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Steve Smith’s century gives Australia World Cup warm-up win over England

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• Australia 297-9; England 285 all out
• Smith responds to boos with an impressive 116

Phoney wars do not end up much sillier than this World Cup warm-up. Jos Buttler offered a spectacle with a whirlwind half century, after Steve Smith had done the same with a hundred, while a close finish provided some fun as England were bowled out 12 runs short of Australia’s 297.

Admittedly any England-Australia match has cachet. The prospect of this dominant home side getting one over their biggest rivals drew 10,000 people to the Hampshire Bowl outside Southampton.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2X4s6N3

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