WHEN Bangladesh graduated to the quarter-finals, it raised the expectation that the contest would be highly competitive and that Bangladesh was to give a fight.

Actor Iresh Zaker is one of the most avid followers of cricket and keenly follows the fortunes of the Bangladesh cricket team -- be it a bilateral home series or a global tournament.

Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand may be the teams to beat, but the striking feature of this World Cup is Asia's four Test nations defying conventional wisdom to make the quarter-finals

West Indies believe their dashing batsman Chris Gayle will have a major impact during Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand even if he's only half fit

With Pakistan's victory against Ireland in the last group-stage match today, quarterfinal (QF) fixture for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 has been now completed. The first QF will be held on March 18 in Sydney Cricket Ground between Sri Lanka and South Africa. The match will start at 9:30am in Bangladesh Standard Time (BDST).

Pakistan smash a victory at the Adelaide Oval beating Ireland by 7 wickets to secure their spot in the quarterfinals as third of Pool B

Defending champion India run away with a victory over Zimbabwe at Auckland riding on an anchoring century of Suresh Raina and a record partnership

New Zealand narrowly manages to get past Bangladesh at Hamilton in a nail biting game marked by a back-to-back ton by Mahmudullah, the first Bangladeshi to hit century in World Cup

Heavyweight contender for world best, South Africa today defeated associate member UAE by an overwhelming 146 runs in the World Cup 2015 match at Wellington

Well done TIGERS. You made us proud! It was a great game to watch and I really liked the variety of bowling from Rubel.

BANGLADESH has made history in cricket. For the first time they qualified to play in the quarterfinals of the ICC World Cup by defeating England at Adelaide.

SL pile up runs as key batsmen Dilshan, Sangakkara hit tons in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 match against Scotland at Bellerive Oval in Hobart

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.

Bangladesh thumped authority over Scotland at Nelson today chasing down one of the highest World Cup scores ever and winning the match by six wickets. However, Bangladesh remained number four in the Pool A chart second to Australia for run rate calculations. However, chances of Tigers in the quarterfinals emerged strong.

To cheer the Bangladesh cricket team along for the ICC World Cup, singer Moidul Islam Khan Shuvo has released a new song called “Ora Aschhe”. Shuvo says the song, sung by him along with Baul Shafi Mondal, Tumpa, Chandana Majumdar and Adnan, is a tribute to our cricket heroes.

South Africa knocked the air out of Ireland at the Manuka Oval in Canberra today outclassing them by a staggering margin of 201 runs at the World Cup 2015.

A US student has just spends 30 days on a "bug diet" - eating insects three times a day. Camren Brantley-Rios says traditional meats such as pork and beef are unsustainable

In the most intense match of the World Cup played as of yet, Ireland pulled a two-wicket win over a fighting UAE side in the 16th match of the World Cup 2015 at Brisbane

Trivia of the match between Ireland and UAE in CWC15

Ireland's captain William Porterfield has not yet signed the petition for the retention of a 14-team World Cup, but based on his rhetoric at the Gabba on Tuesday, that can only be a matter of time.