2019 Icc Cricket World Cup

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Aghanistan too have made two changes, leaving out Hamid Hassan and Hashmatullah Shahidi to give a game to Dawlat Zadran and Sayed Shirzad. (Photo: cricketworldcup/twitter)

ICC CWC'19: West Indies win toss, elect to bat first

West Indies have brought in Evin Lewis and Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach in place of Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel.

04 Jul 2019 5:59 PM

Left-hander Tom Latham, 27, made his first half-century of the tournament before he was dismissed by Liam Punkett on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: Tom Latham aims to surpass Dad Rod Latham

Despite losing by 119 runs to England, New Zealand have one foot in the last four.

04 Jul 2019 5:57 PM

Barbados born speedster Jofra Archer helped his team to win the match against New Zealand by 119 runs. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC’19: Jofra Archer becomes leading wicket-taker for England

Earlier, England’s all-rounder Ian Botham became the highest wicket-taker for England after he scalped 16 wickets during the 1992 World Cup.

04 Jul 2019 5:54 PM

Stewards and security were extremely slow to react as the spectator halted play by jogging toward the middle of the field and dancing about in front of New Zealand batters Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: Streaker halts New Zealand vs England World cup game

The streaker escaped the clutches of not one, not two, not three but four flailing members of security.

04 Jul 2019 5:49 PM

The consolation for Kane Williamson's men is they are all but certain of a place in the semi-finals given their huge net run-rate advantage over Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: 'If we get lucky to be in semis we have tiny break to change luck': Kane

The Black Caps suffered their third straight defeat of the tournament in a thumping 119-run loss to England.

04 Jul 2019 5:46 PM

Victory meant they are guaranteed to finish third in the 10-team round robin and so take part in the second semi-final at Edgbaston on July 11. England beat India, their potential last four opponents, by 31 runs at the Birmingham ground on Sunday and they have won their last 10 matches in all formats at Edgbaston. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: Eoin Morgan happy to play World Cup semis at Edgbaston

Morgan's men secured a semi-final spot -- England's first at the World Cup since 1992 -- with their impressive 119-run thrashing of Kiwis.

04 Jul 2019 5:43 PM

Patel revealed that she has been watching the game for decades. (Photo:ANI)

ICC CWC'19: Amul India pays tribute to 87-year old super-fan Charulata Patel

In the ad, Patel's caricature is grouped with children, with all of them rooting for India. The caption reads 'Grandmother Day'.

04 Jul 2019 5:41 PM

England fast bowler Mark Wood hopes his World Cup luck holds after his fortunate run out of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson helped take the hosts into the semi-finals. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Mark Wood hopes his luck holds after Kane Williamson run out

England thrashed the Black Caps by 119 runs at Durham quick Wood's home ground of Chester-le-Street after posting 305-8 batting first.

04 Jul 2019 5:31 PM

Joe Root is now the fifth highest run-getter of the premier tournament. The list is topped by India batsman Rohit Sharma, who has 544 runs under his belt. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC’19: Joe Root first England cricketer to score 500 runs in World Cup

Root needed 24 runs to touch the milestone when he came out to bat against the Kiwis. Root scored 24 runs and achieved the feat.

04 Jul 2019 5:28 PM

Ben Stokes scored 11 runs off 27 balls before he was dismissed by Mitchell Santner. However, prior to this, the all-rounder has delivered an astounding performance for the team. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: Brad Hogg blames Eoin Morgan for Ben Stokes' failure

Stokes scored 79 runs against India while racked up 89 runs against Australia and played an unbeaten knock of 82 runs against Sri Lanka.

04 Jul 2019 5:26 PM

A common factor in both the victories was the flying start England got from openers Jonny Bairstow, who smashed his second successive century on Wednesday, and Jason Roy who made a roaring return from a hamstring injury in the match against India. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: 'England showed glimpses of their best in last two games': Eoin Morgan

Back-to-back defeats by Sri Lanka and Australia had jeopardised England’s semi-final prospects but Morgan’s men bounced back in style.

04 Jul 2019 5:20 PM

New Zealand’s openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill have proven to be explosive but only on occasions where the conditions have suited them. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: The problem with New Zealand's openers

New Zealand’s openers have scored only 299 runs between them in 16 innings.

04 Jul 2019 5:10 PM

India beat Bangladesh on July 2 to book its semi-finals spot. (Photo: Cricket World Cup/Twitter)

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju lauds India on reaching ICC CWC'19 semi-finals

The Sports Minister also said that he is hopeful that the team bring home the World Cup trophy.

04 Jul 2019 4:48 PM

The seam-bowling all-rounder has effortlessly dispelled any shred of doubt with a string of stellar performances with the ball. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: Is Hardik Pandya the fifth bowler India was looking for?

Pandya bowled his full 10 overs against Australia, Afghanistan, England and Bangladesh.

04 Jul 2019 4:08 PM

Tendulkar is currently associated with the official broadcasters of the ICC World Cup 2019 as an expert analyst. (Photo: AFP)

Shashi Tharoor praises Sachin Tendulkar's cricket knowledge

More than a month ago, Tendulkar in an interview had predicted the teams who he thought would qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup.

04 Jul 2019 4:04 PM

Out of the 40 matches that have been played, only in 22 matches did a team cross the 300 runs mark. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC’19: Teams to follow ‘bat first and score big’ mantra

Large chasing targets combined with both pacers and spinners being in good form has resulted in chasing batsmen crumbling under pressure.

04 Jul 2019 3:32 PM

India next play Sri Lanka in their last league match at Leeds on July 6. (Photo: File)

ICC CWC'19: 'Need to adapt to conditions to perform consistently', says KL Rahul

Rahul scored a 92-ball 77 against Bangladesh, his second half-century of the tournament.

04 Jul 2019 3:08 PM

India are currently placed at the second position in the tournament standings with 13 points from eight matches. (Photo: Amul.coop/Twitter)

Amul celebrates Rohit Sharma's feat of hitting four tons in World Cup

The 32-year-old is the leading run-getter in the tournament with 544 runs under his name.

04 Jul 2019 2:48 PM

India is known to be a cricket fanatic country and the people have always been known to support the team in their unique way. (Photo: ANI)

Madurai fans root for India's World Cup victory in a unique way

India have progressed to the semi-finals of the tournament and the fans in Madhurai offered prayer in the Inmaiyil Nanmai Tharuvar temple.

04 Jul 2019 1:41 PM

West Indies have won the first two World Cup (1975, 1979) and Afghanistan have failed to lift the World cup trophy even once. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Key players to watch in Afghanistan-West Indies clash

Afghanistan have not won a single game in the tournament and rank at the last spot of the team standings.

04 Jul 2019 1:14 PM

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