India's cricket stars bite back over World Cup sandwiches
India's cricket players have complained about getting cold sandwiches after practice at the Twenty20 World Cup with some ordering food online instead, a source told AFP on Wednesday.
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Ngidi fears bad luck 'following us' at World Cup as rain looms for Tigers clash
Proteas seamer Lungi Ngidi admitted that Australia's funky weather has put them under pressure ahead of Thursday's T20 World Cup clash against Bangladesh at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Cricket-Rain, Ireland put England's T20 World Cup in peril
MELBOURNE -England's hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals suffered a major dampener on Wednesday after the former champions slumped to a shock loss to Ireland as rain forced an early finish at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
T20 World Cup: Ireland stun England by 5 runs via DLS method
Having stormed into Super 12 by eliminating two-time champions West Indies, Ireland rode on a sparkling 47-ball 62 by skipper Andy Balbirnie and looked for a 180-plus total before England dragged them back to bowl them out for 157 in 19.2 overs. Leg-spinner Liam Livingstone triggered the collapse before pacer Mark Wood seized the initiative as the duo returned with three wickets each to deny Ireland 15-20 runs extra. Chasing the tricky target, the 2010 champions were 105/5 in 14.3 overs, five runs short of the DLS target of 110 as the play could not be started within the cutoff time due to rain and Ireland completed their second win over England in a World Cup.
Cricket-England suffer shock Ireland defeat as rain ends T20 clash
MELBOURNE -England's hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals suffered a massive blow on Wednesday after the former champions suffered a shock loss to Ireland when rain forced an early finish to their match at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
T20 World Cup upset alert: Drama as Ireland stun giants England in rain-hit clash
Minnows Ireland pulled off a huge upset on Wednesday, stunning world number two England by five runs with a fine bowling display in a rain-affected match to throw the Twenty20 World Cup wide open.
Cricket-England on the brink of Ireland shock as rain halts play
MELBOURNE : England were on the brink of a shock loss to Ireland at the T20 World Cup on Wednesday as rain halted play with the English five runs behind the par score and time fast running out to resume play.
Injured Ireland stars could play against Springboks
Ireland coach Andy Farrell said on Tuesday he had yet to rule out any of his squad's injured players from next week's November opener against world champions South Africa.