New Zealand are facing Afghanistan in the 31st match of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 where, it seems, the Kiwis are poised for a comfortable win

Mushfiqur Rahim may not be in the same league as the leading stumper-batsmen at the World Cup such as Brendon McCullum and Kumar Sangakkara, but the diminutive Bangladesh glovesman has proved he is no less crucial to his team's progress.

The Bangladesh National Cricket Team yesterday attended their first training session ahead of their crucial clash against England in Adelaide on Monday. It was an optional training session and the players took the opportunity to focus on their skills.

Pakistan have just overcome the South African challenge for the first time in World Cup history. In a clash of titans versus falling giants, if the pre-match narrative was to be believed, a shock result was served up.

A hostile trio of Pakistan left-arm fast bowlers took full advantage of a pitch freshened by rain to hand pre-tournament favourites South Africa their second defeat in the cricket World Cup at Eden Park on Saturday.

Pakistan made a winning return on Saturday to the venue where they defeated New Zealand in their 1992 cricket World Cup semifinal before going on to win the tournament for the first and only time.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers took responsibility for the shock 29-run World Cup loss to Pakistan on Saturday, blasting his team for being stuck in "second or third gear".

Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq became the first batsman to score 5,000 one-day international runs without any individual century when he reached the landmark against South Africa in a World Cup match in Auckland on Saturday.

Ireland just did enough to see off Zimbabwe by five runs in a thrilling World Cup clash in Hobart on Saturday that kept them on course for the quarterfinals.

Another umpiring controversy erupted at ICC World Cup 2015 as Zimbabwe batsman Sean Williams appeared to have been wrongly given out when an Ireland fielder had touched the boundary during their Pool B clash here on Saturday.

AB de Villiers completed 1,000 runs in World Cups when he reached a score of 34 off 33 balls,

After being flattened by an Australian "freight train" this week, Afghanistan face the unenviable task of picking themselves up to face New Zealand's World Cup juggernaut at McLean Park on Sunday.

Michael Clarke expects spin to play a role in Australia's World Cup showdown with Sri Lanka on a dry Sydney Cricket Ground pitch on Sunday.

Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga believes his bowling rhythm is returning at the World Cup after undergoing ankle surgery in September.

Pakistan's pacers did what many reckoned was improbable in this World Cup; defend a low total. Even better; they defended 222 against a side that posted 400-plus scores in their last two matches.

Until yesterday Pakistan were struggling to find a partner for Ahmed Shehzad at the top ever since Mohammad Hafeez's injury. That was of course until Sarfraz Ahmed plated an ice-cool 49 at the top of the innings yesterday.

Rashi Kakkar: Cricketers must speak in the language they are comfortable in during presentation & the broadcasters should use subtitles.

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The rare record of making a thousand runs in the forty year history World Cups could not have tasted sweet for AB de Villiers today for South Africa’s loss to Pakistan.

Pakistan pulled a stunner over South Africa beating the Proteas by 29 runs in a relatively low scoring match at the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 at Auckland today.