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    "title": "Australia beat New Zealand  in Tri-Series final",
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    "excerpt": "Auckland (New Zealand), Feb 21 - Australia defeated New Zealand by 19 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the final of the Tri-Series Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Eden Park here on Wednesday. Australia have now risen to the joint highest",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"color:#2980b9\">Auckland (New Zealand), Feb 21 -&nbsp;Australia defeated New Zealand by 19 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the final of the Tri-Series Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Eden Park here on Wednesday.<\/span><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAustralia have now risen to the joint highest spot in the Twenty20 International rankings, sharing the pole position with Pakistan.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nOpting to bat first, New Zealand posted 150\/9 in their 20 overs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nRoss Taylor was the highest scorer in an ordinary batting effort by the Kiwis with 43 runs off 38 balls.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLeft-arm spinner Ashton Agar returned figures of 3\/27 for Australia while pacers Kane Richardson and Andrew Tye picked up two wickets each.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAustralia were going great guns in their chase with opener D Arcy Short scoring 50 runs off 30 deliveries.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe Australians had reached 121\/3 in 14.4 overs when rain forced the players off the ground.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAlthough the showers stopped within half an hour, the officials decided against continuing with the match, declaring Australia the winner via the Duckworth-Lewis method.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Brief Scores:<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nNew Zealand: 150\/9 in 20 overs (Ross Taylor 43; Ashton Agar 3\/43) vs Australia: 121\/3 in 14.4 overs (D Arcy Short; Colin Munro 1\/18).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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