Nathan Coulter-Nile’s record-breaking innings laid the platform for Australia’s 15-run victory over the West Indies on Thursday as the World Cup holders bounced back from a top-order collapse to make it two successive wins.

Pakistan’s stunning victory over World Cup favourites England has eased the pressure on Sarfaraz Ahmed’s squad before Friday’s potentially tricky test against Sri Lanka at Bristol, batting coach Grant Flower said on Thursday.

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has urged his team to “stay ruthless” at the World Cup as they train their sights on Sri Lanka after shocking England.

New Zealand held their nerve under the floodlights to beat Bangladesh by two wickets in a dramatic low-scoring Cricket World Cup match at The Oval on Wednesday.

Opener Rohit Sharma scored a composed unbeaten century as India got their Cricket World Cup campaign off to a solid start with a six-wicket victory over a sloppy South African side at a vibrant Rose Bowl on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka survived a woeful batting collapse to beat Afghanistan by 34 runs in a rain-shortened World Cup thriller on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusingha believes that his side’s 34-run DLS victory over Afghanistan can give them confidence to kick-start their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 campaign.

Sri Lanka’s experienced bowling attack the key for victory, according to Thisara Perera Thisara Perera hailed the experience of the Sri Lankan bowling attack after they rescued victory from the jaws of defeat in a low-scoring thriller against Afgha

Pakistan beat England by 14 runs at Trent Bridge to win for the first time at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019

Veteran paceman Lasith Malinga said Sri Lanka must be mentally tough against Afghanistan as they seek to get their World Cup campaign up and running on Tuesday.

After being comprehensively beaten on all three fronts in their opening game against New Zealand, Sri Lanka will hope for a much improved performance against dark horses Afghanistan on Tuesday, 4 June.

Keep calm and carry on - that’s Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib’s message to his players ahead of their second World Cup clash against Sri Lanka in Cardiff.

After his team’s memorable win over South Africa at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 on Sunday, 2 June, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan reflected on the ever-increasing expectations from the team since their performance in the 2007 edi

South Africa need a new strategy after an abysmal start to the World Cup because ‘Plan A’ has already been ruined by injuries to their pace attack, captain Faf Du Plessis has said.

Especially in Cardiff, losing the toss and batting first is not easy. The ball was doing a little bit but the important thing was to try and bat the first 20 overs without losing too many wickets.

Dimuth Karunaratne urged Sri Lanka’s batsmen to follow his lead and urged patience as his side aim to recover from a heavy opening loss to New Zealand.

Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib took the bold decision to bat against champions Australia in their World Cup opener at Bristol on Saturday.

New Zealand paceman Matt Henry led an inspired bowling unit to run through Sri Lanka’s batting and power the Black Caps to a 10-wicket win in their World Cup opener on Saturday.

New Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has enlisted a number of former greats to try and inspire his side on the eve of their tournament opener against New Zealand.

West Indies crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in a one-sided World Cup match at Trent Bridge on Friday, with the two-time champions showing they are a resurgent force in the one-day game.

Sri Lanka turn to former greats to inspire next generation - Dimuth

Opening Party - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes lit up The Oval to ensure England defeated South Africa and got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start.

South Africa put host England to bat first in the opening match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup at the Oval a short while ago.

It was shown Malinga imparting his knowledge with Stoinis from Australia after the WC warm-up match. Later Malinga spoke about this at the Post-match Press conference.

Cricketers and pundits have predicted that the World Cup in England and Wales will be a high-scoring affair. We take a look at five batsmen who could wreak havoc.

While the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Opening Party got under way on the Mall, just up the road the expectant captains got a royal audience in a very grand ‘pavilion’.