India v Sri Lanka: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live!

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10.09am BST

A few sub-plots. Sri Lanka, who will finish sixth whatever happens, pulled off an upset against England – can they do the same to India? They did it the last time these two sides met, also in England, in the 2017 Champions’ Trophy, which perhaps makes it less likely now, on the basis of lightning not striking twice in the same place. Can Avishka Fernando, who announced himself with a sumptuous hundred against the West Indies’ quicks on Monday, do something similar to Bumrah and Shami? Or will Bumrah be rested, now that India are being expected to play as often as everyone else? And if so, will Kohli be short of a cutting edge?

9.37am BST

Morning everyone and welcome to day 38 in the Big Brother house. By this evening, Phase One will finally be over. Only one question of any significance remains to be answered: who will finish top?

It will be either Australia or India, both of whom play today. They’re through to the semi-finals already, but there’s a small prize still to be fought for: facing New Zealand, who are on the slide, rather than England, who are back to their best. Australia are ahead by a nose, also known as one point, so if they beat South Africa in the day-nighter at Old Trafford (from 1.30pm BST), the top spot is theirs. If they don’t, and India have seen off Sri Lanka in this game at Headingley (10.30am), it will be Virat Kohli who joins Kane Williamson for the toss on Tuesday. Somehow, this clunky format has managed to hold our interest to the end. As round robins go, it’s been even more long-winded than the Christmas sheet of A4 from a boastful friend. But a lot more entertaining.

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