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Timetabling the major English cricket fixtures

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Timetabling the major English cricket fixtures. / Wright, M B.
Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science, 2010. (Management Science Working Paper Series).

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Wright, MB 2010 'Timetabling the major English cricket fixtures' Management Science Working Paper Series, The Department of Management Science, Lancaster University.

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Wright, M. B. (2010). Timetabling the major English cricket fixtures. (Management Science Working Paper Series). The Department of Management Science.

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Wright MB. Timetabling the major English cricket fixtures. Lancaster University: The Department of Management Science. 2010. (Management Science Working Paper Series).

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Wright, M B. / Timetabling the major English cricket fixtures. Lancaster University : The Department of Management Science, 2010. (Management Science Working Paper Series).

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