England's march towards the Euro 2020 finals continued but not quite in the manner they might have expected as they beat a brave and enterprising Kosovo side 5-3 in an extraordinary Group A qualifier at St. Mary's Stadium on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes reckons the slow track and big outfield at the Hampshire Bowl may result in a boundary drought and has told his batsmen to run hard in Monday's World Cup match against Afghanistan.
Rhodes followed Saturday's match in (...)
India's Mohammed Shami made a fairytale World Cup debut with a final over hat-trick but it was teammate Jasprit Bumrah who produced an extraordinary display of virtuoso bowling in Saturday's narrow escape against Afghanistan.
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India captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25 percent of his match fee for "excessive appealing" in a tense World Cup victory over Afghanistan , the International Council announced on Sunday.
The star batsman has also had one demerit point added to (...)
Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib said his inexperienced team were learning "day by day" despite the pain of losing to India when in sight of a famous World Cup win on Saturday.
The unfancied Afghans, playing in just their second World Cup, (...)
India never lost faith in their death-overs specialists, batsman Kedar Jadhav said after his team survived a huge scare against Afghanistan in Saturday's dramatic low-scoring World Cup match.
The Afghans fell agonizingly short of a major upset after (...)
Sri Lanka may have done the World Cup a favor with Friday's shock victory over hosts England by opening up the race to the semi-finals, former captain Mahela Jayawardene believes.
The 10-team competition had just begun to look a little predictable (...)
England's extreme pace will suit Australia when the Ashes rivals clash in a mouth-watering World Cup contest at Lord's next week, all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said.
Jofra Archer, currently the tournament's joint leading wicket-taker, and Mark Wood have (...)
The West Indies team under Jason Holder have failed to understand English conditions and paid the price for their one-dimensional tactics of trying to bounce out oppositions, Caribbean great Clive Lloyd has said.
Holder's men are left with (...)
Women's Twenty20 cricket moved a step closer on Thursday to featuring in the 2022 Commonwealth Games after being nominated by organizers for its potential inclusion in Birmingham.
The decision needs to be ratified by Commonwealth Games Federation (...)
Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi's decision to ignore medical advice and keep batting even after being floored by a bouncer on Tuesday has prompted demands that cricketers should not be allowed to take those calls.
Shahidi was smacked flush on the (...)
Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah takes his net sessions seriously and said he had no plans to drop his intensity during practice, even after injuring team mate Vijay Shankar.
Bumrah's yorker during Wednesday's session at the Hampshire Bowl left Shankar (...)
The Pakistan team under captain Sarfaraz Ahmed have failed to live up to their country's expectations and there will be a "robust review" of their performance in the last three years, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Wednesday.
Pakistan are still (...)
Shikhar Dhawan's World Cup was prematurely ended after the India opener was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with a fractured thumb, the Indian cricket board said on Wednesday.
Dhawan was smacked on his thumb by a rising Pat Cummins (...)
Afghanistan look in disarray on and off the field at the World Cup with coach Phil Simmons' Twitter outburst on Wednesday revealing signs of troubles within the team.
Gulbadin Naib's men suffered their fifth defeat in as many matches after losing to (...)
England thrashed the West Indies by eight wickets as Joe Root's century and lethal spells from pace bowlers Jofra Archer and Mark Wood inspired the hosts on Friday.
Root smashed 100 not out from 94 balls as England easily reached 213-2 after (...)
West Indies bowler Sheldon Cottrell may have a special salute for England coach Trevor Bayliss when the two sides meet in the World Cup on Friday, but Jofra Archer could rain on that particular parade.
Archer, the young Barbados-born fast bowler now (...)
West Indies head coach Floyd Reifer insists his batsmen are up for the challenge of taming England's electric pace bowler Jofra Archer in their World Cup clash on Friday.
Archer was born in Barbados to a British father and played for West Indies (...)
South Africa's hopes of a semifinal place at the Cricket World Cup appear to have been washed out along with their fixture against the West Indies at the Rose Bowl on Monday.
The 'no result' has given them a first point of the competition from four (...)
South Africa need to put aside the fallout from their decision to overlook AB de Villiers and their injury issues when they face the West Indies in the Cricket World Cup on Monday, said key bowler Kagiso Rabada.
It was confirmed last week that De (...)
Coach Ottis Gibson says AB de Villiers will have to "live with the decision he has made" after the batsman attempted to come out of international retirement on the eve of South Africa's squad announcement for the World Cup.
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South Africa are refusing to admit that their World Cup race is all but over with all-rounder Chris Morris telling fans to stick with the team despite a third loss inside a week.
They were beaten by six wickets by India at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday (...)
Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten century as India made a comfortable start to their World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win over South Africa in Southampton on Wednesday that dealt a fresh blow to the Proteas' tournament hopes.
Chasing a modest 228, (...)
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers as India restricted South Africa to 227 for 9 in their opening match of the World Cup in Southampton on Wednesday.
Chahal returned figures of four for 51 to rip the heart out of the South (...)
India are banking on their experience in their World Cup opener against South Africa and cannot take the opposition's depleted bowling attack lightly, captain Virat Kohli said on Tuesday, insisting the Proteas can call upon quality (...)