‘If they want to boo, they can, I thrive on that stuff’
David Warner is batting to a different beat at this World Cup, listening to music during training to “calm him down,” while the background noise of hostile crowds only inspires him to perform.
David Warner is batting to a different beat at this World Cup, listening to music during training to “calm him down,” while the background noise of hostile crowds only inspires him to perform.
After cruelling New Zealand’s World Cup hopes in 2015, Mitchell Starc is back to inflict more pain and has Kane Williamson firmly in his sights on Saturday night.
England are under big, big pressure and Joe Root hopes cooler heads can prevail in the heat of battle as matches with India and New Zealand determine their World Cup fate.
After winning just one of their first five matches, Pakistan are suddenly right in World Cup semifinal calculations after a win over New Zealand, with England squarely in their sights.
INDIAN batting great Rahul Dravid says the selectors’ gamble to include an injured Michael Clarke for the World Cup is “un-Australian.”
AUSTRALIA has named its 15-man squad to win the World Cup and the selectors have put together a quality unit – but one glaring omission was the absence of a wrist-spinner.
CUP COUNTDOWN: Rahul Dravid says Michael Clarke’s selection was ‘un-Australian’, while Pakistan’s players have been banned from discussing religion.
CAMERON White or Shaun Marsh? Who will cast their name forward for World Cup selection should Michael Clarke’s dodgy hamstrings fail to repair.
AS bats get bigger and boundaries get smaller, it’s only a matter of time before seemingly untouchable marks in one-day cricket are within reach.
WORLD cricket’s governing body has promised to come down hard on players who verbally abuse opponents at the upcoming World Cup.
GEORGE Bailey’s one-match ban is set to force Australia’s selectors to reveal who is in line to replace Michael Clarke in the World Cup squad.
CUP COUNTDOWN: IF Australia is to win the World Cup it needs to overcome the best cricketer on the planet, according to Adam Gilchrist.
THE ICC will reportedly launch an unprecedented crackdown on sledging and player misbehaviour during the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
GEORGE Bailey says he isn’t bothered by the prospect of being dropped from Australia’s World Cup team if Michael Clarke returns from injury.
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