Sports, Cricket, 4th Jul 2019, News & Stories from India

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Sports Cricket 04 Jul 2019

Sports, Cricket, 04 Jul 2019

Pakistan could see even those remote hopes end without a ball being bowled if it loses the toss and Bangladesh chooses to bat. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: Coin flip could end Pakistan's chances at World Cup

Pakistan goes into its match against Bangladesh on Friday knowing already that it is effectively out of contention for a semifinal spot.

04 Jul 2019 8:50 PM

Bhutia also made a sarcastic comment on the standard of competition and said India could still make the semifinals if they send their second or third rung teams. (Photo: AFP)

Former football skipper Bhutia backs MS Dhoni's batting approach in World Cup

The Indian football team's second-highest scorer urged the International Cricket Council to undertake "serious efforts" to spread the game.

04 Jul 2019 7:05 PM

The collection was set up in 1864 when members were invited to donate items of interest to furnish the pavilion. (Photo: Lord's Cricket Ground/Twitter)

ICC CWC'19: Trent Boult donates hat-trick ball to MCC Museum

Lord's Cricket Ground, the Home of Cricket, in a tweet thanked Boult for adding more history to the MCC Museum.

04 Jul 2019 7:03 PM

Lara said that that particular double hundred in the second Test gave him the confidence that he was capable of delivering as a player. (Photo: File)

Lara picks 213 against Australia in Jamaica as his 'best-ever' knock

He also picked the knock over the monumental 375 and 400 not out against England, and he had his reasons.

04 Jul 2019 6:39 PM

Since his century against Pakistan a month ago, Buttler's batting has gone off the boil but the wicketkeeper contributed to England's win over New Zealand with a brilliant diving catch to dismiss Martin Guptill. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Buttler feels sense of relief as England prepare for WC semi-finals

The 28-year-old England vice-captain said: "We stood up and played our brand of cricket under that pressure.'

04 Jul 2019 6:19 PM

After defeating New Zealand by an emphatic margin of 119-runs, England reached the semis, becoming the third team after Australia and India to reach the semi-finals. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: Twitter praises England for reaching their 1st World Cup semis since 1992

England are now ranked at 3rd place with 12 points from 9 matches. While, New Zealand have dropped to 4th place with 11 points from 9 games.

04 Jul 2019 6:02 PM

Aghanistan too have made two changes, leaving out Hamid Hassan and Hashmatullah Shahidi to give a game to Dawlat Zadran and Sayed Shirzad. (Photo: cricketworldcup/twitter)

ICC CWC'19: West Indies win toss, elect to bat first

West Indies have brought in Evin Lewis and Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach in place of Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel.

04 Jul 2019 5:59 PM

Left-hander Tom Latham, 27, made his first half-century of the tournament before he was dismissed by Liam Punkett on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: Tom Latham aims to surpass Dad Rod Latham

Despite losing by 119 runs to England, New Zealand have one foot in the last four.

04 Jul 2019 5:57 PM

Barbados born speedster Jofra Archer helped his team to win the match against New Zealand by 119 runs. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC’19: Jofra Archer becomes leading wicket-taker for England

Earlier, England’s all-rounder Ian Botham became the highest wicket-taker for England after he scalped 16 wickets during the 1992 World Cup.

04 Jul 2019 5:54 PM

Stewards and security were extremely slow to react as the spectator halted play by jogging toward the middle of the field and dancing about in front of New Zealand batters Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: Streaker halts New Zealand vs England World cup game

The streaker escaped the clutches of not one, not two, not three but four flailing members of security.

04 Jul 2019 5:49 PM

The consolation for Kane Williamson's men is they are all but certain of a place in the semi-finals given their huge net run-rate advantage over Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: 'If we get lucky to be in semis we have tiny break to change luck': Kane

The Black Caps suffered their third straight defeat of the tournament in a thumping 119-run loss to England.

04 Jul 2019 5:46 PM

Victory meant they are guaranteed to finish third in the 10-team round robin and so take part in the second semi-final at Edgbaston on July 11. England beat India, their potential last four opponents, by 31 runs at the Birmingham ground on Sunday and they have won their last 10 matches in all formats at Edgbaston. (Photo:AP)

ICC CWC'19: Eoin Morgan happy to play World Cup semis at Edgbaston

Morgan's men secured a semi-final spot -- England's first at the World Cup since 1992 -- with their impressive 119-run thrashing of Kiwis.

04 Jul 2019 5:43 PM

Patel revealed that she has been watching the game for decades. (Photo:ANI)

ICC CWC'19: Amul India pays tribute to 87-year old super-fan Charulata Patel

In the ad, Patel's caricature is grouped with children, with all of them rooting for India. The caption reads 'Grandmother Day'.

04 Jul 2019 5:41 PM

England fast bowler Mark Wood hopes his World Cup luck holds after his fortunate run out of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson helped take the hosts into the semi-finals. (Photo:AFP)

ICC CWC'19: Mark Wood hopes his luck holds after Kane Williamson run out

England thrashed the Black Caps by 119 runs at Durham quick Wood's home ground of Chester-le-Street after posting 305-8 batting first.

04 Jul 2019 5:31 PM

Joe Root is now the fifth highest run-getter of the premier tournament. The list is topped by India batsman Rohit Sharma, who has 544 runs under his belt. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC’19: Joe Root first England cricketer to score 500 runs in World Cup

Root needed 24 runs to touch the milestone when he came out to bat against the Kiwis. Root scored 24 runs and achieved the feat.

04 Jul 2019 5:28 PM

Ben Stokes scored 11 runs off 27 balls before he was dismissed by Mitchell Santner. However, prior to this, the all-rounder has delivered an astounding performance for the team. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: Brad Hogg blames Eoin Morgan for Ben Stokes' failure

Stokes scored 79 runs against India while racked up 89 runs against Australia and played an unbeaten knock of 82 runs against Sri Lanka.

04 Jul 2019 5:26 PM

A common factor in both the victories was the flying start England got from openers Jonny Bairstow, who smashed his second successive century on Wednesday, and Jason Roy who made a roaring return from a hamstring injury in the match against India. (Photo: AP)

ICC CWC'19: 'England showed glimpses of their best in last two games': Eoin Morgan

Back-to-back defeats by Sri Lanka and Australia had jeopardised England’s semi-final prospects but Morgan’s men bounced back in style.

04 Jul 2019 5:20 PM

New Zealand’s openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill have proven to be explosive but only on occasions where the conditions have suited them. (Photo: AFP)

ICC CWC'19: The problem with New Zealand's openers

New Zealand’s openers have scored only 299 runs between them in 16 innings.

04 Jul 2019 5:10 PM

India beat Bangladesh on July 2 to book its semi-finals spot. (Photo: Cricket World Cup/Twitter)

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju lauds India on reaching ICC CWC'19 semi-finals

The Sports Minister also said that he is hopeful that the team bring home the World Cup trophy.

04 Jul 2019 4:48 PM

Lara, who scored 22358 (11953 in ODIs) in international cricket, said if today Indian batsmen are doing well in away series, it is because of Tendulkar. (Photo: File)

'There is huge gap between Virat Kohli and rest of world': Brian Lara

Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar remains Lara's all-time favourite but in today's era, he said it is Kohli, who is the best.

04 Jul 2019 4:12 PM

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