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With their first ever world cup century, the Bangladesh side piled on the pressure and reduced England to a mess of fallen wickets and bruised egos.
Sri Lanka have lifted their maiden World Twenty20 title following their six-wicket victory against former champions India.
The pre-tournament favourites have put on a dismal display in Bangladesh in their fifth unsuccessful World Twenty20 campaign.
Fixing cricket matches must be made a criminal offence to strike fear into the hearts of potential offenders, says former India skipper Rahul Dravid.
Pakistan have not only survived the spot-fixing crisis but emerged stronger under Misbah-ul-Haq’s understated captaincy, revelling in consistency.
Sachin Tendulkar has become the first batsman to score 15 000 runs, adding another record to his impressive collection.
Opener Kraigg Brathwaite and veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit unbeaten half-centuries to guide West Indies to 159 for three wickets at tea.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not willing to let Sachin Tendulkar’s expected 100th international century become a distraction.
A cricket historian says cricket administrators will have to join hands with governments across the world if they are to stamp out corruption.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was ready for potential pillory after taking a couple of gambles that could have easily backfired.
The toss, usually a mundane affair, caused confusion all around on Saturday and had to be performed twice.
India sparked jubilant celebrations among its billion plus fans after ending Australia’s remarkable 12-year reign as World Cup champions.
Yuvraj Singh’s all-round performance set up India’s 80-run victory over West Indies in the final World Cup Group B match on Sunday.
Pakistan snapped Australia’s unbeaten run and South Africa broke 162-million Bangladeshi hearts by shoving the co-hosts out.
England kept themselves in the hunt for a quarterfinal place in the World Cup with a thrilling 18-run victory over West Indies on Thursday.
Spinner Graeme Swann has been fined 10% match fee for using offensive language during England’s two-wicket defeat by Bangladesh.
A resilient England produced an amazing comeback to pip a shell-shocked South Africa by six runs in a low-scoring World Cup thriller on Sunday.
England could not recover from a dreadful start and folded for 171 in 45.4 overs in a World Cup Group B match against South Africa on Sunday.
South Africa skipper Graeme Smith on Saturday declared in-form batsman AB De Villiers fit for Sunday’s World Cup Group B match against England.
Pacemen are expected to determine the outcome of Saturday’s World Cup Group A match featuring Australia and Sri Lanka in Colombo.
