Sinister strategies succeed at the cricket World Cup.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on February 07, 2004

Authors

Robert Brooks1, Luc F Bussière, Michael D Jennions, John Hunt

Author Affiliations

1: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. rob.brooks@unsw.edu.au

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