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Dubai, Feb 5: Cricket fans from around the world are rushing to get their tickets and with just nine days before the start of the ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, ticket sales is heading for the million mark. The 14 ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 venues around Australia and New Zealand are filling up for what promises to be the most intense competition ever for the silver and gold trophy

Feb 5: South Africa’s hopes of ending a World Cup hoodoo will rest with some of the finest players currently active in the one-day game. Captain AB de Villiers is the top ranked one-day international batsman and will arrive at the tournament after displaying dazzling form in a series against the West Indies, including the fastest one-day international century, made off a scarcely credible 31 balls

New Delhi, Feb 4: India's batting line-up led by Virat Kohli can chase any total on a given day but bowlers need to "stand up and be counted" in order to retain the cricket World Cup, feels ace spinner Harbhajan Singh. "India possess a fabulous batting line-up with Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane forming the core but we would need the likes of Umesh Yadav

Islamabad, Feb 4: Pakistan's former leg-spinner Abdul Qadir has said the outcome of Pakistan-India match will decide their future in the tournament. “It will boost the morale of the winning team and give an additional edge as well. It will surely be a final before the final,” he added. He said the much-anticipated match between the arch-rivals would be the most crucial match of the tournament

Mumbai, Feb 3: Caribbean cricket legend Vivian Richards Tuesday heaped praise on Indian vice captain Virat Kohli, saying he has already become a One-Day International (ODI) batting legend. Richards, who was an integral memer of the West Indies' World Cup-winning squad in 1975 and 1979, also listed Kohli in his list of top 10 ODI batsmen. Richards, considered the most fearsome batsman in the 1980s

Feb 3: Australia will enter the World Cup as the world’s No1 ranked one-day team. Darren Lehmann’s side maintained their position at the top of the ICC ODI team rankings following their undefeated performance in the Tri-Series against England and India. Australia hold a six-point lead over India on the standings after defeating England by 112 runs in the Tri-Series final in Perth on Sunday. South

New Delhi, Feb 2: Recollecting India's Natwest Trophy victory at Lord's in 2002, then Indian manager Rajiv Shukla Monday claimed that skipper Sourav Ganguly wanted all members of the team to do the 'shirt act' but seniors Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid refused. India, chasing England's imposing 325 for five, rode on a match-turning partnership (121 runs) between Mohammad Kaif (87 not out) and

Melbourne, Feb 1: Indian veteran Leander Paes and Swiss ace Martina Hingis turned back the clock to post a sensational win in the Australian Open mixed-doubles final and improve their respective Grand Slam count to 15, here today. The seventh seed Indo-Swiss pair played powerful tennis to serve past third seeds Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in the 1 hour and 2 minutes battle at

Feb 1: American top seed Serena Williams won her sixth Australian Open and 19th career Grand Slam title on Saturday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) victory over Russia's Maria Sharapova. The triumph means the world number one overtakes 18-time major champions Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert to go a clear second on the all-time Open-era winners' list, three behind Steffi Graf on 22. It also extends her

Jan 31: Not surprised at India's inability to qualify for the tri-series final, Australia captain George Bailey said that concentrating on Test cricket before heading into the ODI event might have been the reason for their below-par showing. India failed to win even a single match in the series, finally going down to the England by three wickets on Friday in a virtual semifinal to get knocked out