Streets in Sri Lanka were lit up by firecrackers and front pages celebrated victory after the national cricket team’s stunning World Cup

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene praises Lasith Malinga for his ability to step up in big games after the paceman inspired his country's shock World Cup win over England.

New Zealand beat West Indies by 5 runs at the Old Trafford in Manchester today.

A last over hat-trick from India pacer Mohammad Shami helps India win by 11 runs against Afghanistan at The Rose Bowl in Southampton today.

Wahab Riaz called on Pakistan's World Cup strugglers to stick together as they prepare to face South Africa in a must-win game at Lord's on Sunday.

Bowling will be decisive when Australia meet England at the Cricket World Cup on Tuesday and the reigning champions should consider giving spinner Nathan Lyon a runout at some point in the round-robin stage, former captain Allan Border has said.

New Zealand paceman Lockie Ferguson admitted it is pleasing to see the team's top batsmen playing well ahead of their World Cup game against West Indies in Manchester.

England forgot the basics of a run chase, captain Eoin Morgan said after his team's shock defeat by Sri Lanka in a low-scoring World Cup thriller on Friday.

Lasith Malinga is a "legend" and his four-wicket masterclass in Sri Lanka's shock victory against England has set an example for his team mates, captain Dimuth Karunaratne said on Friday.

Tigers have lost three of six matches so far. Those three matches were against World Cup favourites England, Australia and a genuine contender in New Zealand. Bangladesh were outplayed in just one of those reversals -- when England posted 386 for six and bundled Bangladesh out for 280

Bangladesh’s batting has improved by leaps and bounds but their bowling department still needs work if they are to compete with the best teams, according to former Australia cricketer Michael Hussey. While speaking to ESPNCricinfo, Hussey highly praised Bangladesh’s batting

England’s pace duo of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood claimed three wickets each to restrict former champions Sri Lanka to a modest 232-9 from 50 overs in their World Cup encounter at Headingley yesterday.

“As far as I know he [Mohammad Saifuddin] is experiencing some pain and it may take some time,” Akram Khan said. “I will talk to the physio [Thihan Chandramohan] about that. But Mosaddek Hossain may be fit for the next game.

Lasith Malinga insisted he had done nothing new after starring in Sri Lanka’s stunning World Cup win over England at Headingley on Friday.

After scoring 29 runs with the bat, Sri Lankan all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva was instrumental with his off-spin against England

I think he’s a legend. He know what he has to do, I think. He just keep doing what he knows, that is the main thing, the basic things.

Despite posting a modest target of 233 runs against England, Sri Lanka staged a brilliant fight back with the ball yesterday. After losing

Angelo Matthews has been the only Sri Lankan batsman against England to put up a fight after his side kept losing wickets at regular interval during their World Cup encounter yesterday. The right hander batsman remained unbeaten on 85 off 115 balls which featured

Clive Lloyd says the West Indies should learn the art of adaptability from New Zealand captain Kane Williamson as they fight to avoid World Cup elimination.

England’s Jason Roy remains optimistic he will be able to return to World Cup action against Australia despite a hamstring injury that is being managed “day by day”.