ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Tiger’s pacer problem

Where India are playing three pacers on the batting pitch at Fatullah, Md Shahid is the lone warrior meant to give Tigers breakthroughs with the new and old ball.

World Cup parodies

The Cricket World Cup of 2015 generated tremendous public interest as it created more spoofs than any previous World Cup. The

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / Vettori announces his retirement

Daniel Vettori has confirmed his retirement from international cricket, declaring that the World Cup final against Australia was his last game for New Zealand.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / Blazing Brendon, Sensational Starc

The 2015 World Cup saw a paradigm shift in ODI scoring patterns, a few records broken, and a spirited display from the Associates

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / STEPHEN FLEMING: Five overs that cost New Zealand the chance of glory

Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming reflects on the five overs that cost New Zealand the chance of glory in the ICC Cricket World Cup final

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / The Six Moments that sealed the World Cup for Australia

It was the battle of trans-Tasman neighbours, the show down between a four-time tournament winner and a team playing in its maiden final

Riyad, Mushi in WC 2015 records

Bangladesh’s top order batsmen Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim have entered in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 records with their individual performances

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / Huge bounty promised for Aussie cricketers

It will be bonuses all around should the Australian cricket team beat the Kiwis at the MCG on Sunday night with each squad member in line to pocket almost $340,000

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / McCullum creates 'Duck' record

Brendon McCullum becomes the first captain to be dismissed for a duck in the world cup finals' history, an awkward distinction for the Kiwi skipper.

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

Sri Lanka in search of convincing performance

Bangladesh are a point above Sri Lanka and although the World Cup is still at a very early stage, it is hard to imagine both sides envisioning themselves in their respective positions after their first two matches.

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

Who will be the hero?

Who will be the hero of the day when Afghanistan take on Scotland and Bangladesh face Sri Lanka in the next round of matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

No graft charges against Al-Amin: BCB

BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said that the ACSU did not bring any corruption charges against Al-Amin Hossain, although the agency gave information about the player's whereabouts.

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

Fortunes of well-matched teams to diverge

There is a remarkable similarity in the route Afghanistan and Scotland have taken in this tournament so far. They registered big wins against each other in the two games they played in the UAE this January.

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

Ireland beat UAE by 2 wickets

In the most intense match of the World Cup played as of yet, Ireland pulled a two-wicket win over a fighting UAE side in the 16th match of the World Cup 2015 at Brisbane

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

Happy to be upset

There are two ways of looking at an upset. You can take a mischievous joy in it: revelling in the way the traditional order is set on its head and mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Or you can find it profoundly distressing: as if the safe world you live in had lost its senses.

February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015

Trivia of Ireland and UAE

Trivia of the match between Ireland and UAE in CWC15

February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015

Associates' fight, who to succeed?

While others - the likes of Morgan and Joyce and Rankin - have flirted with England, William Porterfield has remained an almost ever-present figure in Ireland's rise in international cricket. His country's top run-scorer in both ODI and T20I cricket, he could yet become Ireland's first Test captain.

February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015

Porterfield attacks ICC mentality

Ireland's captain William Porterfield has not yet signed the petition for the retention of a 14-team World Cup, but based on his rhetoric at the Gabba on Tuesday, that can only be a matter of time.

February 24, 2015
February 24, 2015

Ireland, UAE seek to keep shop window open

Ireland and the UAE represent two sides of the Associate coin. The Irish have emerged as the tightest unit outside the Full Members, many of their players fully professional via the English system, and their record at ICC events conspicuous for its gallantry. The UAE are a little more problematic, having never won a World Cup match in two appearances 19 years apart, their ranks occupied by journeymen amateurs of largely subcontinental origin.