South Africa survived a late charge from Pakistan to pull off a thrilling one-wicket win and move closer to the semi-finals of the World Cup on Friday.

It was a complete team performance from the Nigar Sultana-led side, which had earlier won the first match by five wickets.

Shamsur Rahman Shuvo hit 160 in the National Cricket League's third round as Sylhet Division dominated proceedings against Rangpur Division in a Tier 1 game at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday.

Left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi grabbed four wickets as South Africa bowled out Pakistan for 270 in their World Cup match in Chennai on Friday.

Theekshana credited Mathews and player of the match Lahiru Kumara (3-35) for getting them back on track after England made a good start

England's hopes of retaining their World Cup crown are over and they will be playing for pride in the rest of the tournament, coach Matthew Mott said after Thursday's humbling eight-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka left the holders ninth in the standings.

Bangladesh ace paceman Taskin Ahmed said that he will have to manage his shoulder injury going forward. The speedster missed the last two World Cup matches against India and South Africa.

England are certainly doing their best to prove their arch-rivals' point at the World Cup in India.

De Kock is currently the tournament's leading batter with 407 runs, including three hundreds, from just five matches at an average of over 81 heading into South Africa's game against Pakistan in Chennai on Friday.

Defending world champions England's hope of clearing the group stage of the ongoing World Cup was all but dashed when Sri Lanka claimed a dominating eight-wicket victory at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru yesterday.

If Pakistan envisage reaching the semifinals at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup then they simply must find their best form and defeat a surging South Africa at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today.

Bangladesh Emerging side continued their solidity with the bat in the first innings on day two of the four-day match against their Sri Lankan counterparts at Dambulla's Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium yesterday.

England skipper Jos Buttler described his team's thumping World Cup loss to Sri Lanka on Thursday as a "huge low point" with the team's title defence in tatters and their hopes of reaching the semi-finals all but over.

Sri Lanka pushed dismal England to the brink of World Cup elimination on Thursday when they handed the defending champions an eight-wicket thrashing.

To accommodate Head in the XI, Steve Smith, Australia’s designated one-down batsman, is likely to drop down to No. 4

After a sudden trip back to Dhaka in the middle of the ICC World Cup, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan is on his way to join the team in Kolkata tonight, confirmed a member of the Bangladesh team management today.

Ben Stokes top-scored for England with 43 but even he was powerless to perform one of his trademark rescue missions

Mathews had Dawid Malan caught behind after the opener had made a brisk 28 with defending champions England on 45-1 at the time.

England won the toss and elected to bat in their World Cup game against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today.

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya will reportedly miss Sunday's World Cup match against England in Lucknow as he continues to recover from an ankle injury.