David Warner’s career-best 178, Steve Smith’s 95 and Glenn Maxwell’s 88-run blitz powered Australia to a record World Cup total of 417 for six wickets in a Pool A. Afghanistan was at the receiving end of a stellar Australian performance at the WACA ground on Wednesday (March 4) before a sizeable gathering. Thankful for Mohammad …
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Australia captain Michael Clarke says it is possible a batsman will crack the 300-run barrier in one-day international cricket. David Warner, the left-handed opener belted 178 from 133 balls in the Australian innings of 417 for six, falling when the chance to become the fifth batsman to score an ODI double century beckoned. There were …
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Top Wicket Takers Tim Southee (NZ) 13 Trent Boult (NZ) 10 Imran Tahir (SA) 9 Morne Morkel (SA)9 Josh Davey (Sld) 9 Jerome Taylor (WI) 9 Daniel Vettori (NZ) 8 Ravichandran Ashwin (IN) 8 Mitchell Starc (Aus) 8 Sohail Khan (Pak) 8
KC Sangakkara (SL) 268 HS 117* CH Gayle (WI) 258 HS 215 HM Amla 257 HS 159 HDRL Thirimanne (SL 256 HS 139* F du Plessis (SA) 250 HS 109 AB de Villiers (SA) 241 HS 162* Shaiman Anwar (UAE) 231 HS 106 TM Dilshan (SL) 229 HS 161* DA Miller (SA) 226 HS 138* …
Hashim Amla’s 20th one-day international century set South Africa on course for its second 400-plus total in an as many World Cup matches and a 201-run win over Ireland. Kyle Abbott was the pick of the bowlers with a 4-wicket haul while Morne Morkel picked up 3 and Dale Steyn chipped in with 2 wickets. …
New Zealand has prevailed in one of the greatest ever World Cup matches, holding off the late surge of Australia’s bowlers to win by one wicket at Eden Park. New Zealand today became the first team to enter the Cricket World Cup quarterfinals, clinching a nerve-wrecking one-wicket triumph over four-time champions Australia after dismissing them …
Tillakaratne Dilshan’s 161 not out and Kumar Sangakkara’s unbeaten 105 ensured that Sri Lanka’s total of 332 went unchallenged as Bangladesh lost by 92 runs in the 18th match of Pool A in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Melbourne. Bangladesh were shoddy in the field, and never got going with the bat either, …
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Top-order batsman Samiullah Shenwari struck a gritty 96 to pave the way for Afghanistan’s historic one-wicket win against Scotland in a nail-bitting Pool A match of the cricket World Cup, here today. After Shenwari fell, Afghanistan were still 19 runs short, but a last-wicket stand between Hamid Hassan and Shapoor Zadran got Afghanistan over the …
After Shikhar Dhawan’s seventh ODI hundred helped India to a historic win over a strong South Africa, the left-handed batsman said the defending champions were nicely set up for the rest of the tournament. India have now won both their matches, having previously crushed Pakistan last Sunday. Dhawan, who bagged the man-of-the-match award for his …
