Sri Lanka are wary of a South African side who have nothing to lose in their final matches at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, according to their coach Chandika Hathurusingha.

Babar Azam’s patient unbeaten century guided Pakistan to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand on Wednesday and revived their hopes of reaching the Cricket World Cup semi-finals.

Australia ruthlessly demolished England by 64 runs at Lord’s on Tuesday to march into the Cricket World Cup semi-finals and put the hosts in serious danger of failing to make the last four.

Sri Lanka are planning a team effort with everyone stepping up to the plate as they head towards the tail-end of the World Cup’s first round being played in England and Wales. Fresh from a scintillating victory against England, they defied cold wea

Bangladesh talisman Shakib Al Hasan reclaimed his position as the World Cup’s leading scorer after producing a stellar all-round display to secure his team’s 62-run victory against Afghanistan on Monday.

Captain Aaron Finch believes Australia can draw inspiration from their unrivalled tournament record as they plan to take their performances up a notch heading into the business end of the Cricket World Cup.

Whether Sri Lanka can go through to the semis with two wins rests largely on England losing their next three games to Australia, New Zealand and India. All three are all but assured of their places in the semi-finals, unless there are major hiccups d

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne showered praise on his legendary bowler Lasith Malinga and cited him as an example for everyone to follow after the seasoned campaigner had bowled his team to a dramatic 20-run win over World Cup favourites Englan

After executing a perfect yorker that felled the last Afghan wicket and led Sri Lanka to their first victory in the World Cup, seamer Lasith Malinga fell to his knees. His relief was understandable. On the one hand, it was also Sri Lanka’s first wi

South Africa’s players expressed bitter disappointment and even embarrassment after their elimination from the World Cup was ensured by their loss to Pakistan at Lord’s on Sunday but they said they would learn lessons and return stronger

Sri Lanka were deflated after their 87-run defeat at The Oval against Australia. Disunity that cropped up every now and then in the team, and which played a key role in Sri Lanka’s slump in ODI cricket, seemed to be raising its ugly head.

During the World Cup in England and Wales, the Sunday Times caught up with Paul Farbrace who worked two stints with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). He was first understudy to Trevor Bayliss, then Sri Lanka’s head coach, for two years from 2007 to 2009. He

Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga ripped through the England batting line-up with four wickets as the former champions handed the favourites a 20-run defeat in a low-scoring World Cup match at Headingley on Friday.

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and elected to bat first against England in their fifth World Cup fixture here at Headingley. Sri Lanka made two changes to their playing IX bringing in Avishka Fernando and Jeevan Mendis in place of

The rampaging Englishmen may target a 400 plus score, something they missed by just three runs two days ago against Afghanistan, when they take on the hapless Sri Lankans, but skipper Dimuth Karunaratne insisted they have tricks in the bag to restric

Eoin Morgan’s six-hitting heroics against Afghanistan re-wrote the record books but Moeen Ali remains confident that it is he, and not his skipper, who hits the biggest maximums in the England side.

Lost revenues from a record number of rain-hit cricket World Cup games in England and Wales may result in insurance claims of a few million pounds for each abandoned fixture, insurance sources say.

Plaudits were pouring in for New Zealand’s “gem of a player” Kane Williamson after he displayed ice-cold nerves in guiding his side to a four-wicket victory over South Africa in the Cricket World Cup.

The Sri Lanka camp is cautious about Bangladesh after their performance against South Africa and New Zealand. Although Bangladesh have won quite a few matches against the Lankans in the recent past, they are expecting a tough fight tomorrow.

After England amassed 397 runs against Afghanistan—the highest in the tournament so far —it is difficult to see how Sri Lanka’s ragged bowling attack might contain the hosts when they face each other at Yorkshire Cricket ground on Friday.

Shikhar Dhawan, who suffered a hairline fracture on his thumb, has been replaced by Rishabh Pant in the India sqaud for the remainder of the World Cup. Dhawan suffered a hairline fracture during his match-winning 117 against Australia at The Oval on

England captain Eoin Morgan smashed his way into the record books on Tuesday, blasting 17 sixes - the most in a one-day international cricket innings - on his way to 148 off just 71 balls against Afghanistan at the Cricket World Cup.

Eoin Morgan rewrote the record books on Tuesday, clobbering 17 sixes - the most in a one-day international innings - in a blistering century as England crushed Afghanistan by 150 runs in their World Cup match at Old Trafford.

Avishka Gunawardana who is facing corruption charges from the Emirates Cricket Board, has filed actions in the Court of Appeal challenging the unlawful suspension by his employer –Sri Lanka Cricket.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored his second century in as many World Cup matches and Liton Das cracked an unbeaten 94 as they thumped twice champions West Indies by seven wickets on Monday.

An 87-run defeat to Australia on Saturday leaves Sri Lanka with a tough task to earn a semi-final spot in the World Cup. It was a disappointing blow to the islanders who squandered their chance of chasing a record target despite an excellent start b

England opener Jason Roy will miss their next two World Cup matches against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Roy pulled up a hamstring during their eight-wicket win over West Indies on Friday and since then has been carefully monitored.

In 2018, Dinesh Chandimal scored 298 runs at 42.52 in One-Day Internationals (ODI). Only Angelo Mathews, at 52.50, had a better average in the same period. However, the 29-year-old wicket-keeper batsman is compelled to watch the proceedings in Brita

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - India extended their unblemished World Cup record against Pakistan after Rohit Sharma’s century and tidy bowling secured their 89-run victory via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the tournament’s most anticipated grou