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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Bangladesh’s first WC quarterfinal in history Mashrafe Mortaza’s second wicket fanned strong belief among Bangladesh fans of a dejavu of 2011 win over England at World Cup 2015 at Adelaide today. Bringing himself back in the batting powerplay overs, Mashrafe dismissed Joe Root. Starting off on the backfoot in defence ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Australia ward off Sri Lanka scare Warding off a brave Sri Lankan fight, Australia emerged on top after a fiery game of high scoring cricket at Sydney in the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 today. Sri Lankan fans would feel they were in for a chance to chase down mammoth ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ireland deny Zimbabwe win So close but yet so far, Zimbabwe lost to Ireland by 5 runs at Hobert in the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 match today with a win just beyond the reach of their grasp. At the end of today’s result, Zimbabwe splashed cold water on their ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 India pay for win over West Indies West Indies bowlers were pouring out their heart to the defence of a low 182, and it was paying off too as they brought India down on their knees in the World Cup match at Perth. It looked like the Caribbeans came out ... Read more

Bangladesh thumped authority over Scotland at Nelson today chasing down one of the highest World Cup scores ever and winning the match by six wickets. However, Bangladesh remained number four in the Pool A chart second to Australia for run rate calculations. However, chances of Tigers in the quarterfinals emerged

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Australia haul 275-run victory Australia hauled a massive -run victory against Afghanistan today at the Waca, Perth in the 26th match of the ICC World Cup 2015 today. David Warner was awarded Player of the Match award for his fantastic knock of 178 runs. Australia laid a concrete foundation on ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Pakistan thrash UAE Pakistan put in a collective effort and thrashed associate members UAE by 129 runs at the World Cup today and crept up to the fourth position in the Pool B point charter. For UAE, it seemed the motto was to play 100 overs of cricket without much ... Read more

Tigers take on Scotland tomorrow Cricket fans across the country will have to make some serious adjustments to their Thursday morning’s wake-up call if they are unwilling to miss the Tigers in action against Scotland. With the match beginning as early as 4 am (Bangladesh time) at the Saxton Oval in Nelson, a crucial phase ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 South Africa crush Ireland South Africa knocked the air out of Ireland at the Manuka Oval in Canberra today outclassing them by a staggering margin of 201 runs at the World Cup 2015. After posting a total of 411 on the tons from Hashim Amla and Faf du Plesis, one ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Pakistan keep WC hopes alive Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 20 runs at the Brisbane today and kept their hopes alive for progressing on to the quarterfinals of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015. Pakistan’s shabby performance through the World Cup finally came to an end today with Mohammad Irfan and ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 SL haul easy 9-wicket victory Sri Lanka today hauled an easy nine-wicket victory against England in the 22nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. While answering to England’s 309 runs, the Lankan top-orders — Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara — plied their innings to ... Read more

A straight walk from Jolimont rail station towards the Melbourne Cricket Ground will take one before the tall statue of Shane Warne. On the sideways he will find the statues of Australian football players Norm Smith, John Coleman and Jim Stynes and cricketer Neil Harvey. These are all new addition over the last five years ... Read more

Bangladesh will take one point if it is there for taking but will be happier to compete and fight for a win, said skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza ahead of their today’s match against Australia in Brisbane. Persistent rain in the wake of cyclonic storm Marcia threatened to spoil the game at Gabba, raising the prospect for ... Read more

Michael Clarke’s much-anticipated first press conference as Australian captain after injury lay off on Friday had little place for cricket as he had to talk more about weather, injuries and the debate over his rehabilitation. On a day a when Australia was hit by two cyclonic storms simultaneously, Clarke was also in no mood to give ... Read more

Incessant rain, caused by tropical storm Marcia, welcomed the Bangladesh cricket team in Brisbane on Thursday as they are preparing to face hosts Australia in their second World Cup match. The category-five storm, accompanied by fierce wind, is expected to hit the Queensland coast this morning, making Saturday’s crucial match at the Gabba uncertain. The storm gust ... Read more

Australia were left scratching the heads after tropical storm Marcia threatened to spoil their crucial World Cup match against Bangladesh, scheduled in Brisbane on Saturday. This was the match the Aussies were hoping to win easily to clear the way for quarter-finals but Marcia raised a fear that they might have to be contended with ... Read more

Mashrafee bin Murtaza led Bangladesh from the front to 105-run victory over Afghanistan as Bangladesh got off to a winning start in the World Cup 2015 in Canberra on Wednesday. Mashrafee finished with 3-20 helping Tigers dismiss the Afghans for 162 runs in 42.5 overs after half-centuries from Mushfiqur Rahim and Sakib al Hasan guided Bangladesh

Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on Tuesday vowed to win their World Cup opener against Afghanistan. “We will play to win,” said the Tigers skipper at a press conference in Canberra. Asked about opener Tamim Iqbal, the fast bowler said, “Tamim is doing well. He is confident. We hope he will be able to play ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 NZ made to pay for win over Scotland Scotland bowlers gave New Zealand a run for their money in the chase down of 142 runs in the 6th match of the World Cup 2015 under Pool A at University Oval in Dunedin. The Kiwis who thought of finishing off the ... Read more

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ireland pull 4-wicket win over WI Ireland today pulled a big upset over West Indies chasing down a total of 304 runs in the fifth match of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 at Saxton Oval, Nelson. The Irish batsmen were in business from the start and gave Caribbean bowlers ... Read more