compete in the first-class Sheffield Shield.

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Kerala houses the Greenfield International Stadium. The Sports Hub, Trivandrum, commonly known as Greenfield International Stadium, and formerly known as Trivandrum International Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kerala, used mainly for association football and cricket. The stadium is located at Kariavattom in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala, India. It is India’s first DBOT (design, build, operate and transfer) model outdoor stadium. The Greenfield Stadium is India’s 50th international cricket venue.

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Australia’s national cricket team cap is “Baggy Green”. The baggy green is a cricket cap of dark myrtle green colour, which has been worn by Australian Test cricketers since around the turn of the twentieth century. The cap has long been a symbol of national pride in Australia, and was described by the chief executive of the Melbourne Cricket Club as the “most famous cricket cap in the world”.

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England hosted the Second Cricket World Cup of 1979. The 1979 Cricket World Cup (officially called the Prudential Cup ’79) was the second edition of the Cricket World Cup. Organised by the International Cricket Conference, it was held in England from 9 to 23 June 1979.

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Allan Border is an Australian Cricketer. Allan Robert Border is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer. As a batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team. His playing nickname was “A.B.”. He played 156 Test matches in his career.

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The “Allan Border Medal” is given for excellence in the sport of cricket. Awarded during the Australian Cricket Awards, the Allan Border Medal is considered to be the most prestigious individual prize in Australian men’s cricket. First awarded in 2000, the medal is named after former Australian men’s captain Allan Border and recognises the most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires.

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India is the most successful team winning the most number of  Kabaddi World Cups. The Kabaddi World Cup is an indoor international Kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) in a standard style, contested by men’s and women’s national teams. The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All the tournaments have been won by India.

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Argentina won the gold medal in men’s Field Hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

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Great Britain won the gold medal in Women’s Field Hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

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Malaysia hosts the annual men’s field hockey tournament “Sultan Azlan Shah Cup”.