The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in India will be brought to life by some of the most recognisable voices in the game.

New Zealand's Tim Southee will miss the World Cup's opening match against holders England and potentially some of the following matches due to an injured thumb, stand-in-skipper Tom Latham said Wednesday.

From being brutally trolled on social media at the beginning of his career to becoming the mainstay of Bangladesh’s batting line-up in recent years, Najmul Hossain Shanto has come a long way as a cricketer. The 25-year-old, who is set to play his maiden ODI World Cup, will definitely play a crucial role for the Tigers in the mega event in India. The in-form batter opened up about his game, and expectations from the showpiece event along with a few other topics during an exclusive interview with The Daily Star’s Mazhar Uddin. The excerpts of the interview are given below: 

It doesn’t need recounting what all limited-overs cricket has done for the evolution of the sport. However, it is not often acknowledged how much it has done for one of the most exciting rivalries in the sport.

In Hyderabad, Australia made 351-7 from their 50 overs with Glenn Maxwell particularly ruthless on Pakistan's bowlers.

One by one, the bands are getting back together, ahead of a tournament that matters an awful lot more than the reputation of its format would suggest.

England hope to ride their formidable batting firepower to a second successive World Cup title but if India's crafty spinners and sprightly pace attack can fully exploit home conditions the country's cricket-mad fans could have something to celebrate.

The highly anticipated ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is all set to commence on October 5 at the iconic Narendra Modi Cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, featuring a match between the two finalists of the previous edition, England and New Zealand..However, according to latest reports in Indian medi

The world has changed a lot since the inaugural edition of the ICC World Cup took place in England way back in 1975 as a ‘necessary evil’ and at a time when the radio or the affluent people’s black and white televisions were the only modes to tune in to the action of cricket’s showpiece event. 

After completing their warm-up phase in Guwahati with a 50 percent success rate, the Bangladesh team reached Dharamshala yesterday for their first two matches in the ICC ODi World Cup.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announces India legend and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar as the Global Ambassador for the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 with just two days to go until the pinnacle event of the one-day game gets underway. The Master Blaster, who has an enviable record of featuring in six 50 over World Cups in his decorated career, will walk out with the Men’s Cricket World Cup Trophy before the opening match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, declaring the tournament open.

India's superstar cricketers endured a 3,400km (2,170 miles) cross-country journey to play a World Cup warm-up only for the match to be abandoned without a ball being bowled on Tuesday.

Former Pakistan captain and legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram named a total of six Indian players along with five Pakistan cricketers in his all-time combined Indo-Pak eleven.

On the crowded streets outside the world's biggest cricket arena -- the 130,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium, which will host the opening match between defending champions England and New Zealand on Thursday -- hawkers report a brisk trade.

After completing the warm-up phase of their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign, Bangladesh have now landed in Dharamsala for their opening match of the tournament against Afghanistan on October 7, Saturday.

While playing semi-pro club cricket in Australia, Edwards made ends meet by training as an electrician

His best ODI score of 97 not out was made against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi in 2018 while two of his 16 half-centuries came in his two most recent matches against Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Asia Cup.

He made history when he became the first Black South African to score a Test hundred, against England in 2016. But he needed patience over the next seven years, two months and 88 innings as he waited for his second Test ton

Cricket has been played at the Asian Games twice before, at Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014, but India did not take part.

He enjoyed a memorable ODI debut in 2016, scoring 42 and taking a career-best 5-43 with his medium pace against Ireland.