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Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 94 runs on Friday in their final group match of World Cup 2019 at Lord’s. Pakistan needed to score in excess of 350-400 and beat Bangladesh by more than 300 runs to have any chance at qualifying for the semis with a better run-rate than New Zealand. But Pakistan managed to […]
Saturday would be the last day of the league stage, and the final two matches would decide the top two spots and the semifinals lineup. Australia meet South Africa in the 45th match. Proteas have been already knocked out of the tournament. There is a minor injury concern over Glenn Maxwell, however the coach Justin […]
Saturday would be the last day of the league stage, and the final two matches would decide the top two spots and the semifinals lineup. India first face Sri Lanka in the 44th match, remember Sri Lanka has been knocked out of the World Cup. Indian team management might want to rest Jasprit Bumrah and […]
Afghanistan’s Ikram Ali Khil broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the highest score by an 18-year-old when he scored 86 off 92 balls against West Indies at the ICC Cricket World Cup in Leeds. Sachin scored 84 runs against New Zealand in the 1992 World Cup. The 18 year old wicket keeper batsman scored the highest […]
West Indies defeated Afghanistan by 23 runs at Headingley, Leeds on Thursday. West Indies had set a 312 target for Afghanistan, but Afghanistan were all out for 288 to suffer their 8th defeat of the World Cup 2019. During the chase Afghanistan lost their skipper Gulbadin Naib in the second over. However, Rahmat Shah and […]
Two Asian teams play in the 43rd match of the ongoing Cricket World Cup. Most probably this would the final appearance for both the teams at the World Cup, even though Pakistan have a chance mathematically chance to enter the top four. Pakistan need to defeat Bangladesh by 300 runs in order to make it […]
England reached the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup 2019, after defeating New Zealand in Chester-le-Street by 119 runs. This is the first time that England have qualified for the semi-finals since 1992. England who went into the game with the danger of getting knocked out of the World Cup before reaching the top four […]
The teams that have been knocked out of the World Cup 2019, Afghanistan and West Indies take on each other on Thursday in their final appearance of the tournament. Both teams will definitely play for pride and hope to finish on a high. Matches against Afghanistan have been very close, they may have missed couple […]
India thrash Bangladesh by 28 runs at Edgbaston on Tuesday to enter the semi-finals of the 2019 Cricket World Cup. This is the 3rd successive semi-finals entry for India. They earlier won the tournament in 2011, lost to Australia in the semi-finals in 2015 and now they got a shot for their 3rd World Cup. […]
England and New Zealand play the 41st match of the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019 at Riverside Ground on Wednesday. The fate of this match would eventually put into perspective the four semi-finalists for the World Cup. New Zealand who are 3rd on the points table with 11 points, and are yet not qualified in […]
An 87 year old Charulata Patel is winning the internet today. The elderly woman was spotted at the stands of the match between India and Bangladesh at Edgbaston in the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019. The camera men panned multiple times towards Charulata Patel who was seen enthusiastically blowing a trumpet, and cheering for the […]
Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 23 runs in a thriller at the Riverside Grounds on Monday. Nicholas Pooran’s 118 went in vain as Windies to chase down the target of 339 runs, but had they been successful it would have been the highest ever chase in World Cup history. Nicholas Pooran and Fabian Allen […]