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Fast bowler Mark Wood prefers putting his feet up in the dressing room before his bowling workload but he made an exception on Tuesday to witness an astonishing display of power-hitting by captain Eoin Morgan in Manchester. Morgan smashed an astounding 17 sixes – a new one-day international record – as part of a game-changing […]

Bangladesh doesn’t have to knock off Australia on Thursday to reach the Cricket World Cup semifinals. It would be a massive step in that direction if it did, though. To break up the leading four of England, Australia, New Zealand and India, Bangladesh ought to beat at least one of them. Chances were missed against […]

India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a fractured finger, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Wednesday. The in-form batsman suffered the break while facing Australia’s Pat Cummins in India’s second match of the tournament at the Oval on June 9. Dhawan […]

New Zealand, while chasing a target of 242 runs set by South Africa, lost their first wicket in the third over of their World Cup match in Edgbaston on Wednesday. Opener Colin Munro was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada after scoring just 9 runs. South Africa had struggled against the Kiwis’ bowling attack earlier and managed […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will review and analyse the performances of the cricket side and team support personnel over the last three years once the World Cup has concluded, the body’s Board of Governors decided at a meeting on Wednesday. The Pakistan cricket team has so far played four group stage matches in the […]

Afghanistan slipped to 104-3 after 25 overs in their attempt to chase the imposing target of 398 set by England in their World Cup match at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Rahmat Shah was caught in the deep off Adil Rashid for 46 to end a 52-run third-wicket stand with Hashmatullah Shahidi, who remained not out […]

Former Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to a corruption probe into the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a judicial official said Tuesday. Confirming a report by online news publication Mediapart, the official said Platini was taken into custody on Tuesday as part of the […]

Bangladesh’s successful run chase against West Indies at the World Cup on Monday was aided by a calm and confident dressing room atmosphere that the players were able to replicate on the pitch, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has said. Shakib scored his second century in a row as Bangladesh pulled off the second highest successful […]

Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has asked fans and critics not to use “bad words” for the players of the Pakistan cricket team, following their heavy defeat against India in the World Cup 2019 showdown on Sunday. “Please don’t use bad words for the players; yes, you guys can criticise our performance,” said Amir on Twitter late Monday. […]

After Pakistan’s seventh World Cup defeat to India on Sunday night, former cricketer Ramiz Raja called for introspection and revamping the structure of cricket in the country. Lambasting the national team’s poor showing, Raja said: “I believe it is the right time [to revamp] as I think Pakistan’s World Cup campaign has almost ended because […]