Australia's triumphant cricketers arrived home on Thursday with the World Cup safely tucked under their arms after their victory in the West Indies and another big day of celebrations
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Australia won the World Cup for the third time in a row with a convincing 53-run victory against Sri Lanka in Sunday's rain-shortened final in Barbados,
The victory capped a remarkable season in which Australia also won the Champions Trophy and completed a 5-0 series cleansweep in the Ashes.
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