Cricket World Cup

The International Cricket Council has defended not scheduling reserve days for group matches at the rain-marred World Cup.

Sri Lanka's World Cup game against Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball bowled, as a record third match in the tournament was called off due to rain.

South Africa's hopes of a semi-final place at the Cricket World Cup appear to have been washed out along with their fixture against the West Indies.

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc's five-wicket haul and 92 by Nathan Coulter-Nile helped Australia beat West Indies by 15 runs at Trent Bridge. Video

New Zealand will stick to an unchanged line-up as they seek to build momentum in their second match of the Cricket World Cup against Bangladesh at The Oval tonight.

Sri Lanka survived a woeful batting collapse to beat Afghanistan by 34 runs in a rain-shortened World Cup thriller in Cardiff.

Pakistan beat England by 14 runs at Trent Bridge as the World Cup favourites suffer their first loss.

David Warner and Steve Smith returned to international cricket to see Australia through to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in their World Cup opener.

Sri Lanka have arrived at the World Cup with a reshuffled squad and in patchy form but newly-appointed skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has backed the fresh faces to deliver.

West Indies steamrolled Pakistan to seal a seven-wicket victory in their World Cup opener at Trent Bridge.

England made a confident start to their Cricket World Cup campaign as they crushed South Africa by 104 runs in the tournament opener at The Oval.

The Black Caps are confident wicketkeeper Tom Latham will be fit for their first game of the Cricket World Cup.

New Zealand comfortably beat India by six wickets in a cricket World Cup warm-up match at The Oval in London after restricting the Virat Kohli-led side to 179.

Black Caps coach Gary Stead says Tom Blundell's performance in their opening Cricket World Cup warm-up match shows why he deserved his place in the New Zealand squad for the tournament.

Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell is confident former skipper Steve Smith and ex-deputy David Warner will overcome illness and play in World Cup warm-up matches against a New Zealand XI in Brisbane…

Wellington wicketkeeper Tom Blundell is the surprise inclusion in the Black Caps' squad for next month's Cricket World Cup in the UK. Video