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Cricket World Cup Ends Level, For The First Time In Its HistoryNOVEMBER 23, 2002 · 12:47
The final was drawn on the fourth day in the same city where the semi-final was drawn, in front of 35,000 people, and the two captains shook hands in front of them.
THE GROUND. THE DRAWN MATCH WAS NOT THE FIRST DRAWN MATCH; IT WAS THE FIRST DRAWN FINAL.
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THE GROUND. THE DRAWN MATCH WAS NOT THE FIRST DRAWN MATCH; IT WAS THE FIRST DRAWN FINAL.
COLOMBO, November 23 -- The Cricket World Cup ended this evening as it has never ended before: tied, with the two captains shaking hands and the trophy presented to both nations, after the fourth consecutive day of rain in a city that has a 2,000-year record of not raining in November.
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