WI to test Kiwi juggernaut

New Zealand, by their own admission, face their first true test of the World Cup in their quarterfinal against the West Indies on
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Holder coy over Gayle fitness

West Indies captain Jason Holder remained coy on whether injured star batsman Chris Gayle will play in Saturday's World Cup quarterfinal
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Brendon vows aggression

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum believes he's backing a winning horse with his all-out attack approach to Saturday's World Cup
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

World Cup Cocktail

Streakers, pitch invaders and object-tossers will be punished severely if they try to disrupt remaining World Cup cricket matches,
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Mr. Efficient

The figures from the scorecard might not look too flattering for Wahab Riaz, but those who watched yesterday's third quarterfinal
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Misbah departs with regrets

Pakistan skipper Misbahul Haq admitted not scoring a century will remain a lifelong regret as the curtain fell on his 162-match, one-
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Riaz electrifies Adelaide

Wahab Riaz came into the attack with Pakistan needing wickets. Australia had advanced to 44-1 after 8 overs and they just needed
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Pak fans fuming

Angry Pakistan cricket fans smashed TVs and staged a mock funeral for the team Friday after poor batting and sloppy catching saw them
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bowling India's strength now

The same bowling which was India's weakest link coming into the World Cup has remarkably become their strongest suit as the
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Simmons leaves Ireland for Windies

Phil Simmons is to leave his role as Ireland coach to become the new head coach of West Indies following the World Cup. Simmons, from
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Clarke hails whirlwind Wahab

Australia captain Michael Clarke lauded Pakistani fast bowler Wahab Riaz, saying his side was lucky to survive the left-armer's torrid
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Sad end to a great journey

There was an eerie sense of quietness amongst the Bangladeshi contingent at the team hotel yesterday. It almost felt as though the
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Wahab's burst from the past

In a game which is seeing increasing dominance of bat over the ball, with all the rules favouring the batsman and making it all the
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

ICC blasts Kamal

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson on Friday slammed his organisation's Bangladeshi president for
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

ICC backs umpires in Tigers’ match

The International Cricket Council today backed one of its umpires’ decisions that led to widespread controversy during the quarterfinal match between Bangladesh and India.
20 March 2015, 10:54 AM

No logic in the no ball

The ICC protocol, which suggests that a no-ball can be checked only if there has been a dismissal, could do with some tweaking. If an umpire's assessment of an lbw can be questioned, why not a no-ball?
20 March 2015, 07:03 AM

Outrage in Dhaka over no-ball, BCB to lodge appeal

The BCB has said it will lodge an appeal against the umpiring decision in Thursday's match that let Rohit Sharma off the hook, and do whatever is legally necessary.
20 March 2015, 04:38 AM

Australia beat Pakistan by 6 wickets

Catches win matches – Pakistan learned it the hard way today having tasted a bitter defeat against Australia in the third quarterfinal of the ICC cricket World Cup at Adelaide. Tough luck for Wahab Riaz and Pakistan along with him, had Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell been caught when given the chance, the match could have had a different finish.
20 March 2015, 03:13 AM

The no-ball that wasn't

They say 'small teams' can't knock champions out. To put it more subtly; a team as inexperienced as Bangladesh in the knockout stages can't be expected to thump the reigning champions out of the World Cup.
19 March 2015, 18:13 PM

'It was a brilliant tournament for us'

At the end of the day it all came down to 'what ifs' for Bangladesh. There's no doubt that the reprieve that Rohit Sharma got in the
19 March 2015, 18:11 PM