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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...

4 July 2019 5:54 PM IST

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.

4 July 2019 5:49 PM IST

The consolation for Kane Williamsons 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...

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

4 July 2019 5:46 PM IST

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...

4 July 2019 5:43 PM IST

Charu Lata Patel also stated that she was there in the stadium when India lifted their first World Cup, back in 1983, under the leadership of former cricket Kapil Dev. (Photo:ANI)

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

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

4 July 2019 5:41 PM IST

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...

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

4 July 2019 5:31 PM IST

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...

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

4 July 2019 5:28 PM IST

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...

4 July 2019 5:26 PM IST

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':...

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

4 July 2019 5:20 PM IST

The majority of Munros 113 runs also came in the 10-wicket victory over Dimuth Karunaratnes side when he scored 58 not out in Cardiff as he and Guptill chased down the 137 needed for victory in 16.1 overs. (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.

4 July 2019 5:10 PM IST

India vs Bangladesh (Photo: Cricket World Cup/ Twitter)

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju lauds India on reaching ICC CWC'19...

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

4 July 2019 4:48 PM IST

'There is huge gap between Virat Kohli and rest of world': Brian Lara

Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar remains Lara's all-time favourite but in today's era, he said it is Kohli, who is...

4 July 2019 4:12 PM IST