Year: 2019

After 45 games of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup the group stage are complete, and the final four now know who will play who in the semi-finals. Australia, India, England and New Zealand knew prior to Saturday’s final group matches that they would be in the top four and that all that was to be decided was the end of group standings. India’s seven wicket win over Sri Lanka at Headingley ensured that they ended on a winning note and leapfrogged Australia after their 10 run defeat by South…

This venerable old ground has seen many a changing of the guard over the years, cricket’s ever-evolving story has seen more chapters written at Lord’s than anywhere else. And so it was again, as Pakistan’s emerging talent gave a glimpse of the future on a day one old warrior finally called time under the shadow of Old Father Time. Iman Ul Haq, just 23, became the youngest Pakistan player to score an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup century with a swashbuckling show as his team recorded a confident 94-run victory…

DURHAM: England powered into the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup semi-final after Jonny Bairstow’s second successive century set up a 119-run win over New Zealand. has come to the fore at a crucial time for the hosts, who entered the clash with India on Sunday, June 30 knowing they potentially required back-to-back victories to progress. The pre-tournament favourites have managed just that largely thanks to their in-form opener, who followed up a superb 111 at Edgbaston by blasting 106 at Riverside Durham as England posted 305/8. New Zealand couldn’t find…

LEEDS: West Indies ended their World Cup campaign with a win over last-place Afghanistan Thursday but it could hardly atone for a campaign that went terribly wrong. The West Indies limped out of the tournament which statistically was there worst ever in the 44-year history of the tournament. Even the  23-run victory over winless Afghanistan came at a fluctuating heart rate for the fans who braved the cold to support the men in maroon at Headingley Leeds. A win at the beginning against Pakistan captured the imagination of the cricketing…

BIRMINGHAM: Bangladesh would not be hoisting the World Cup trophy on July 14 but they will be remembered as the darlings of this tournament for the value they brought in terms of entertainment and fight. They were knocked out of the 12th Edition by a superior team in India but at times kept the busy streets of Mumbai quiet, as they fought down to the wire. Chasing 315 runs for victory, they batted bravely to get to 286 all out – losing the match by 29 runs with two overs…

BIRMINGHAM: If Jonny Bairstow was looking for reassurance that English crowds really do want the side to do well, he came to the right place. Of all the major international grounds, Edgbaston, on the outskirts of rejuvenated Birmingham, has become the most synonymous with support for the home side. Fans turn out in force, lubricate their larynxes and loyally shout on England from the first ball to the last. No more so than in the bustling Hollies Stand, the huge expanse named after the Warwickshire wrist-spin bowler who famously bowled…