Cricket

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, ...

Australia cruised to victory by 86 runs against New Zealand at Lord’s on Saturday, with batsman Usman Khawaja and pace spearhead Mitchell Starc starring for the defending champions. Aaron Finch’s team, already through to the last four from the 10-team round-robin stage, were wobbling at 92/5 after winning the toss on a hot day. But Khawaja (88), who received fine ...

New Zealand paceman Trent Boult took a hat-trick against Australia in a World Cup match at Lord’s on Saturday. The left-arm quick struck in the last over of Australia’s innings, dismissing Usman Khawaja for a top-score of 88 before he bowled tailender Mitchell Starc and then had Jason Behrendorff lbw, despite the batsman’s review. It was the first hat-trick by ...

BIRMINGHAM: Eoin Morgan says England need to adapt better to home conditions but is confident they will not buckle under pressure against India as they scrap to keep their World Cup hopes alive. England looked set for the semi-finals when they won four of their first five matches but losses to Sri Lanka and Australia opened the door for Pakistan, ...