Bigger Teams May Miss Playoffs at Cricket World Cup
England is running out of chances, as the Cricket World Cup’s qualifying games wind down. When play resumes Tuesday after an off day, 19 of the 42 pool matches will…
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Bigger Teams May Miss Playoffs at Cricket World Cup
England is running out of chances, as the Cricket World Cup’s qualifying games wind down. When play resumes Tuesday after an off day, 19 of the 42 pool matches will…
A Brief Guide to Cricket Terms, From Beamer to Wicket
The Cricket World Cup is underway in Australia and New Zealand. But unless you are from Britain, India, South Africa or a few other places, you are very likely so…
India vs. Pakistan: How a great cricketing rivalry matured
A few years later my family moved from London to Calcutta. We had migrated from the birthplace of cricket to the game’s burgeoning new Mecca. India’s 1983 win turned out…
At Cricket World Cup, a Group of Underdogs Gets a Rare Opportunity
It would be hard to find two words that seem so ill-matched as “Afghanistan cricket.” Yet this month, the national team of that war-torn country will begin play in cricket’s…
Down but not out: Relief as seagull recovers after being bowled over during TV cricket match
As more than 30,000 spectators looked on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during Wednesday night’s T20 “Big Bash” league clash between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers, visiting batsman…
Yuvraj Singh: The World Cup hero who bounced back from cancer
The mercurial all-rounder had been in the form of his life at the 2011 Cricket World Cup, helping India win their first title in almost three decades when they beat…
T20 takes off: Baseball fuels cricket’s rise
Despite the millions earned in Major League Baseball, the minor leagues are filled with players only pocketing around $1,000 a month as they chase a dwindling dream of making it…