"Pakistan shouldn't play QFs in India" Shahid Afridi is right in saying that the team should top the group to avoid playing its quarter-final match in India, feels Wasim Akram. "I agree with what Afridi and coach Waqar Younis have said that they would not like to play their quarter-final in...

Captain Shakib al Hasan refused to criticise fans for booing after Bangladesh were dismissed for 58, finally losing to West Indies. Bangladesh, who won three out of their last five one-day international matches against West Indies, were bundled out inside 19 overs for the lowest total ever made...

Canada posted their first win of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, beating Kenya by five wickets in their Group A clash at Delhi. The North American side had done well with the ball to bowl Kenya out for 198, with Henry Osinde taking four for 26 in his 10 overs backed by two wickets apiece from...

Australia batsman Mike Hussey is certain his hamstring injury has fully healed and is desperate to repay the faith shown in him after his call-up to the ICC Cricket World Cup squad. Hussey was announced as Australia's replacement for injured paceman Doug Bollinger on Sunday night, and will...

Stuart Broad is to fly home from the ICC Cricket World Cup on Wednesday because of a side injury, the ECB have confirmed. The England seamer on Tuesday afternoon received the news he was dreading, having undergone two scans after suffering soreness in his upper side during Sunday's Group B...

Sachin Tendulkar's dream wicket in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup is Irish teenager George Dockrell's biggest scalp in his short career. Dockrell got Tendulkar lbw for 38 in India's five-wicket win over the minnows in a Group B match in Bangalore on Sunday. Later in the game,...

Dead and buried at one stage, a spirited Bangladesh fought back to record a thrilling two-wicket win against England in the ICC CWC. England suffered a shock two-wicket defeat against Bangladesh and will almost certainly need to beat the West Indies in their final Group B match to avoid another...

New Zealand have drafted in Daryl Tuffey to provide bowling cover for the remainder of their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign. Tuffey, 32, has been brought in because Kyle Mills is struggling with a quad strain. National selector Mark Greatbatch said: "The medical team are working hard to...

Ajmal Shahzad has been ruled out of the rest of England's World Cup campaign because of a recurrence of a hamstring injury. Shahzad had a scan on his left leg on Wednesday night, the eve of England's must-win Group B match against West Indies, and the results mean he will return home...

Ricky Ponting lost his temper on the pitch as Australia were again made to work hard in the field against lowly opposition at the cricket World Cup. The Australia captain's irritation at his team's inability to dismiss Canada turned to outright anger in the 42nd over when teammate...