World Cup 2019

England win the toss and bat! “I think the pitch and overheads,” [are the decisive factor}, says Eoin Morgan. “The pitches have got tougher, slower, lower as the match goes on, and it’s a trend that the pitches haven’t been as good as the last few years. It’s a bit like a quarter-final, we train hard, play hard, today is ...

India’s 87-Year-Old fan Charulata Patel took social media by storm with many of her photographs and videos going viral in the backdrop of the team’s victory over Bangladesh on Tuesday. After the match, which India won by 28 runs at Edgbaston to qualify for semi-finals, captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma met Charulata Patel and sought her blessings ...

CHESTER-LE-STREET: As the group stage of the World Cup edged closer to wrapping up, hosts England take on New Zealand in a bid to cement their place in the semifinals at The Riverside in Durham today.  For England, the return of opener Jason Roy proved to be a turning point as they handed India their first defeat of the tournament ...

It’s still hard to know what to think about this Pakistan team. The win over Afghanistan was not the performance of champions and yet, somehow and some way, they are still in contention for a semi-final spot and you can never write them off. Look at the history of our team and it has always been like this. Two years ...

Sri Lanka held off a West Indies charge at Chester-le-Street on Monday to win an exciting battle by 23 runs in World Cup 2019. Both teams came into the match aware they could not reach the semi-finals but the West Indies came close to pulling off the highest successful chase in World Cup history. Earlier, Sri Lanka batted brightly to ...

LONDON: Seasoned pacer Wahab Riaz will continue to train with the Pakistan team despite suffering from a fractured finger, a team official said on Monday. Raza Kitchlew, Pakistan team’s media manager, said that Wahab would continue to attend the team’s training sessions in the lead up to Pakistan’s last group match – against Bangladesh – at Lord’s on July 5. ...

How can Pakistan reach the World Cup 2019 semi-final? There are few matches left of the World Cup league phase and the situation has become very interesting for teams to book their place in the semi-finals. Sri Lanka has been eliminated from the tournament after England’s victory on Sunday. Australia is the only team so far that has sealed its ...

BIRMINGHAM: India all-rounder Vijay Shankar has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup, with Mayank Agarwal announced on Monday as his replacement in the 15-man squad. “Vijay Shankar sustained a non-displaced fracture of the left big toe, which will require a minimum of three weeks to heal. The injury rules him out of the ongoing World Cup,” ...

BIRMINGHAM: Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza says Bangladesh will have to raise their game against a strong India side on Tuesday if they retain any chance of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. Mashrafe´s side has seven points after three wins and a washout, three points behind fourth-placed England. To retain any chance of qualifying from the 10-team group phase they need to ...

Unbeaten India will look to book their semi-finals berth and further derail England’s chances, when the two sides face-off at the World Cup 2019 league match at the Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday. The pre-tournament favourites India and England have started their respective campaigns on contrasting note. While India are a win away from making it to the top four, ...