South Africa's Quinton de Kock was probably already feeling the most pressure of his fledgling international career before captain AB de Villiers dumped even more of it on his shoulders.
South Africa's bowlers backed up a solid batting performance led by captain AB de Villiers' 99 to ensure they qualified for the knockout phase of the World Cup with a 146-run victory over United Arab Emirates.
Australia's World Cup loss to New Zealand was disappointing but no wake-up call, according to captain Michael Clarke, who said his team remains full of confidence despite the frustrating start to their campaign.
Left-handers Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne struck fluent centuries to help Sri Lanka outplay a hapless England by nine wickets in a Pool A match of the ICC World Cup.
New Zealand legend and player of the 1992 cricket World Cup, Martin Crowe, was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame for his service to the game.
The toe-crusher is hitting the target, the bouncer is coming out well and, most importantly, the wicket column is swelling again.
fghanistan's latest cricket sensation Hamid Hassan found his way into the pages of the popular US daily.
India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that talented Mumbai batsman Ajinkya Rahane is one player who has improved by leaps and bounds in recent times and is ready to don any hat for the team's cause.
A floundering England will be looking to avoid a potential banana skin when they take on minnows Scotland in a crucial Pool A cricket World Cup match at the Hagley Oval, in Christchurch on Monday.
England could hardly have made a worse start to the sport's most important tournament, losing by 111 runs to Australia last weekend and then suffering an embarrassing eight-wicket loss to New Zealand on Friday.
New Zealand cruised to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over England.
A decent performance in the just-concluded two-Test series against New Zealand propelled India batsman Virat Kohli to a career-best ninth in the latest ICC Test rankings, issued in Dubai on Wednesday.
New Zealand recorded their first Test series victory over India since 2002 when the second match ended in a draw, on Tuesday, after Brendon McCullum became the first New Zealander to score a Test triple century.
New Zealand is reportedly planning to bounce India out in the upcoming two-Test series with another short-pitched barrage similar to the one responsible for their 4-0 ODI series romp.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, visibly dejected after his side was crushed 0-4 in the ODI series against New Zealand, said his team failed to adapt and improvise quickly enough against a team that was consistency personified, adding he is looking forward to the Test series.
Images from the fifth and final one-dayer between New Zealand and India at the Westpac stadium in Wellington on Friday.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is optimistic of India's chances in the fifth and final One-dayer against New Zealand in Wellington on Friday.
Electing to bat, the visitors were reduced to four for eight in the fifth over with both paers James Anderson and Stuart Broad claiming two wickets each, in the fourth Test against England, on Wednesday.
Having tied the third game in Auckland, Team India will look to build on their new-found momentum and aim for a first win of the tour when they take on New Zealand in the fourth ODI in Hamilton on Tuesday.
The world's fastest growing economies have turned out to be the biggest polluters.
Valencia climbed above Atletico Madrid and Sevilla into third in La Liga when Alvaro Negredo came off the bench to score a late winner in a 3-2 home victory over his former club Almeria on Saturday.
India rode on Ishant Sharma's inspired spell of fast bowling to demolish England and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series. Statistical highlights at the end of the second Test between India and England at Lord's.
India has played 16 Tests at the venue, but it's not been a happy hunting ground. Individual Indian records, however, are impressive. Rediff.com presents the Indians who scored a century at Lord's.
Once viewed as the perennial whipping boys of one-day cricket, New Zealand have not only reinvented themselves but have also helped inspire a remarkable transformation in England's approach.
New Zealand cricket coach Mike Hesson has called on the country's curators to serve up green pitches when India tour for their two-Test series in February.
Sachin Tendulkar was named 2015 World Cup's ambassador for the second successive edition.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday said that finishing games at first opportunity will be crucial for his side against a strong team like England during the upcoming five-match Test series.
Flustered FIFA officials shut down a media conference in New Zealand on Thursday after being inundated with questions about the sport's latest scandal.
Ahead of the four-Test series against Australia, pacer Ishant Sharma says it is vital to learn from whatever India did right on past tours, focus on that and keep doing the same.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson believes India, with several match winners in their squad and the advantage of playing in home conditions, are definitely one the favourites at the World T20.
Cricketers at the elite level will simply need time to process the death of Phillip Hughes before they would be able to play again, according to a psychologist who works with New Zealand's high performance athletes.
As I was training for the upcoming season, it dawned on me that my shoulder may not last the rigours of bowling nearly eighteen overs a day, and that's when I knew it was time, says Zaheer Khan after his retirement from international cricket.
Phillip Hughes' fight for survival from a severe head injury has prompted a wave of sympathy across the globe, not least from former New Zealand cricketer Ewen Chatfield, who was nearly killed by a fast delivery in the 1970s.
With an impeccable tally of 2,633 runs across formats this year, Kane Williamson, says Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com, is right up there among the pantheon of modern great greats.
Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic?
Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed what he loved and hated during his New Zealand tours in his playing days. Tendulkar claimed that the windy and cold conditions, the food poor, boundaries short and the accent was impossible to master in New Zealand.
There's been no place like home for Australia and New Zealand on their respective paths to the World Cup final but just one of the co-hosts will enjoy that particular advantage when they meet in Sunday's title decider.
New Zealand's cricketing Gallipoli came on February 1, 1981 when Australia captain Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to bowl the last ball of a One-day match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground along the ground.
Brendon McCullum has become the first batsman to cross 2,000-run mark in Twenty20 Internationals. Here're the other top scorers in the game's shortest format.
Martin Guptill on Saturday bludgeoned his way to the record books with the highest individual World Cup knock as New Zealand beat West Indies by 143 runs
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