World Cup Daily: Aiden Markram shines on South Africa’s record breaking day and Bangladesh beat Afghanistan

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew presents reaction to South Africa scoring a record breaking 428 runs to beat Sri Lanka by 102 runs. This was helped by Aiden Markram who hit the fastest World Cup hundred in Delhi, making his ton of 49 balls. Quinton De Kock and Rassie van der Dussen also scored centuries. We will hear from centurion Aiden Markram, South Africa captain Temba Bavuma and Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka. Plus after Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by six wickets, Melissa Story reflects on the match with commentator Roushan Alam and former New Zealand player James Franklin. We will also hear from the Bangladesh and Afghanistan captains.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	The Test Max Special Podcasts at the Cricket World Cup.
0:31.0	I'm Jonathan Agnew, welcome to the World Cup Daily Podcast,
0:36.0	where South Africa posts a record-breaking total to beat Sri Lanka.
0:40.0	For Jesus' balls and yats and gets underneath it down the ground,
0:43.0	it goes, has it got the distance for six?
0:45.0	It does! And with that, the highest score in World Cup history.
0:50.0	Aiden Markham scored the fastest century at a World Cup,
0:53.0	where South Africa scored 428-5 to beat Sri Lanka by 102 runs
0:58.0	at the Thoughts of Former England Players, Stephen Finn and Alex Hartley,
1:01.0	and will get reaction from both teams.
1:03.0	And we'll react to Bangor Desh's empathetic six-wicked victory over Afghanistan,
1:08.0	with commentators Melissa Story and Russian Alam,
1:11.0	and former New Zealand player James Franklin.
1:13.0	And we'll look ahead to the big India Australia clash.
1:17.0	The TMS Podcasts from BBC Radio 5 Live.
1:22.0	And a comfortable win for South Africa by 102 runs record-breaking
1:26.0	in terms of the score that they set.
1:28.0	Sri Lanka won 428 to win.
1:31.0	Well, they made a fist of it.
1:33.0	They got within 101 runs of those into 102 runs.
1:36.0	That's a pretty good effort.
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