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, ...
Read More »Zimbabwe recalls player who set fire to cricket HQ
HARARE: Zimbabwe has recalled batsman Mark Vermeulen to its cricket squad six years after he was cleared of arson on psychiatric grounds after setting fire to the national union’s headquarters and an academy building. Vermeulen was cleared in a court in 2008 despite admitting setting fire two years earlier to ...
Read More »Captaincy only if I am fit: Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul hopes a month-long summer training camp will help him regain full fitness before the series against Sri Lanka starts in July. Gul underwent knee surgery in Australia last year and skipped the Champions Trophy and Test series against Zimbabwe, South Africa and Sri Lanka. ...
Read More »Wasim Akram Pakistani cricketers put through boot camp
KARACHI: Former Pakistan great Wasim Akram on Thursday said players heading for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand should sweat it out at a boot camp to boost their chances of victory. Pakistan are in Group B of the World Cup alongside arch-rivals India, South Africa, the ...
Read More »ZIMBABWE CAN’T AFFORD LAST-GASP AFFAIRS progressing to Super 10 stage of World T20
Nothing less than a convincing win over UAE will keep alive any chance of it progressing to Super 10 stage of World T20 Moments after he hit a six off the last ball to give Zimbabwe to a crucial five-wicket win over the Netherlands on Wednesday (March 19), Vusi Sibanda ...
Read More »Netherlands v Zimbabwe, World T20, Group B, Sylhet
All or nothing for plucky Zimbabwe Match facts March 19, 2014, Sylhet Start time 1530 (0930GMT) Big Picture A player unhappy over non-selection, a public war of words, an investigation, a team’s management scrambling to save face, a clearance, and a group of men responding on the field with a ...
Read More »Sylhet Rising Associate v struggling Full Member Ireland v Zimbabwe, World T20, Group B,
Match Facts March 17, 2014 Start time 1530 local (0930 GMT) Big Picture One is a Full Member and one an Associate. That itself tells the story, and also does not. Zimbabwe are probably the poorest advertisement for a Full Member with their chronic struggles – financial, administrative, cricketing. But ...
Read More »Sneak-peek into the 16 teams overviews ICC World Twenty20 2014
The Express Tribune gives its readers an overview of the 16 teams taking part in the ICC World Twenty20 2014, taking place in Bangladesh from Sunday. Pakistan, India, New Zealand, West Indies, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Australia are the top eight teams that have already qualified for the ...
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