"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...

Ricky Ponting conceded Michael Hussey might be flown in to replace an injured Doug Bollinger. Left-arm pace bowler Bollinger had to return home to Australia after sustaining an injury but Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel are yet to announce a replacement. Ponting hinted...

George Bush and Osama bin Laden having dinner with Elvis Presley is a greater possibility than Aussie cricketers being involved in spot-fixing, says Stuart Clark. "I do not believe for one minute that any Australian player is involved in spot-fixing - there is more chance of George Bush...

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...

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...

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...

Bangladesh beat Netherlands by six wickets in a 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Group B match, in Chittagong, on Monday. Electing to bat first, the Dutch could manage only 160, succumbing to the spin of Abdur Razzak(3/29). Ryan ten Doeschate played a lone hand of 53*. Bangladesh Opener Imrul Kayes...

England clinched yet another cliff hanger by the skin of their teeth to keep their ICC Cricket World Cup hopes alive. By Shashank Kishore in Chennai Probably the noise levels in Dhaka would be at its lowest ever, given England's last minute push to clinch victory from the jaws of defeat...