Australia knocks out India from ICC World Cup race

So finally India crumbled today after an unbeaten spree in a bid to retain the ICC World Cup they had won last time. Australians proved too good for Dhoni XI and won the second semi final of the on going ICC World Cup tournament by 95 runs.

Smith's 105 helped Australia to a total of 328 for seven, the highest in a World Cup semi-final. Australia will now play their final on the Melbourne Cricket Ground against New Zealand on Sunday.

India now head home with a heavy heart and also bringing an end to some ridiculously planned campaign against Pakistan which had been on the air with a new sarcastic attack against Pakistan before and after each match.

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Australia mocks Pakistan in the quarterfinals of ICC World Cup cricket

Despite tall claims and speculations of a win for Pakistan over Australia in today's quarter final at Adelaide, Australia, the home team mocked the green shirts and chased the target with almost 100 runs remaining.

Batting first, Pakistan was all out for 213 in 49.5 overs with no batsman scoring an impressive winning score. Misbah and Afridi, the already announced goodbyes from one dayers left the crease without impressing their fans and may forever lament their irresponsible performance in their good-bye match. 

One of the dropped catch by Sohail [Photo: AP]

Coming to bat, Australia despite losing four wickets were fairly luck for a number of catches lost, specially the two critical and important one of Wahab, chased the target much too easily with almost 100 runs to spare.

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Pakistan beat Ireland by 7 Wickets to face Australia in ICC World Cup quarters

Pakistan's Sarfraz celebrates his first century - and Pakistan's first century in the on going tournament too (Photo: BBC)

In a sensational and crucial Pool B match, Pakistan knocked out Ireland of the race to the quarterfinals of the ongoing ICC World Cup cricket today.

Ireland batting first were all out for 237, thanks to a century by Ireland's captain William Porterfield (107).

Respondiong to the target of 238, Pakistan's wicket keeper Sarfraz's first ever century, and Pakistan's first too in the ongoing tournament, made Pakistan win by seven wickets. His ton was supported by Shehzad's impressive 63.

Pakistan now plays Australia on Friday, 20 March at Adelaide.

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Most Unceremonious exit of England from ICC World Cup Cricket

It was a bad day for the Englishmen as they were humiliated by none other than Bangladesh cricket team in England's final match hope to stay in the ongoing ICC World Cup cricket.

Bangladesh playing first gave a target of 276 to England to chase. Bangladesh's Mahmudullah scored an impressive 103, followed by 89 by Mushfiqur.

But when it came to Englishmen, they were all back in the pavilion for just 260 runs in 48.3 overs.

England go out in the group stages for the third time in five World Cups, while Bangladesh advance past the first round for only the second occasion.

"I'm gutted at the moment," said England skipper Eoin Morgan. "There'll be an inquest over the next few weeks as to what happened and what went wrong. Then we'll go from there."

Read details at BBC Sport

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Pakistan beat South Africa in crucial ICC World Cup match

Pakistan's wicket keeper declared man of the match for 49 runs and six impressive catches [Photo: PTV Sport screen shot]

In a sensational crucial match of the on going ICC World Cup cricket match at Auckland, Pakistan beat South Africa by 29 runs.

Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed was the man besides the bowlers to bring victory to Pakistan. He is the first Pakistan keeper to take six dismissals in an ODI innings. He equals the record in all ODIs which has now happened 15 times.

Sarfraz Ahmed is also named man of the match after scoring 49 off as many balls and taking six catches behind the stumps.

Pakistan are now behind South Africa on run-rate, both have six points from five matches, West Indies on four from five and Ireland on four from three.

Read more about it at: BBC Sport
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New Zealand and Sri Lanka kick off 11th ICC World Cup Cricket from today

The cricket fans all over the world would be glued to their TVs from today onward as the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup gets going with opening match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Christchurch, NZ at 22:00 GMT (Group A).

The second Group A match between Australia and England will be played at Melbourne at 3:30 GMT.

Of all the matches, the India-Pakistan game could be the most-watched match in the event's history, said tournament chief executive John Harnden. "The match sold out in 20 minutes, and when we put some further tickets on sale in November, they were literally gone in seconds," he said.

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It may be added that a  total of 14 teams are competing in 49 matches, of 50 overs a side, across 14 venues, followed by an estimated global audience of more than one billion people.

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