The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule for the ICC World Cup 2015. The 14 teams participating in the World Cup have been divided into two groups — Pool A and Pool B. Pool A consists of England, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Scotland. Whereas, ...
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To mark the return of the ICC Cricket World Cup to Australia and New Zealand for the first time in 23 years, opening events will take place in Melbourne and Christchurch on 12 February, 2015 – and here is how you can join the fun. To mark the return of ...
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Tom Latham, New Zealand’s opening batsman, said consistent lines from the West Indies’ bowlers, led by Jerome Taylor, made batting difficult for the visitors on the opening day of the second Test in Port-of-Spain. Latham scored his third successive half-century and added 104 runs for the second wicket with Kane ...
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KARACHI: The World Cup hockey tournament starts in the Hague on Saturday. The ADO Den Haag football stadium, equipped with artificial turf and big screen monitors for the occasion, will host the matches. Some 15,000 people are expected to attend the tournament daily and tickets of most of the matches ...
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Chris Gayle has said he will seek treatment in Germany for an injured back to ensure he is fit for the home Tests against New Zealand. Gayle is eyeing a return to fitness for the first Test in Kingston, which begins on June 8. If he plays, it will be ...
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Darren Sammy has announced his retirement from Test cricket after losing the captaincy. His decision on Friday evening came just hours after the WICB announced that wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin was replacing Sammy as captain of the Test side for the upcoming three-Test series against New Zealand beginning on June 8 ...
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KARACHI: The story of Afghanistan’s rise in cricket has been nothing short of a fairytale, but the real work will begin only after their debut in next year’s World Cup, according to Rashid Latif, the former Pakistan captain who is a coach with the Afghan team. Latif had been charged ...
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand said Monday it will make match-fixing a specific crime for the first time to ensure sport remains corruption-free as the country prepares to co-host next year´s Cricket World Cup. Sports Minister Murray McCully said that in recent years some sporting codes had been targeted by international criminal ...
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