LIVE: Pre-World Cup captains press conference
Captains of all teams addressed the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2019 World Cup pre-tournament press conference at The Film Shed, London on Thursday. While speaking at the press conference, Australia captain Aaron Finch named the home side as one of the favourites to lift the World Cup Trophy.
Pakistan will play final of 2019 World Cup: Afridi
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has said that 1992 champions will play the final of the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup. The star player, who once held the record for the fastest century, was adamant in a video posted on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) website that Pakistan had a very strong and balanced team that will ...
Pakistan to face Afghanistan in World Cup warm-up match on Friday
BRISTOL (Dunya News) ? Pakistan will face Afghanistan in their first warm-up match on Friday ahead of the ICC World Cup 2019, reported Dunya News. The ICC World Cup 2019 will begin on May 30, and Pakistan will play their first match against West Indies on May 31 in Nottingham. Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, ...
Embattled Sri Lanka hope for World Cup miracle
Sri Lanka go into the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2019 World Cup with low expectations after losing eight of their last nine one-day internationals (ODIs) and led by a captain who has not played 50-over cricket for more than four years. Karunaratne, who is regarded as one of the best batsman in the five-day format, had not been part ...
World Cup will be won and lost in middle overs: Bichel
?If a wicket does fall in the middle overs, and this is where I think India has got a pretty good attack, and then (they) can blunt the run-flow before the back end (becomes) unstoppable.? Leg-spinner Adam Zampa and quicks Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins can do the job of holders for Australia in the 15 to 40-over phase, ...
T20 kings West Indies seek to make fresh World Cup mark
With the increasing similarity in the way teams approach the two formats of the white-ball game, there seems no reason why the West Indies cannot again be a force in 50-over cricket as well. It is all a far cry from the West Indies' glory days, when a powerful squad under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd won the first ...
South Africa women beat Pakistan by four wickets, level T20I series
LAHORE (Web Desk) ? South Africa women beat Pakistan women by four wickets in the fourth T20I to level the five-match series at two-all at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Wednesday. Chasing a 173-run target, South Africa women achieved victory in the last over with four wickets remaining. Nida also added 106 runs for the third wicket with Bismah ...
Pakistan players excited to wear new team jersey
I feel great to be part of the World Cup and would be even happier when we perform well in the tournament.? ?I have played in two under-19 World Cups which were also proud moments. My journey to the World Cup has been great and Inshallah I will try my hardest to perform well in every match and start with ...
England desperate to justify World Cup favourites tag
World Cup hosts England will kick-start the tournament with everything seemingly in place to finally win a trophy that has eluded them for the competition's entire 44-year history. England are hoping Barbados-born fast bowler Jofra Archer, who only qualified in March, will be the X-factor in a varied attack that also includes the experience of seamer Chris Woakes and ...
Khawaja injured in World Cup warm-up
Australia's Steve Smith was back in the groove on Wednesday with 76 on his return to cricket in England, but team-mate Usman Khawaja suffered an injury scare during the unofficial World Cup warm-up match against the West Indies. Both top-order batsmen took part in three warm-up matches at home to a New Zealand XI, but Wednesday's hastily arranged match ...
Afghan spin the key for new captain at World Cup
KABUL (AFP) ? Afghanistan?s World Cup preparations were thrown off kilter when they controversially decided to replace successful captain Asghar Afghan with the little-known Gulbadin Naib two months before the tournament. Under Asghar, Afghanistan had made serious progress, beating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at last year?s Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates and even tying a game with ...
Embattled Sri Lanka hope for World Cup miracle
COLOMBO (AFP) ? Sri Lanka go into the World Cup with low expectations after losing eight of their last nine one-day matches and led by a captain who has not played 50-over cricket for more than four years. Karunaratne, who is regarded as one of the best batsman in the five-day format, had not been part of Sri Lanka?s ...
T20 kings West Indies seek to make fresh World Cup mark
With the increasing similarity in the way teams approach the two formats of the white-ball game, there seems no reason why the West Indies cannot again be a force in 50-over cricket as well. It is all a far cry from the West Indies? glory days, when a powerful squad under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd won the first ...
England desperate to justify World Cup favourites tag
LONDON (AFP) ? World Cup hosts England will kick-start the tournament with everything seemingly in place to finally win a trophy that has eluded them for the competition?s entire 44-year history. England are hoping Barbados-born fast bowler Jofra Archer, who only qualified in March, will be the X-factor in a varied attack that also includes the experience of seamer ...
Smith makes fifty, Khawaja injured in World Cup warm-up
LONDON (AFP) - Australia?s Steve Smith was back in the groove on Wednesday with 76 on his return to cricket in England, but team-mate Usman Khawaja suffered an injury scare during the unofficial World Cup warm-up match against the West Indies. Both top-order batsmen took part in three warm-up matches at home to a New Zealand XI, but Wednesday?s ...
Resurgent Wahab determined to redeem himself at the World Cup
LAHORE (Web Desk) - After earning a surprising call-up to Pakistan?s squad for the ICC Men?s Cricket World Cup 2019, fast bowler Wahab Riaz wants to make his opportunity count. The left-armer even had his work ethic questioned by the head coach Mickey Arthur, who had criticised Wahab for having lost his match-winning abilities. But after rediscovering his form ...
Shakib goes into World Cup as No.1 all-rounder
LONDON (Web Desk) - Senior Bangladesh international Shakib Al Hasan has ascended to the top of the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Rankings for all-rounders, ahead of the ICC Men?s Cricket World Cup 2019. "From Afghanistan to England, or from India to West Indies, every team is blessed with top-class all-rounders,? West Indies? former World Cup-winning captain Clive Lloyd had ...
Shai Hope breaks into top five batting rankings
LONDON (Web Desk) - Shai Hope, the West Indies batsman, jumped five places to enter the top five of the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Rankings for batting after his splendid performances in the recent tri-nation series in Ireland. Other significant gainers in the top 50 include Pakistan?s Imam-ul-Haq at No.14 (up eight places) and Sarfaraz Ahmed at No.47 (up ...
Bangladesh skipper urges caution on World Cup hopes
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has poured cold water on fan hopes for this month?s World Cup, warning that the seventh-ranked team was facing an uphill battle in the group stage. But Mashrafe?s side start the Cup race with a bracing fixture against South Africa, New Zealand and top-ranked hosts England in their first three matches. Mashrafe ...
Big Show hopes for bowling show at World Cup
At England?s compact cricket grounds, that will mean avoiding getting ?hit for six most of the time,? Maxwell said at training in Southampton. ?If I?m limiting the boundary balls and giving myself the best chance to squeeze a few dot balls, bowl a couple of tight overs, it might create a bit of pressure at the other end.? Maxwell bowled ...
