12:31 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The ICC has encouraged fans who have not yet received their tickets for World Cup games over the weekend to print them out in advance, as issues with its systems led to the offer of full refunds for those delayed getting into Trent Bridge for West Indies’ win over Pakistan
1:04 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The Gabba has been locked in for the opening Test of the 2021-22 Ashes but there has been no similar guarantee made for next year’s visit by India who did not play at Australia’s stronghold on their tour last season. Australia’s Test team are unbeaten in Brisbane in 30 years
11:44 AM ET West Indies allrounder Andre Russell is confident he will be fit for the side’s second World Cup match against Australia on June 6, despite limping heavily after his match-turning spell in the thumping seven-wicket win over Pakistan. ALSO READ: INTERVIEW – ‘Sometimes the ball goes for six even if I’ve not timed
shares © AFP The PCB is hopeful that South Africa will tour Pakistan within the next 12 months. ESPNcricinfo understands that PCB managing director Wasim Khan recently extended an invitation to CSA. South Africa have not toured Pakistan since 2007 though captain Faf du Plessis led a World XI side to Lahore in September
1:00 PM ET If you required proof that this England team was different to those which have preceded it at recent World Cups, it came not just in the result at The Oval but in the performance in the field. Ben Stokes’ boundary catch – an effort that seemed to defy both gravity and logic
11:54 AM ET Andre Russell‘s spell broke Pakistan’s back, and that was the “turning point” of the match, according to Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. Pakistan sank to an embarrassing defeat in their World Cup 2019 opener, shot out for 105 in 21.4 overs, with West Indies chasing down the target in just 13.4 overs. “Pressure
3:00 AM ET West Indies 108 for 3 (Gayle 50, Amir 3-26) beat Pakistan 105 (Thomas 4-27, Holder 3-42) by seven wicketsLive Report: As it happenedWatch the highlights on Hotstar (India only) There’s a simple reason why this game was so short: because the West Indies bowlers were, too. In a spell of fast bowling
3:00 AM ET Big Picture New Zealand’s turbo-aggressive yet endearing cricket turned a rugby-mad nation into a cricket-loving country in 2015. Brendon McCullum, the (Super)man who was at the forefront of New Zealand’s surge then, will breathe easy in the commentary box this time. Sure, Kane Williamson hates it – but the focus will be
10:14 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Tamim Iqbal has given Bangladesh another injury concern ahead of Sunday’s opening World Cup fixture against South Africa at The Oval, after being struck a blow on the left wrist while batting in the nets. Tamim left the field immediately after the incident to be assessed by the Bangladesh Team
shares David Warner and Aaron Finch walk out to bat © Associated Press Big Picture Four years ago, Australia’s World Cup campaign was stuttering in the wake of a washout against Bangladesh and then a dramatic defeat by New Zealand at Eden Park. Duly chastened, they flew across the continent to face Afghanistan. With
1:21 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket South Africa’s transformation targets will not apply at the World Cup, and that’s just fine with Kagiso Rabada, who believes that transformation “should happen at the grassroots”. “At a professional level, players should be picked on merit,” Rabada told ESPNcricinfo in an exclusive interview recently. “For me, transformation is
4:50 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It’s been described as one of the greatest catches of all time. Here’s what viewers, commentators, team-mates and the man himself said about Ben Stokes’ incredible grab to dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo off the bowling of Adil Rashid. Ben Stokes: “I was actually in the wrong position. I made a relatively
Australia batsman Steve Smith scored a brilliant century to guide Australia to a thrilling victory against South Africa at the MCG.
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5:42 PM ET It wasn’t quite the chronicle of a defeat foretold but South Africa talked this game down so much in the run-up, it did feel, long before the actual end, inevitable. One of the messages that kept coming out through to game day was that the format of this tournament affords them an
2:27 PM ET Pakistan batsmen have scored nine centuries this year in 15 ODIs. That is the most by any team. Yet, stunningly, all those hundreds have come in defeats. And that might well be down to the pace at which those runs have come. The numbers suggest so. What might hurt Pakistan further is
7:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Taking part in an “unauthorised” T20 tournament in Abu Dhabi has landed Uttar Pradesh batsman Rinku Singh in trouble, with the BCCI suspending him for three months. The tournament in question was the Ramadan T20 Tournament, organised by Abu Dhabi Cricket earlier this month, in which Rinku led his team
3:00 AM ET England 311 for 8 (Stokes 89, Morgan 57, Roy 54, Root 51, Ngidi 3-66) beat South Africa 207 (de Kock 68, van der Dussen 50, Archer 3-27) by 104 runsAs it happened Ambles in like Bambi. Hunts wickets like a zombie. Jofra Archer is a #BambiZombie. And the opening match of the
shares Steven Smith, Justin Langer and David Warner during the Australia World Cup squad’s trip to Gallipoli © Cricket Australia Steven Smith and David Warner are humans too. They made a mistake – a pretty big mistake – and have paid a price for it – a pretty heavy price. Stop booing them. That’s
11:17 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sachin Tendulkar wants Rashid Khan, one of the players he is “really looking forward to watching” at the World Cup, to look for wickets at all times and bowl as he would in Test cricket. “I think he’s going to be instrumental in creating those upsets in this tournament,” Tendulkar,
6:43 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sussex have signed Alex Carey, the Australia wicketkeeper-batsman, for their Vitality Blast campaign. Carey will link up again with Jason Gillespie, his coach at Adelaide Strikers, for the tournament in England, which begins after the conclusion of the World Cup. Carey is Australia’s vice-captain and first-choice gloveman for the 50-over
shares Corrie van Zyl defended the austerity measures © Getty Images The South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) has launched legal proceedings against Cricket South Africa (CSA) over the board’s decision to restructure domestic cricket. On Tuesday – the day before South Africa’s World Cup opener against England at The Oval – SACA filed an
12:11 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Joe Denly has put his World Cup disappointment behind him to focus returning to England’s ranks for the Ashes. Denly, who was cut from England’s squad for the tournament starting tomorrow in favour of left-arm spinner Liam Dawson, has returned to the County Championship as acting Kent captain in place
2:41 AM ET Alex Malcolm Australia Test captain Tim Paine says he is not a man of faith but admits he has prayed more than once in recent times for a fully fit James Pattinson ahead of the Ashes series in England. While Australia’s ODI side is about to begin their World Cup defence in
National Teams Officer Leigh Mooney takes CATV for a tour through Cricket Australia’s kit room.
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9:32 AM ET Eoin Morgan believes the World Cup in England can inspire “every young kid in this country” to take up cricket. While Morgan, the England captain, accepted that the impact of the tournament will be greater if his team “go a long way” in it, he believes that simply hosting the event for
2:22 PM ET This is the first World Cup where people walking into the stadiums will have scorecards – in which you tick off runs scored – running up to 500. Teams have invested in batting depth to give their main batsmen the freedom to try to turn ODI innings into 50-over T20s. Fielding restrictions
9:34 AM ET As far as a Plan A goes, South Africa’s is a decent one: put Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi into an attack together, throw in Imran Tahir and sit back. As far as not being able to call upon your Plan A goes, two days out from your first match
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Four years of planning, four years of preparation. Forty-four years of hurt and counting. And maybe the chance, at long last, for long-overdue World Cup redemption. But which team are we discussing here? England, the hosts, or South Africa, the challengers? For there could be no more apt contest with