England put finishing touches before cricket World Cup final showdown
England’s cricketers are ready to put the finishing touches to their World Cup final preparations at Lord’s, with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at hand and the...
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We saved our best until last, say Australia
By Nick Mulvenney Australia’s players said they had saved their best performance until the end of the tournament after beating New Zealand by seven wickets...
Form meets pedigree in Australasian World Cup final
By Nick Mulvenney There’s been no place like home for Australia and New Zealand on their respective paths to the Cricket World Cup final but...
Smith shines as Australia down India to reach World Cup final
By Nick Mulvenney Steve Smith’s sublime century laid the groundwork and Australia’s pace bowlers finished the job to send the co-hosts storming into a seventh...
New Zealand reach World Cup final after dramatic win
By John Mehaffey New Zealand’s Grant Elliott struck the premier South Africa strike bowler Dale Steyn for six on Tuesday to give the World Cup...
India beat Bangladesh to reach World Cup semis
By Julian Linden INDIA, growing in confidence with every match, thrashed Bangladesh by 109 runs on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The...
Last four nowhere near enough for rampant South Africa
By Nick Mulvenney SOUTH Africa made quite a statement in their quarter-final rout of Sri Lanka on Wednesday but AB de Villiers warned their rivals...
Feeble England crash out of World Cup after defeat by Bangladesh
By Amlan Chakraborty England were knocked out of the World Cup by a spirited Bangladesh who grabbed a quarter-final spot following their narrow 15-run victory...
Under-prepared Clarke basks in record glory
By David Gray Glenn Maxwell’s promotion against Afghanistan denied Michael Clarke some much-needed batting time but the Australia captain insisted he took the right decision...
Record-breaker Gayle answers critics in Canberra carnage
By Nick Mulvenney WHEN the president of your own cricket board is re-tweeting messages suggesting you should retire, you know you need to make something...
England finally smiling at Cricket World Cup
By John Mehaffey England captain Eoin Morgan finally found something to celebrate on Monday after a harrowing week for his team and himself. Morgan had...
New Zealand in the groove and unchanged for England clash
By Nick Mulvenney New Zealand are in something of a groove after playing a lot of one-day cricket in recent months and will face England...
Shock as Ireland upset West Indies
By Greg Stutchbury Paul Stirling and Ed Joyce came agonisingly close to centuries but still helped Ireland cause the first upset of the 2015 cricket...
Cricket World Cup has the makings of a blockbuster
By Julian Linden FOR the first time in almost a quarter of a century, the cricket World Cup is back Down Under. For the traditionalists...