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Cricket World Cup 2019


6.51am EDT 06:51 19th over: West Indies 82-1 (Lewis 48, Hope 25) Another tight over from Nabi, who has figures of 4-0-14-0. This is a decent spell for Afghanistan. “Given that the ‘spirit of cricket’ is an integral and important part of the laws of the game, if Bangladesh win the toss and elect to …

6.55am EDT 06:55 18th over: England 124-1 (Bairstow 54, Root 1) “I moved to NZ in 2014,” says Alex Webster. “Since then I’ve seen England dumped out of the group stages at three different World Cups, including being in the stadium with my (extremely drunk) cricket team when we got pumped in Wellington. I’m now …

7.00am EDT 07:00 21st over: India 126-0 (Rahul 58, Rohit 64) Rohit swings at Rubel and doesn’t get all of him, carting high towards wide long on – the ball’s in the air a long time and Tamim doesn’t drop it. Any port in a storm. The batsmen run two, then Rahul nurdles one, and …

1.34pm EDT 13:34 45th over: West Indies 292-7 (Pooran 108, Cottrell 0) The job is far from done for Pooran and he knows it, hammering Udana’s short ball into the stands for SIX MORE! Ten off it keeps them with the rate, the equation now 47 from 30. Yes, he lost Allen during that over …

5.05am EDT 05:05 The teams Jason Roy and Liam Plunkett come in for James Vince and Moeen Ali. Eoin Morgan says Roy “is not a big risk”. India bring in the potentially devastating Rishabh Pant for Vijay Shankar, who has a toe niggle (sic). Virat Kohli says he would have batted first but that it’s …

11.37am EDT 11:37 44th over: Australia 202-6 (Khawaja 69, Cummins 1) What an over from Ferguson. He’s been fast and furious all day, but accurate too. Bowls a perfect bouncer that Khawaja has to evade, then a slower ball mistimed straight to the field, then another textbook bouncer. Ferguson has been right at the helmet …

7.16am EDT 07:16 Wicket! Afghan b Shadab 42, Afghanistan 121-4 There was a growing sense this was coming. Shadab turns one out of the back of the hand, it jags past Afghan and clips the edge off stump. Terrific bowling, and once again Afghanistan have lost a man when well set. 7.14am EDT 07:14 25th …

It has taken 30 days, but at long last this World Cup gets some north-eastern exposure, arriving at Durham for the first of three fixtures. A week ago, this looked like a stinker between two sides with no chance. But then the butterly flapped it wings: Sri Lanka beat England and the race for the …

India v West Indies. A World Cup in England. It’s 1983, it’s the final at Lord’s and one of the most stunning upsets in ODI cricket. For the West Indies side in their pomp – with Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Sir Viv and Clive Lloyd at the top of the order, and the fearsome bowling …

7.34am EDT 07:34 12th over: New Zealand 45-3 (Williamson 22, Latham 1) Hafeez replaces Imad Wasim and concedes just one run from his third over. Latham has also been in poor form – his highest score in the tournament is 13 – so he is taking to get his eye in. 7.31am EDT 07:31 11th …