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New Zealand Cricket Team Arrested for Bludgeoning England

New Zealand Cricket Team Arrested for Bludgeoning England

I'm not sure what else can be said that hasn't already about the World Cup clash between New Zealand and England today. Twin destroyers Tim Southee (7 for 33) and Brendan McCullum (77 of 25 balls) not only rubbed England's noses into the dirt, but also made them eat...

US Embassy Declares Afghan Win

US Embassy Declares Afghan Win

In what was an historic match yesterday, Afghanistan strutted its stuff for the first time in a World Cup. The Afghans took on Bangladesh in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Manuka Oval in Canberra and according to a tweet from the US Embassy in Kabul, won the game...

New Zealand Throw Wickets At Scotland

New Zealand Throw Wickets At Scotland

New Zealand were somewhat unconvincing with the bat in their win against Scotland in Tuesday's World Cup clash. After the Scots were sent in first and mistakenly thought 142 was a par score, it seemed New Zealand would make short work on the run chase. Whilst they...

A Cold Windies Blow as Ireland Rise Up

A Cold Windies Blow as Ireland Rise Up

Well, well, well. It didn't take long for the first World Cup 2015 upset did it? Granted the West Indies have had a generally poor run of form to date and Ireland are no slouches with the bat and ball, but just as Zimbabwe showed in its plucky fight with South Africa...

India Take Down Pakistan

India Take Down Pakistan

After a generally disappointing summer down under, India has landed it's first blow in the World Cup bringing down arch rival Pakistan by 76 runs. Indian pin up boy Virat Kholi continued his love affair with the Adelaide oval as he blasted a special 107 and landed man...

Zimbabwe Challenges South Africa

South Africa were give a fair run for their paycheck today as a spirited Zimbabwe got within 62 runs of the 339 target set by South Africa in their opening World Cup clash. An even greater surprise of the day was the fact that AB de Villiers was actually dismissed,...

New Zealand Whip Sri Lanka by 98 runs

New Zealand Whip Sri Lanka by 98 runs

New Zealand continue to present themselves as a serious World Cup contender after they beat Sri Lanka by 98 runs in Christchurch. NZ scored a hefty 331 with quality contributions from across the batting order. Brendan McCullum's 65 off 49 balls  and Corey Anderson's...

Australia Humiliate England, Umpires Humiliate Rules

Australia have opened their World Cup bank account with a healthy deposit, a deposit England will still be trying to wipe off themselves after their opening match. Aaron Finch's sweet century in front of his Melbourne homies was the highlight of the game although Glen...