ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Mathews fumes at Shakib and Bangladesh after ‘disgraceful’ first

Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews has criticised opponents Bangladesh for the appeal that led to him becoming the first player to be...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricket

England’s Joe Root admits doubts over whether ODI cricket remains “relevant” have not gone unnoticed by players at the World Cup...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

How England’s current World Cup woes compare to previous tournament struggles

England continued on the path towards one of their worst Cricket World Cup campaigns with a humbling 229-run defeat to South...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Stokes says he is ready to make England return in crunch South Africa clash

Ben Stokes has declared himself ready for action in England’s must-win World Cup clash against South Africa, after missing the first...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Bairstow: England-South Africa World Cup double will be ‘great spectacle’

Jonny Bairstow is relishing his role in a rare World Cup double as England and South Africa prepare for high-stakes battles...

By Nick Powell

Features

/ 1 year ago

England’s shock World Cup defeats as Afghanistan add their name to list

England slumped to a shock World Cup defeat against Afghanistan in Delhi. The defending champions were dismissed for 215 as they...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Buttler tells England to ‘let it hurt’ after World Cup loss to Afghanistan

England captain Jos Buttler told his side to “let it hurt” after their World Cup campaign hit the skids with a...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

England’s World Cup hopes in the balance after shock Afghanistan defeat

England’s hopes of defending the World Cup suffered an almighty blow in Delhi, where underdogs Afghanistan pulled off a stunning upset...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Curran happy to relinquish England new ball to ‘amazing’ Topley

Sam Curran had no qualms about surrendering new-ball duties to Reece Topley after watching his Surrey team-mate deliver the goods in...

By Nick Powell

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Injury-ravaged Sri Lanka stutter to the start line

By Jo Harman Just a couple of weeks ago, Sri Lanka appeared to be shaping up nicely for the World Cup....

By The Cricket Paper Team

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

A new hope

By Jo Harman As they enter their third 50-over World Cup, Afghanistan’s record in the tournament doesn’t make for pretty reading....

By The Cricket Paper Team

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Starc Truth!

By Geoff Lemon Full flight: Mitchell Starc is still among the very best in the business PICTURE: Alamy When it comes...

By The Cricket Paper Team

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Shubman Gill – The crown prince of India

By Aadya Sharma As ever, India enter a World Cup unanimously branded ‘favourites’. Moreover it’s a home tournament, and the last...

By The Cricket Paper Team

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

Bas-ball, Dutch style

By Phil Walker Bas de Leede knew what was needed, and what was at stake. Chase down Scotland’s 277 inside 44...

By The Cricket Paper Team

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

The many layers of Babar Azam

By Ben Gardner As a captain and as a person, Babar Azam is famously inscrutable, and that can make it hard...

By The Cricket Paper Team

ICC Cricket World Cup

/ 1 year ago

A touch of Klaasen

By Katya Witney No one in the world is hitting it as well as Heinrich Klaasen. From only playing two matches...

By The Cricket Paper Team

International News

/ 2 years ago

Afghanistan achieve first ODI series win over Bangladesh

By Josh Stacey Afghanistan travelled to Bangladesh and beat them 2-1 in a bilateral ODI series, registering their first series victory...

By The Cricket Paper Team

International News

/ 2 years ago

Tamim U-turns on retirement

Bangladesh legend Tamim Iqbal has reversed his decision to retire from international cricket. The left-handed batter had announced his retirement with...

By The Cricket Paper Team

Mel Farrell

/ 2 years ago

WTC holds great prestige but does it need a rethink?

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER - THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN I’m writing this week’s column from possibly my favourite vantage point in...

By The Cricket Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Now let’s bring on the ‘proper’ stuff

All the savour of Lord’s just can’t hide the great Test divide says Jim Wallace You may or may not be...

By The Cricket Paper Team

International News

/ 2 years ago

Malan: We need to play more red-ball

It’s a measure of world cricket’s scheduling insanity that when The Cricket Paper recently caught up with Heinrich Malan, he was...

By The Cricket Paper Team

Guest Blogs

/ 2 years ago

Standout performers at the T20 World Cup

Although Twenty20 (T20) has received criticism from cricketing purists and oftentimes been referred to as an exhibition – the competitiveness, passion...

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