Dean Jones said that given their weak bowling and fielding even the high quality batsmen cannot save India's ICC Cricket World Cup campaign. "The three main common denominators consistent with all ICC Cricket World Cup champion teams are: Your top four batsmen must be of a high...

In a thrilling finish in Nagpur\'s Jamtha Stadium, South Africa beat India by three wickets with 2 balls remaining. Robin Peterson (18 off 7 balls) and Faf du Plessis (25 off 23 balls) put on a decisive 21-run eighth-wicket stand to get past India\'s score of 296. Amla (61),...

Lankan umpire Asoka de Silva, who gave batsman Gary Wilson out LBW in Ireland's loss to West Indies, has been dropped from officiating in some key ICC CWC matches. Asoka's onfield decisions has come under scanner during the ICC Cricket World Cup with the most criticised being the...

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...

Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Canadian batsman Hiral Patel reminded him of Indian swashbuckler Virender Sehwag. Patel's blazing 45-ball 54-run innings had the Australians on the backfoot before the defending champions regrouped to skittle out the Canadians for 211 and chase the...

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...

With the country set to return to Test fold after a six-year hiatus, Zimbabwe is preparing to brace the five-day format they were once part of. Zimbabwe, who played their last Test against India in September 2005, will return to Test cricket when they take on Bangladesh, tentatively in August,...

A sparkling knock of 113 by Yuvraj Singh helped India beat the West Indies by 80 runs in the final Group B match in the ICC Cricket World Cup. The victory put India second in their group and secured a quarter-final against Australia in Ahmedabad, while the Windies are left to face Group B...

The Indian Premier League organisers were forced to tweak the event's schedule this year because of the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The league organisers, in a statement, said they have made some changes in the 2011 IPL original schedule taking into account the assembly elections...

India beat West Indies by 80 runs. India won the toss and courtesy a superb century from Yuvraj Singh and a half-century from Virat Kohli saw India put up 268 on board. West Indies batsmen started well but break through from Zaheer Khan saw India register an easy win.