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*Sri Lanka comfortably beat England by restricting them to 293-7 from 50 overs, then reaching 297-3 from 47.1 overs, giving them match NRR = (297/47.167) − (293/50) = '''0.44'''.
*England comfortably beat Australia by 48 runs by scoring 269-6 in 50 overs, then restricting Australia to 221-9 in 50 overs, giving them match NRR = (269/50) − (221/50) = '''0.96'''.
===NRR may be manipulated===
A team may choose to artificially reduce their margin of victory, as measured by NRR, to gain an additional advantage by not disadvantaging their opponent too much. For example, in the final round of matches in the [[1999_Cricket_World_Cup#Group_B_Table|1999 World Cup Group B]], Australia needed to beat West Indies to progress to the Super Six stage, but wanted to carry West Indies through with them to the Super Six, rather than New Zealand. This is because Australia would then have the additional points in the Super Six stage from beating West Indies in the group stage, whereas they had lost to New Zealand in the group stage. It was therefore to Australia's advantage to reduce their scoring rate and reduce their margin of victory, as measured by NRR, to minimise the negative impact of the match on West Indies' NRR, and therefore maximise West Indies' chance of going through with them.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/may/31/cricketworldcup1999.cricketworldcup5 Australia pull fast one with go-slow]</ref>
However, this is also likely to be a possibility with alternatives to NRR.
This is similar to the way a narrow victory for one side in a game of [[association football|football]] may enable both sides to progress to the next stage, eg. [[West_Germany_1–0_Austria_(1982_FIFA_World_Cup)|West Germany v Austria in the 1982 World Cup]].
==References==
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