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South Africa’s national cricket team is nicknamed as the “Proteas”. The South Africa national cricket team also known as Proteas represents South Africa in men’s international cricket, is administered by Cricket South Africa. South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. South Africa entered first-class and international cricket at the same time when they hosted an England cricket team in the 1888–89 season.

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The “Sheffield Shield” is a Cricket competition. The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from six states of Australia.

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“Don Bradman” was an Australian international cricketer. Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed “The Don”, was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman’s career test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.

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Yuvraj Singh was the “player of the series” in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, in which India won its second world cup champion title. The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and, for the first time, Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. This was the first time in World Cup history that two Asian teams had appeared in the final. It was also the first time since the 1992 World Cup that the final match did not feature Australia.

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New Zealand was opposite to England in the final match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, in which England won its first “Cricket World Cup Champion” title. The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men’s national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May to 14 July in England and a single venue in Wales. The final between England and New Zealand ended in a tie after the match ended with both teams scoring 241 runs, followed by the first Super Over in an ODI; England won the title, their first, on the boundary countback rule after the Super Over also finished level.

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England won the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Champion title. The 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup was an international women’s cricket tournament that took place in England from 24 June to 23 July 2017. It was the eleventh edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in England, after the 1973 and 1993 tournaments. The 2017 World Cup was the first in which all participating players were fully professional. Eight teams qualified to participate in the tournament. England won the final against India at Lord’s on 23 July by 9 runs.

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Sachin Tendulkar holds the current record for most runs in a single Cricket World Cup. He scored a total of 673 runs in the  2003 cricket world cup.

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The partnership between Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels is the highest partnership in all the Cricket World Cup tournaments. They together got 372 runs against Zimbabwe in the 2015 cricket world cup.

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Kerry Packer was the administrator/organizer of the “World Series Cricket” competition. World Series Cricket (WSC) was professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organized by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. A breakaway competition, the matches ran in opposition to established international cricket. World Series Cricket drastically changed the nature of cricket, and its influence continues to be felt today.

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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.