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NEW DELHI: Glenn Maxwell’s fastest World Cup century off 40 balls and 104 by David Warner led Australia to a record World Cup 309-run rout of the Netherlands on Wednesday for their third straight victory at the tournament. Maxwell’s 106 off 44 balls laced with nine fours and eight sixes fired Australia to 399-8, a total their bowlers defended easily …

DHARAMSALA: A first World Cup loss to hosts India has done little to dampen spirits in the New Zealand camp, with players soaking up the delights of Dharamsala and revelling in a visit to the Dalai Lama. New Zealand have the luxury of back-to-back games in the former British hill station where they face a resurgent Australia on Saturday. Having …

IT was all smiles at the ‘MAC B’ — the training facility in the premises of the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium — here on Wed­nes­day as Pakistan players conducted their first practice session after their historic World Cup defeat against Afghanistan. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association had called up a number of bowlers to help the Pakistan reeling after their third …

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday urged fans to rally behind the Green Shirts following three consecutive losses in the World Cup. Pakistan has lost three consecutive World Cup matches against India, Australia and Afghanistan after winning its first two matches against Sri Lanka and Netherlands. The latest string of defeats has dropped them to the fifth spot in the World Cup. The latest defeat against Afghanistan …

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s best start to a top-flight season for more than 60 years got even better as a 2-0 home win over Fulham sent them two points clear at the Premier League summit on Monday. Captain Son Heung-min’s seventh league goal of the campaign and James Maddison’s first home strike for the club secured a seventh win in nine …

PAKISTANI cricket fans have always had a knack of perceiving their misery with a comic angle. One of the popular notions among them is how when their team bats, the pitch looks like a bowling friendly surface and that when they bowl, it turns into a batting paradise. That was very well the case in their first ever One-day International loss …

NEW DELHI: Australia’s Mitchell Marsh could not confirm if opener Travis Head will be back for Wednesday’s World Cup clash against the Netherlands but is ready to move down to number three as and when his team-mate returns. Head fractured his left hand in South Africa last month but has linked up with the squad in New Delhi where the …

NEW DELHI: Former captain Angelo Mathews was on Tuesday called up to the Sri Lanka squad at the ongoing ICC World Cup to rep­lace the injured Matheesha Pathi­rana, the sport’s world body said. Mathews, who has played 221 ODIs, has been approved as a replacement by the event technical committee ahead of the team’s key match against defending champions England …

LAHORE: Impressive fast bowling by Mir Hamza and Shahnawaz Dahani and opener Saim Ayub’s record century put Karachi Whites in a commanding position against Faisalabad Region on the third day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. After dismissing Faisalabad for a paltry 124 to claim a massive 419-run first-innings lead, Karachi Whites ended the …

MUMBAI: South Africa are motivated by the desire to prove themselves against Bangladesh, Aiden Markram said on Monday as he called on the team to build on their massive 229-run World Cup victory over England. Bangladesh have won three of their last four One-day International meetings with South Africa, including a 38-run win at the 2019 World Cup. “We haven’t …