Ahead of the match between Pakistan and England on June 3rd, former Pakistan fast bowler, Shoaib Akhter got involved in a friendly banter with the former England batsman Kevin Pietersen while urging the Pakistan Cricket team to come-back stronger in the next matches.

The South African pacer was seen taking a dig at the Indian superstar Virat Kohli in an interview published by ‘The Cricket Monthly’ from ESPNcricinfo.

Bangladesh will start their 2019 World Cup campaign with the game against South Africa at the Kennington Oval in London today. Let us look at some of the interesting facts about the players of both teams ahead of their World Cup opener;

Early in his pre-match press conference, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza provided a guideline of what to expect by strongly asserting that South Africa were the favourites in the Tigers’ opening World Cup match at The Oval today.

New Zealand made a flying start to their World Cup campaign as paceman Matt Henry struck three times in a 10-wicket thrashing of woeful Sri Lanka on Saturday.

David Warner scored an unbeaten 89 as champions Australia launched their World Cup defence with a seven-wicket thrashing of Afghanistan in Bristol yesterday after New Zealand pacer Matt Henry led an inspired bowling unit to run through Sri Lanka’s batting in the Black Caps’ 10-wicket win.

David Warner hit an unbeaten half-century on his official return to international cricket on Saturday as Australia romped to victory by seven wickets in their World Cup opener against Afghanistan.

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell says he is confident of recovering from a knee problem in time for his side’s second Cricket World Cup match against Australia on Thursday.

To do as Romans do when in Rome may be the received wisdom, but Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza insisted that doing as

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has insisted they can bounce back from a “shocking” start to the World Cup.

England all-rounder Moeen Ali has paid a big compliment to teammate Jofra Archer, saying the rising star is the fastest bowler he has faced and someone who makes “good batters do different things”.

Riding on an unbeaten 52 from skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and 29 from Kusal Perera, Sri Lanka managed to post 136 all out in a World

Many are thinking that we have won the World Cup, others are thinking we have reached the semifinals. I think this is all unnecessary.

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar lashed out at Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed after their humiliating defeat to West Indies in their ICC World Cup 2019 opener against West Indies on Friday.

This World Cup promised fireworks. But as far as the three games so far that took place at different venues in the United Kingdom go, it failed to live up to that lofty promise. Not only that, a single batsman was yet to hit the magical three-figure mark.

Matt Henry has been hailed as one of the biggest prospects in the New Zealand bowling department and the 27-year-old made good on that tag by showing a glimpse of his talent in their tournament opener against Sri Lanka.

Hashim Amla is a doubt for South Africa’s Cricket World Cup clash against Bangladesh on Sunday.

The buzz may surround South Africa’s pace battery and whether pace supremo Dale Steyn will play against Bangladesh in their World Cup encounter today, but a hidden threat may well be leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who will be playing his 100th match for the Proteas today.

Shakib Al Hasan is just one wicket shy of achieving a feat of scoring 5000 runs and scalping 250 wickets in ODIs. Only four players --

That Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is a special captain is known to all in Bangladesh, but yesterday, during the pre-match press conference ahead of today’s World Cup opener against South Africa, the wider world caught a glimpse of why the entire team swears by the battling cricketer and has united under him like no other.