ICC Cricket World Cup
'India without any doubt': Tendulkar predicts semi-finalists
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar has predicted the four teams he believes will reach the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.
6 October 2023, 04:26 AM
Conway hits first century of World Cup
The left-handed Conway raised his fifth ODI ton off 83 balls studded with 13 fours and two sixes at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
5 October 2023, 14:34 PM
Mental strength sets England apart: Vaughan
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for this group," he added.
5 October 2023, 06:20 AM
‘It is not my job to announce the winner’
India skipper, however, said he appreciates "what's at stake" but will not get bogged down by the weight of expectation on his team to win another World Cup title at home.
5 October 2023, 05:20 AM
Winning World Cup in India would trump 2019 title: Morgan
Morgan, who retired from international cricket last year, said white-ball captain Jos Buttler had not been given the same level of support in the build-up to this World Cup that England has had in the past.
5 October 2023, 03:05 AM
Biryani on plate and boundary length on mind for Babar
"We had heard a lot about Hyderabadi biryani and we loved it," Babar, currently the top-ranked ODI batter, said in his appreciation of the popular dish.
5 October 2023, 02:43 AM
The Tamim-Shakib fiasco and Bangladesh’s prospects at the World Cup
On Friday, after Mehedi Hasan Miraz came out for the toss for Bangladesh’s warm-up match against Sri Lanka in Guwahati, naturally the viewers started to wonder where Shakib Al Hasan was.
5 October 2023, 02:30 AM
‘Will try to achieve what Bangladesh have never achieved’
From being brutally trolled on social media at the beginning of his career to becoming the mainstay of Bangladesh’s batting line-up in recent years, Najmul Hossain Shanto has come a long way as a cricketer. The 25-year-old, who is set to play his maiden ODI World Cup, will definitely play a crucial role for the Tigers in the mega event in India. The in-form batter opened up about his game, and expectations from the showpiece event along with a few other topics during an exclusive interview with The Daily Star’s Mazhar Uddin. The excerpts of the interview are given below:
4 October 2023, 03:30 AM
England look to deny India home WC win
England hope to ride their formidable batting firepower to a second successive World Cup title but if India's crafty spinners and sprightly pace attack can fully exploit home conditions the country's cricket-mad fans could have something to celebrate.
4 October 2023, 02:30 AM
Moeen fifty guides England to four-wicket win over Bangladesh
England all-rounder Moeen Ali smashed six sixes and two fours for his 39-ball 56 to guide England to a five-wicket win (DLS method) over Bangladesh in their second and final ICC World Cup warm-up match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Monday.
2 October 2023, 16:55 PM
Top ranked performers from each team rated ahead of World Cup
The following is a list highlighting the best performers in each category of the MRF Tyres ODI Player Rankings that will be in action at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
2 October 2023, 11:59 AM
Tigers seek rhythm and consistency
Bangladesh will cap off the warm-up phase of their World Cup campaign with an encounter against defending champions England at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati today.
2 October 2023, 01:00 AM
Prize money announced for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
The 13th edition of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will see the winners of the 10-team tournament earn US$4 million, along with the trophy that they will lift at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November.
22 September 2023, 11:25 AM
NZC rope in family members of cricketers to announce WC squad
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced their World Cup squad in the most wholesome of ways as they roped in the families of the chosen 15 to announce the players' names.
11 September 2023, 14:05 PM
Tigers dreaming of ‘special outcome’
A festive atmosphere pervaded at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday as the current and former national cricketers enjoyed moments with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 trophy, on its second day of the three-day tour in Bangladesh.
9 August 2023, 02:10 AM
Nissanka century books Sri Lanka's World Cup spot
Pathum Nissanka's sublime unbeaten 101 propelled Sri Lanka to a place in this year's Cricket World Cup in India as the 1996 winners trounced hosts Zimbabwe by nine wickets on Sunday.
2 July 2023, 13:05 PM
Everyone will look to win the World Cup for Kohli: Sehwag
Former India opener Virender Sehwag believes India should aim to replicate their Cricket World Cup success from 2011 and win the upcoming tournament for Virat Kohli.
27 June 2023, 10:50 AM
Pondering on what ifs
There’s no point in head scratching or pondering on ways to turn back time, it’s done. Bangladesh have exited the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and boarded their flight back home from England yesterday.
6 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Let the emotional override subside
Bangladesh’s World Cup ended with a crushing defeat against Pakistan at Lord’s on Friday. It was an anticlimactic finish to an otherwise fantastic run by the Tigers in the showpiece event that had started brilliantly for them with a fabulous victory against South Africa
6 July 2019, 18:00 PM
‘I lost to myself’
One of the recurring themes of Bangladesh’s World Cup campaign has been the disappointing performance of the one batsman most fans would have been looking at to set the biggest stage alight for the Tigers.
6 July 2019, 18:00 PM