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Daryl Mitchell and Kane Williamson’s individual fifties guide New Zealand to clinch eight-wickets win over Bangladesh in the 11th game of the ICC ODI World Cup-2023 at M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Mitchell’s innings of 67 runs from 89 balls, and Williamson’s 107 from 77 balls helped to ensure the Blackcaps to register their third win of the ...

A stunning 85th-minute equalizer from Eduard Bello earned Venezuela a rare draw at Brazil while world champions Argentina made it three wins out of three in South American World Cup qualifying with a hard-earned 1-0 win over a determined Paraguay on Thursday. Darwin Nunez struck a stoppage time penalty as Uruguay fought back for a 2-2 draw with Colombia in ...

Bangladesh scored 245 with the half-century of Mushfiqur Rahim after another top-order collapse in the 11th game of the World Cup at M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Liton Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Najmul Hossain Shanto were back at the hut after just 12.1 overs with only 56 runs on the board after the Kiwis ...

South Africa sealed a huge victory by 134 runs against Australia in the 10th game of the World Cup at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Thursday. A collective bowling craft from the Proteas propel to bowl the five-time world champions out for 177 runs while defending 311 runs. In replying to the challenging ...

A dramatic goal by M Saad Uddin in the dying moment guided Bangladesh to stay in the race playing 1- 1 draw with hosts Maldives in the Asian Qualification Round-1 match of the FIFA World Cup’ 2026 at the National Stadium in Male on Thursday. With the day’s precious draw with an away goal, Bangladesh have a fair chance to ...

Lionel Messi is doubtful for Argentina’s South American World Cup qualifier against Paraguay on Thursday despite “looking good” in training, according to coach Lionel Scaloni. Messi teamed up with the World Cup winners after returning from injury as a second-half substitute for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer on Saturday, AFP reported. Messi had played just 37 minutes for his ...

Captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday surpassed compatriot Sachin Tendulkar with a record seventh World Cup century to lead India to a crushing eight-wicket win over Afghanistan. Chasing 273 for victory in New Delhi, the hosts rode on Rohit’s 131 to achieve their target in 35 overs for a second straight win in the 50-over showpiece event, AFP reports. He brought ...

The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will host the 2028 European Championship, Uefa has confirmed. The joint bid ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew to focus on a bid with Italy for Euro 2032, which was also confirmed at a meeting in Switzerland. The UK and Ireland focused on Euro 2028, with Uefa’s approval, after they ended a plan to ...

Another bad news for Bangladesh after suffering a huge defeat against England as they were fined five percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the match. The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the matter with a press release after the match. The Shakib Al Hasan-led side was ruled to be one over short of the target ...

This has been the record highest successful run-chase in World Cup history as Pakistan managed a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. The men in green overtook the target with 10 balls in hand while chasing 345 runs on Tuesday. The previous highest successful run-chase was 329 runs occupied by Ireland against England in ...