Live score: Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 22: Australia 117-3. Need 124 in 28 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 23: Australia 122-3. Need 119 in 27 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 24: Australia 131-3. Need 110 in 24 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 25: Australia 139-3. Need 102 in 25 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 26: Australia 144-3. Need 97 in 24 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 27: Australia 148-3. Need 93 in 23 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 28: Australia 162-3. Need 79 in 22 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 29: Australia 165-3. Need 76 in 21 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 30: Australia 167-3. Need 74 in 20 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 31: Australia 170-3. Need 71 in 19 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 32: Australia 172-3. Need 69 in 18 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 33: Australia 174-3. Need 67 in 17 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 34: Australia 185-3. Need 56 in 16 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 35: Australia 192-3. Need 49 in 15 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 36: Australia 195-3. Need 46 in 14 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 37: Australia 204-3. Need 37 in 13 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 38: Australia 214-3. Need 27 in 12 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 39: Australia 219-3. Need 22 in 11 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 40: Australia 225-3. Need 16 in 10 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 41: Australia 230-3. Need 11 in 9 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 42: Australia 231-3. Need 10 in 8 overs
- Ind vs AUS ICC ODI WC Final-End of over # 43: Australia 239-4. Need 2 in 7 overs
Australia lifts ICC ODI World Cup for the 6th time, triumphs India in ODI WC Finals by 6 wickets
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Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 15 dead, forcing thousands to flee
Penco (Chile) (AP): Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 15 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed scores of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in the country's central Biobio region and the neighbouring Nuble region, around 500 kilometres south of Santiago, the capital.
The emergency designation allows greater coordination with the military to rein in two dozen wildfires that have so far blazed through 8,500 hectares and prompted 50,000 people to evacuate, according to Chilean Security Minister Luis Cordero.
“All resources are available,” Boric wrote on X.
But local officials reported that for hours on Sunday, destruction was everywhere and help from the federal government was nowhere.
“Dear President Boric, from the bottom of my heart, I have been here for four hours, a community is burning and there is no (government) presence,” said Rodrigo Vera, the mayor of the small coastal town of Penco in the Biobio region. “How can a minister do nothing but call me to tell me that the military is going to arrive at some point?”
Firefighters were struggling to extinguish the flames, but strong winds and scorching weather hampered their efforts Sunday with temperatures topping 38 C (100 F).
Residents said that the fires took them by surprise after midnight, trapping them in their homes.
“Many people didn't evacuate. They stayed in their houses because they thought the fire would stop at the edge of the forest,” said John Guzman, 55, surveying the scene in Penco, where smoke blanketed the sky in an orange haze. “It was completely out of control. No one expected it."
Although the total number of homes burned nationwide remained unclear, one municipality of Concepcion in Biobio reported 253 homes destroyed.
“We fled running, with the kids, in the dark,” said Juan Lagos, 52, also in Penco. The fire engulfed most of the city, burning cars, a school and a church.
Charred bodies were found across fields, homes, along roads and in cars.
“From what we can see, there are people who died ... and we knew them well," said Víctor Burboa, 54. "Everyone here knew them.”
