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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Adam Collins Alright, that’s me done. Thank you for the nice chat about New Zealand music (and cricket). South Africa play Afghanistan tomorrow, with both of Read more…


Rob Key will fly to India at the end of the week to select squads for next month’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean, but more importantly to decide whether Jos Buttler and Matthew Mott are the men to deliver a Read more…


Moeen Ali believes England should emerge from the group of aging world champions after a stagnant season in India this year. In a typically candid assessment of the title defense ended by Saturday’s 33-run defeat to Australia in Ahmedabad, the Read more…


England’s dismal World Cup campaign hit another low point on Wednesday when David Willey announced his retirement from the national team, while former captain Michael Vaughan described the player’s treatment as “disgraceful”. Willey, whose recent performances were among the few Read more…


Liam Livingstone has insisted all is well in England’s World Cup squad, describing their days together as “probably the best time of our lives” and dismissing Eoin Morgan’s suggestion of problems in the group. “With all due respect to Morgs, Read more…


A spirited Afghanistan upset another former champion team on Monday as Hashmatullah Shahidi’s men beat 1996 winners Sri Lanka by seven wickets and continued their memorable World Cup campaign. Their bowlers had laid the foundation for their third win in Read more…


The Netherlands climbed from the bottom of the Cricket World Cup table and overtook England with an 87-run win over Bangladesh on Saturday after Scott Edwards hit a lively half-century and Dutch bowler Paul van Meekeren broke through the Asian Read more…


FAfter three weeks of World Cup austerity, there were finally a few games where the game was all that mattered. Up to this point, apart from the good vibes from underdogs Netherlands and Afghanistan beating a couple of established teams, Read more…


FLaugher than a freshly baked paratha on Bengaluru’s busy Church Street and devoured with relish by Sri Lanka, this was not so much a case of England losing the World Cup at the Chinnaswamy Stadium as a complete abandonment. In Read more…


Quinton de Kock led South Africa’s batting carnage with a fire of 174 as they beat Bangladesh by 149 runs on Tuesday to stay on course for a place in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup. De Kock posted Read more…