With the help of centuries from openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, Australia defeated Pakistan by 62 runs in the World Cup match in Bengaluru on Friday. Australia’s total of 367-9 was scored by Warner’s 163 runs and Marsh’s 121 runs on his 32nd birthday. Pakistan’s defeat was due to poor bowling and fielding which […]
Shakeel said, “When you have a crowd you get support. We did not get that and it is not in our hands.” Despite their eighth defeat in eight World Cup encounters with their arch-rivals, Pakistan are still in good shape in the tournament after wins over the Netherlands and Sri Lanka. Middle-order batsman Shakeel scored […]
Glenn Maxwell, who was sent at number three to maintain the pace, was caught out by Babar Azam on the very first ball of Shaheen’s ball, while Steve Smith was caught and bowled by Mir’s ball on seven runs. Warner continued the storm with three more sixes and was out to Rauf at long-on. Australia’s […]
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bowl first in his second match of the ICC World Cup against England in Dharamsala. Mahedi Hasan has replaced experienced campaigner Mahmudullah while England have included Reece Topley in place of Moeen Ali. bangladesh: Liton Das, Tanjeed Hasan, Nazmul Hussain Shanto, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, […]
This week, ahead of the full IOC session running from October 15 to October 17, the IOC Executive Board is meeting in Mumbai, which will effectively seal the decision. Cricket could not have found a better city than this to express itself. The IOC session is being held in one of the hot spots of […]
New Zealand defeated Netherlands by 99 runs on Monday to register its second consecutive win in the World Cup. Set a target of 323, the Dutch team was all out for 223 in 46.3 overs, with Colin Ackerman scoring 69 and left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner taking 5-59. Will Young (70), captain Tom Latham (53) and […]
Ravindra’s innings of 51 runs off one ball included a six and three fours and came after his unbeaten 123-run knock against England. Daryl Mitchell played a quickfire innings of 48 runs in 47 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes, but he was bowled by Van Meekeren at the beginning of […]
Teams: Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackerman, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (captain, wk), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Ryan Clyne, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren. New Zealand: Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c, wk), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent […]
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Rahul soon completed his half-century in the 28th over and India reached 106-3 and were in control. Kohli was eventually caught at midwicket off Hazlewood and received a standing ovation. Rahul hit the winning six with Hardik Pandya standing at the other end. “I had just showered and was expecting to put my feet up […]
Australia lost an early wicket before veteran batsmen David Warner (41) and Steve Smith (46) stitched a 69-run partnership. Former captain Virat Kohli made an early impact with a diving slip catch off Bumrah to dismiss Mitchell Marsh for a duck off six balls. The left-handed Warner scored 1,000 runs in the World Cup, surpassing […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said they would consider “if additional security measures are needed to prevent this from happening again”. “The individual concerned has been banned from participating in any further games at the event and the matter is in the hands of the Indian authorities.” Jarvis has become a serial pitch invader, taking […]
Starc took a hat-trick, rain spoiled the warm-up of Australia-Netherlands
Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos’s own goal gave his old foes Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Sevilla in La Liga on Friday, taking the Catalans to the top of the table. Experienced centre-back Ramos headed Lamine Yamal’s header into his own net in the 76th minute to break a tightly contested deadlock. The 37-year-old […]
Bangladesh recorded a morale-boosting seven-wicket win against Sri Lanka in their first World Cup warm-up match on Friday, although their captain Shakib Al Hasan missed the match due to injury concerns. The Tigers, who faced a number of issues on and off the field including a feud between their captain Shakib and veteran campaigner Tamim […]