I’m with the rest of the world..

After a lengthy delay for rain, the final of the Cricket World Cup between Australia and Sri Lanka has just gotten underway and it will be a truncated 38 overs each. As the BBC blog suggests, most neutrals will be hoping that Sri Lanka can bring Australia’s unbeaten run of 28 World Cup games to an end even if it is Glenn McGrath’s last tournament. Usual options for coverage, overbyover, scorecard and live commentary. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Australia set a daunting total of 281-4 from 38 overs. Gilchrist with 149 off 104 balls. Another rain delay. Sri Lanka will now have 36 overs.. and chaos reigns.. New target for Sri Lanka 269 Depressingly after the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka 206-7, bad light stops play. They restart, bizarrely, Sri Lanka make 215-8. Australia win by 53 runs

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