Cricket News

Tamim Iqbal allayed concerns over his fitness with a steady 81 on his return to competitive cricket, against Pakistan in Bangladesh's first World Cup warm-up match in Blacktown

Dushmantha Chameera, the 23-year-old right-arm seamer, has been named as the replacement for Dhammika Prasad in Sri Lanka's World Cup squad

A five-wicket haul from Mohammad Irfan, followed by an unbeaten 93 from Sohaib Maqsood helped Pakistan edge Bangladesh by three wickets in their warm-up game in Sydney

Mitchell Johnson wants to focus on one game at a time with a long year ahead for Australia, starting at the World Cup

West Indies team manager, Richie Richardson, was disappointed with the side's nine-wicket defeat to England in the warm-up match but stressed it was not a reflection of their preparations

Mohammad Nabi said Afghanistan have learned some lessons from the World T20 and believes a squad tailored to Australian and New Zealand conditions can "hopefully go to the second round"

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann has confirmed that captain Michael Clarke will play Wednesday's warm-up match against the UAE in Melbourne, barring any mishaps at training before that

Winning and losing is secondary to sorting out patterns of play except when pressure threatens to pull that pattern out of shape

Mitchell Marsh is confident he can fill James Faulkner's all-round role, who continues to recover from a side strain, for the start of the World Cup

Martin Guptill joined the list of New Zealand batsmen with hundreds to their name in recent weeks, but it was Zimbabwe who enjoyed the better of proceedings in Lincoln before rain arrived to wipe out the contest

Chris Woakes made excellent use of a green-ish pitch offering bounce and movement and claimed 5 for 19 in England's nine-wicket win against West Indies

Sri Lanka's lower middle order has not contributed runs of late, but Kumar Sangakkara has said the team can't doubt its personnel now

In home conditions under the astute man-management of coach Mike Hesson and captain Brendon McCullum, New Zealand have a logical chance of moving into uncharted territory, namely the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 29 for the final

South Africa got the pressure situation they wanted to practice ahead of a major tournament and they rose above it all to beat Sri Lanka, who had been led by Tillakaratne Dilshan's ton

Ireland's Ed Joyce has questioned the logic of reducing the number of teams at the next World Cup to ten, saying it will harm the development of the game

Jos Buttler recognises that England need match-winning performances now rather than hopeful talk of what the future might hold

Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins rated the hosts' display in their warm-up match against India as a nine or 10 out of 10

Pakistan allrounder Mohammad Hafeez has been ruled out of the World Cup with a calf injury

Glenn Maxwell said that watching Steven Smith's game and approach to batting has helped him grow his repertoire and structure his innings better

West Indies captain Jason Holder has admitted that the absence of Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo is a "huge loss" to West Indies' chances at the World Cup