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Article: CRIK: Bonus points up for grabs in one-day series
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
- Article date:
- January 10, 2002
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CRIK: Bonus points up for grabs in one-day series
MELBOURNE, Jan 10 AAP - Bonus points will be up for grabs in the
triangular one-day
series starting in Melbourne tomorrow, rewarding teams that play positive
cricket and
push for speedy wins.
In a first for an Australian one-day international series, teams
which score at a run-rate
1.25 greater than their opponent will be awarded an extra point.
The incentive encourages teams batting second to chase modest totals
quickly and teams
bowling last to push for a quick kill.
Bonus points could be crucial to deciding who plays in the best-
of-three finals.
The ...