Tag: World Cup

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Dhoni opts to bat against Bangladesh

Melbourne: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the second quarterfinal of the cricket World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Thursday. India have gone in with an unchanged squad. Squads: India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Cook says England were wrong dropping him from World Cup side

Abu Dhabi: Discharged England captain Alastair Cook on Wednesday said his country’s early exit from the World Cup was proof that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was wrong to sack him as one-day captain just months from the quadrennial tournament. Speaking in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Emirates T20 tournament this week, Cook […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Clash with India just another game of cricket: Shakib Al Hasan

Melbourne: Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has termed their World Cup high-voltage quarter-final match against India on Thursday as “just another game of cricket. Asked if it is the biggest game of his cricketing career, Hasan said: “Maybe you can say that, because this is the first time we are playing in a World Cup […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
De Villiers, Behardien take South Africa to 341/6

Wellington: Skipper A.B. de Villiers (82-ball 99) and Farhaan Behardien (64 not out in 31 balls) powered South Africa to 341/6 in 50 overs against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a World Cup Pool A game at the Westpac Stadium here on Thursday. Continuing his rich form, de Villiers flayed the UAE bowlers and […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Ireland snatch 5-run win over Zimbabwe

Ireland snatched a thrilling five-run win from the jaws of defeat when they beat Zimbabwe in a Pool B match to keep alive their chances of qualifying for the World Cup quarter-finals

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Sri Lanka hammer hapless Bangladesh with 332/1

Powered by centuries from veterans Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka hammered a hapless Bangladesh by 92 runs in a World Cup Pool A contest at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Thursday

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
World Cup: West Indies thump Pakistan by 150 runs

A much-improved all-round performance helped the West Indies thump Pakistan by 150 runs, their biggest margin of victory in terms of runs against the Asian team, in a Pool B World Cup match here today

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Windies batsman Bravo suffers hamstring injury

West Indies batsman Darren Bravo's future in the World Cup was thrown up in jeopardy after he injured his left hamstring while batting during his team's World Cup match against Pakistan here today

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
World Cup: Southee, McCullum crush England

A stunning display of swing bowling from seamer Tim Southee and devastative batting from skipper Brendon McCullum, both record-setting acts, orchestrated New Zealand's eight-wicket annihilation of England in a World Cup Pool A match here today

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Bangladesh beat debutants Afghanistan by 105 runs

World Cup debutants Afghanistan crumbled against Bangladesh to lose their opening Pool A match by 105 runs at the Manuka Oval here Wednesday

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Excluding Pollard, Bravo a self-inflicted blow: Lara

West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has described as “a self-inflicted blow”, the decision by the Clive Lloyd-led selection panel to exclude Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo from the regional side for the ongoing World Cup

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Afghanistan cricket fairytale enters a new era

From the ruins of war to rubbing shoulders with world beaters at the biggest stage for limited-overs cricket, the meteoric rise of the Afghanistan cricket team is nothing short of a fairy tale

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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ICC to punish misbehaving players at WC

The International Cricket Council's (ICC) chief executive officer David Richardson Tuesday warned players that their failure to follow the governing body's Code of Conduct during the World Cup would result in severe punishments

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Dhoni keen to continue as skipper in all three formats

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not averse to the idea of continuing as the skipper of the the Indian cricket team in all the three formats, saying it would be unfair to burden a new player with the mantle of captaincy with just one year left for the World Cup

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Australia beat India in World Cup warm-up match

India were beaten by 106 runs by hosts Australia in their first warm-up match for the World Cup here Sunday

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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