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File image of Fakhar Zaman© AFP Pakistan will not have injured opener Fakhar Zaman and all-rounder Salman Ali Agha available for selection for their World Cup match against Australia in Bengaluru on Friday. Zaman is recovering from a knee injury while Agha is recuperating from a bout of fever. “Fakhar Zaman is being treated for…
Australia, the five-time champions, will face Pakistan in Match 18 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on October 20 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India. The match is scheduled to begin at 02:00 PM IST. Both Australia and Pakistan have faced contrasting starts to their campaigns so far. The Aussies have lost two…
One week after revealing talks with Australia about bidding to co-host the 2034 World Cup, Indonesian soccer leader Erick Thohir said on Wednesday that his federation now supports Saudi Arabia. Thohir’s change of plan was detailed in a statement on the Indonesian soccer federation website hours before an online meeting of the Asian Football Confederation,…
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Pakistan players trooped into the Chinnaswamy Stadium on a clement Wednesday afternoon, looking every inch unhurried and talking boisterously to each other, except one. Shaheen Shah Afridi was all business and walked to the centre straightaway in the company of bowling coach Morne Morkel. Pakistan camp might have heaved a sigh of relief to see…
Veteran Australia opener David Warner is “annoyed” and “frustrated” at the DRS call which went against him in his side’s World Cup match against Sri Lanka and has called for more “accountability” in the system, according to a report. In the match, which Australia won by five wickets in Lucknow on Monday, Warner fell LBW…
In Australia’s desperate hunt for a victory, all-rounder Mitchell Marsh emerged as a match-winner, scoring 52 runs off 51 balls as his team chased down the target of 210 runs with relative ease. Marsh’s half-century was crucial to Australia’s successful chase, and after the game, the all-rounder caught up with the broadcaster where he was…
Australian cricket team star David Warner won hearts as he helped the groundstaff in covering the pitch when rain interrupted play at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Monday. Sri Lanka were 178 for four against Australia when rain stopped play and while most of the cricketers were quickly leaving the field, Warner stayed back and he was…
Panned for his poor show in the opening two Cricket World Cup matches, Australia’s sole frontline spinner at the World Cup Adam Zampa said that expensive figures don’t bother him as he bowls to get wickets. Australia found themselves in a precarious situation after suffering back-to-back losses against India and South Africa before notching up…
It was a happy hunting day for the Pat Cummins-led Australian cricket team in the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka in Lucknow on Monday. After losing their first two matches, Australia desperately needed to get back to winning ways at the Cricket World Cup 2023, and the side did it with supreme…
Cricket World Cup: Australia pacer Mitchell Starc celebrates.© AFP Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has continued his good run across Cricket World Cups, keeping up his record of taking at least a wicket in every match he has been part of. In the match against Sri Lanka at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium, Starc took 2/43 in his…