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.

South African opener Hashim Amla sits out practice on Saturday after suffering concussion in the World Cup opener, and he is a doubt for South Africa’s second game at the tournament against Bangladesh at the Kennington Oval in London tomorrow.

The point of interest surrounding Bangladesh’s practice on the eve of their World Cup opener against South Africa was the status of star opener Tamim Iqbal’s left forearm and whether he would be able to play tomorrow, and the early signs as well as skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s words were encouraging.

Australia register a whopping seven-wicket victory against Afghanistan in their World Cup opener at the Country Ground in Bristol today.

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.

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has challenged his side to make amends for the painful start to their World Cup campaign as they aim to bounce back against Bangladesh on Sunday.

New Zealand kick off their World Cup campaign with a ten-wicket thrashing of Sri Lanka in Cardiff on Saturday.

Ahead of their World Cup opener against New Zealand today, a few players from the Sri Lankan side along with coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and Sri-Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara talked about the chances of Sri Lanka in an interview with the ICC.

England quick Jofra Archer will be salivating at the prospect of bowling at Pakistan's batsmen after witnessing the South Asian side's meek surrender against the West Indies pacemen, the team's former captain and coach Waqar Younis has said.

Australia head coach Justin Langer has called on fans to show Steve Smith and David Warner respect in the World Cup and not jeer them.

Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed said his side would want to forget the poor performance against West Indies as a “bad day” and make a strong comeback in matches to come.

“I think we will be playing on the wicket that was played on yesterday [Thursday], which should be very good for us,” Bangladesh bowling coach Courtney Walsh said in a press conference during the team’s practice session at the venue yesterday ahead Bangladesh vs South Africa match. “At The Oval

As if on cue, just before a big event a settled team combination for Bangladesh now looks uncertain ahead of their World Cup opener against South Africa tomorrow at The Oval. The Tigers had a fair idea of their bowling combination, having persisted with pace-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin

Bangladesh’s preparations ahead of their first World Cup match against South Africa at The Oval on Sunday seemed to have sustained a huge blow as Tamim Iqbal walked off the nets at south London’s iconic venue clutching his left forearm after being hit in the area by a ball during net practice around noon yesterday.

The 2019 World Cup is underway and the hosts lived up to the billing by defeating South Africa in the opening game. It is going to be a long haul for all the teams as they will have to play as many as nine matches to make it to the knockout stage. Consistency will be key for them even as

Shai Hope went airborne, jumping to his right and was seemingly parallel to the ground when he took a stunning catch to dismiss Babar Azam off an Oshane Thomas delivery. The jaw dropping catch was of immense significance as that stopped Babar, who was earlier dropped on 12, from posing

A deadly Oshane Thomas spelled doom for an unsettled Pakistan when he scalped the wicket of Babar Azam in the 14th over to see Sarfaraz Ahmed and his troops reeling on 62 for four. The right-arm quick then ripped through the remainder of Pakistan’s line up and picked up three more wickets

It was never going to be easy playing England in the first game but I’ve seen nothing to change my mind that South Africa can go deep in this tournament Jacques Kallis says. They will be hard on themselves when they look back on the game, there were too many soft dis-missals, but there

New Zealand are happy to go under the radar as they prepare to launch their campaign for World Cup glory against Sri Lanka in Cardiff on Saturday.