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DYK for Helston Castle
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DYK nomination of Khaya Majola (cricketer)
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Your GA nomination of Siege of Reading
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The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020
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DYK for Khaya Majola (cricketer)
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Your GA nomination of Siege of Hull (1642)
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Your GA nomination of Battle of Leeds
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DYK nomination of Siege of Hull (1642)
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Template:Did you know nominations/Dedham Covenant
Harrias, the nominator has posted that the issues you raised in your review have been addressed. Can you please return at your earliest convenience to see whether what they've done satisfies you, and if there's anything more that needs doing? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:28, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Battle of Babylon Hill
Thanks for the great work you've done on this article. As a boy growing up in Yeovil I had often come across references to this, and was interested to learn more, but that wasn't so easy pre-Wikipedia. The article has given me a really clear overview for the first time. Just thought you might like to know that your efforts are really appreciated. MichaelMaggs (talk) 11:54, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Siege of Hull (1642)
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A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks . Getting the whole thing to a GA topic might be a slightly overambitious target, but it's certainly a target to work towards! I think there are a few smaller topics that might be achievable within it - and who knows... Harrias  talk 11:57, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

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Dorothy Olsen?
Hi. Could I get a status update on Talk:Dorothy Olsen/GA1? Thanks. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:08, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Sir Thomas Byron
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Your GA nomination of Storming of Farnham Castle
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Your GA nomination of 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Final
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WikiCup 2020 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
 * Royal standard of England (1406–1603).svg Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
 * 🇺🇸 Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
 * Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
 * Pirate Flag.svg CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
 * The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included 🇺🇸 L293D, 🇻🇪 Kingsif, 🇦🇶 Enwebb, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski and 🇳🇵 CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews.

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DYK for Storming of Farnham Castle
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Women's T20 World Cup
Thanks for the Barnstar. I'm assuming you were alerted to my photos by the one I added to the article about Lizelle Lee. I attended all five of the matches at the WACA Ground, and photographed all nine of the participating teams. At this stage, I'm still working on only the third team, but the rest will follow, including at least one photo of Anya Shrubsole ... Bahnfrend (talk) 08:28, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020
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DYK nomination of Siege of Wardour Castle
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John Manners obituary
Many thanks for sending that over to me, much appreciated :) StickyWicket (talk) 15:00, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

no-ball / No ball
I see in a recent GA review that, in response to: Our article tends to hyphenate "no-ball"... you said that I don't know why, the Laws of Cricket don't. We should probably sort that out. It is in WP:CRIC as "no-ball" following a discussion just over 2 years ago, which decided that common usage over-rode what was in the Laws. I started that discussion in an attempt to standardise things rather than because of a firmly held conviction either way, so happy to raise it again. in case you are interested. Spike &#39;em (talk) 12:01, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Cheers. I did find that discussion a bit later, when I was considering "sorting that out". I'm not hugely fussed either way; I prefer "no ball", but if that was the consensus, then that's fine. Harrias  talk 12:15, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 1968 European Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C.
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Your GA nomination of 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of 2010 Twenty20 Cup Final
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Brian Close
As I've got a little unexpected time on my hands over the next week or two (!), I could probably help out a little with Closey if you are still interested. I just had a look and I'd imagine that Hill's book is going to form the spine of it. I don't have access to that, but I've got just about everything else that would be useful from a Yorkshire viewpoint. The main parts that I think I would be useful for would be his debut and early seasons, his captaincy in the 1960s, and bits and pieces on his sacking. Plus, I always remember when Darren Gough made his England debut, he made the password for the dressing room "Brian Close" but I can't remember where I saw that! So I can certainly chip in. One other thing I was considering doing (if I can summon up the enthusiasm) is giving Geoffrey Boycott an overhaul. User:SGGH did a lot of work on it years ago, but I think it could be improved quite a bit, especially from the Yorkshire side of things. And certainly on some more recent developments. However, I don't have the McKinstry biography and as it's not really my period, I'm loathe to cough up anything to buy it. Plus, I'm a long way from being his biggest fan... Sarastro (talk) 10:10, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I've got both Hill and his autobiography now. I've just been going through what exists in the article, tidying and sourcing it, and adding more information if I think I have anything interesting. So if you fancy it, just jump straight in to the article and add what you can; we can work on the balance, and tie things together better later; at the moment, it's enough of a mess that getting a bit unbalanced in places temporarily isn't going to do too much damage. Harrias  talk 10:29, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the star!
I do try and review every FLC - I figure I make an awful lot of nominations myself so it's only fair to review others in return :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:11, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

DYK for 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Final
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DYK for Siege of Wardour Castle
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Request for admin intervention
Sorry to bother you, but a user by the name of Koridas is acting like a jerk to those participating in the april fools foolery edit war and acting as if he was a mod with authority, as has attacked others on his own page and the talk page and is also violating WP:CONSENSUS.JustAnotherWikiUser0816 (talk) 19:05, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of Siege of Wardour Castle
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 * Hello Harrias, I am in the middle of this review—and it's looking OK— but there are two sources I am interested to obtaining but cannot get hold of: French (pages 112, 116 and 117); and Goodwin (pages 46, 58, 60 and 61). It's not critical for me to obtain them for the review, but if you could send them to me by email, I would be grateful. Cheers, Amitchell125 (talk) 21:26, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Both French and Goodwin were library books; Goodwin I had to return, and French I was reference only, so I couldn't take it out of the library. That said, I took some photos of the pages on my phone for French, so I will sent those over for the relevant pages. Can't do anything about Goodwin I'm afraid. Harrias  talk 20:57, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of 2010 Twenty20 Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of Edward Wickham
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Your GA nomination of Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C.
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 * Time for FAC?? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 07:01, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * There's a few interesting nuggets in here that I'd like to incorporate. (But I'm having to actually work this morning. The horror!) Harrias  talk 08:35, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Me too. But FAC is such a lengthy process, you could start it off now and expect to get some comments in the next two months.... The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:43, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * If you do wish to co-nominate (or even let me nom and co-nom you if you don't think you have the time), let me know. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 07:16, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm definitely game for a FAC; I will certainly have time over the coming weeks, but this week we're winding some things down at work, which is bizarrely more work than normal. Feel free to nominate it with me as co-nom if you want to get it going sooner, and I'll just jump in when I'm able. Harrias  talk 10:42, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I've added a few bits and pieces in, let me know what you think. On another note, I think I might regret starting this GA backlog drive; all my articles that I was quite happy to have wait until the next round of the WikiCup are getting reviewed... now I'm going to have to write some more! (Still, I've now officially been furloughed, so in between keeping the kids from bothering Mum too much (she's working from home) I should manage. Harrias  talk 21:27, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2010 Twenty20 Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of Edward Wickham
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GAN backlog chart
Harrias, because the new chart you created and the table get out of synch as soon as the update is posted, I did my best to create a chart something like the one they use at GOCE that is updated at the same time the table is. I hope it's useful. We will probably need to come up with a way to finesse the dates in another few weeks, but this gives us time.

Did you notice the request on the backlog drive talk page for percentages to be added to the table? (Both percentage change for the most recent day, and percentage change for the drive to date.) Should we expand the table? If so, do we put the percentages at the end, or after the actual number it reflects? One important caution: the "GAN changes" template is also used by GOCE (about four times as many drives as GAN) and other places, so we can't just change it willy-nilly. If we want a new format, we should create a new template. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:13, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I didn't realise that there was a template that could be used. Although I really should have done; there's a template for everything! I have also made some changes to to allow the optional inclusion of percentages, so that should work fine for us without adding anything others don't want, what do you reckon?  Harrias  talk 10:39, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The changes to GAN changes look great, and as you say shouldn't affect any of the other pages that use it. (I hadn't thought of adding a new parameter.) I'm glad you think the new chart is workable. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:09, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Harrias, I just realized that the percentage numbers appeared to be too large in the table. When I checked, I realized that the denominators in the equations should be 6 and 7 respectively, not 5 for both. I've made the appropriate edits to GAN changes (having first tested them in the sandbox, and starting out in a completely wrong direction before finding what I think is the proper, and much simpler, solution). Please double check me when you get the chance, since I don't really know the template language, though the new percentages I checked look correct now. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:24, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Battle of Piercebridge
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Your GA nomination of Christel Boom
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Review of Unsourced BLP
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Your GA nomination of Siege of Wardour Castle
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The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020
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DYK nomination of Battle of Piercebridge
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DYK for 1968 European Cup Final
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Piercebridge
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DYK for Battle of Tadcaster
— Maile (talk) 00:01, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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DYK for 2010 Twenty20 Cup Final
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup
Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

GAN backlog drive graph
Harrias, I've just made adjustments to the X axis that will take us through the end of the drive over a month from now, having finally spent enough time to figure out many ins and outs of the Template:Graph:Chart abilities, including its date functionality.

At some point, we'll probably want to widen the graph somewhat when it starts getting crowded, though we could keep it compact if the software automatically goes from every other day to every third day. But that decision is probably a couple of weeks away.

If there are other things you'd like in the graph, let me know. I didn't think the year was needed, since it's specified in the table below, and "Apr" will match the length of "May". Hope you like the new look. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:07, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Cheers, just catching up on a few things, having being mostly off-wiki for the past few days. This looks good; I think we can afford to widen the graph a bit, certainly, but if it still starts to looked cramped, we can look at it then. Thanks for your work on it! Harrias  talk 15:21, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

You've got mail
Eddie891 Talk Work 23:10, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Cheers. Got this, but been a bit all over the place of late. Will aim to get something back to you in the next couple of days, if that's okay? Harrias  talk 19:21, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Quite fine! Thanks, Eddie891 Talk Work 19:27, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Worcestershire v Somerset, 1979 scheduled for TFA
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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:


 * Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
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 * 🇧🇼 The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
 * Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
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The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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Template:Did you know nominations/Earl Dodge
Harrias, I was hoping you could return to your review here now that the nominator has responded. (I hadn't noticed until now that there's a non-standard sig there, which probably means that the ping never went through.) Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:30, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Harrias, it's been another week. If you can't return to the nomination, please let me know and I'll be happy to call for a new reviewer to take over. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:24, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for another reminder. Spinning too many plates. Will look at it right now. Harrias  talk 16:21, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1968 European Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon
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Your GA nomination of 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon
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Your GA nomination of 1991 European Super Cup
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Your GA nomination of 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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Your GA nomination of 1991 European Super Cup
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Your GA nomination of 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup
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DYK for 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final
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Changes made to the Sieges of Taunton
Today you undid changes that I made to the Sieges of Taunton.

Did you not like that I changed the Infobox to show the dates of the three separate sieges...or that I moved fully listed sources from the Reference section to the Bibliography section? If the former, I understand and will respect your opinion as the primary author of the article. I made the change only because I thought that showing the three separate date ranges better matched the manner in which you showed the commanders.

If the latter, I don't understand. WP:CITEVAR says that "Editors should not attempt to change an article's established citation style merely on the grounds of personal preference..." I wasn't trying to change the manner in which you showed the citations, but only trying to move fully listed sources from the Reference section into the Bibliography to conform with the existing style. The three sources that I moved don't seem to match the existing style of the reference section that for the most part only shows author or title and page number.

I am a relatively new editor and I am only trying to improve articles within the guidelines and policies of Wikipedia. Your kind response will help educate me. Thank you for your time, Virgil VFF0347 (talk) 17:48, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * It is quite common for full citations to be given for online sources, and shorter ones for book and journal sources alone, which is the style used in that article. I don't have a significant opposition to a consistent shorter citation style, but only if it provides an improvement. If the article used  or a related template to link the short and long citations together, then that would be improved functionality. As it is, the change you made would have made it harder to find and link through to the relevant citation.
 * I have no problem with the infobox change; I had missed that in the edit, my apologies. Harrias  talk 18:16, 8 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you Sir, much appreciated. Virgil VFF0347 (talk) 18:35, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Budgies v Bayern
Hey, good to see you there. As normal, my aim is GAN then FAC, co-nominations welcome. is onboard as and when he has time. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:22, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * What can I say, I'm easily distracted! Harrias  talk 12:24, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Terrific work, chaps. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 15:10, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 1991 European Super Cup
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Your GA nomination of 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup
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