Cricket: New Zealand coast to seven-wicket win over Pakistan

Given the form co-hosts Australia and New Zealand are in, there's a pretty good chance that the World Cup will go back to reside in Oceania. (Getty Images) As we come closer to the World Cup, all the teams are busy sorting their permutations and combinations.

After Sri Lanka and India bit the dust in their respective ODI series recently in New Zealand and Australia, another Asian powerhouse Pakistan too suffered a jolt. The Misbah-ul-Haq led side lost the first ODI match against New Zealand at Wellington on ...

The 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand begins on February 14. ICC The International Cricket Council Board in its first meeting in Dubai on Wednesday, reinstated the use of a Super Over in the event of a tie in the ICC World Cup 2015 ...

Cricket World Cup players face pre-tournament warnings on sledging with the game's bosses eager to avoid any "repulsive confrontation" during the sport's showpiece event in New Zealand and Australia. Sledging has hit the headlines again over ...

Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq lifted an underdone Pakistan to 210 after being sent into bat first against New Zealand in their opening one-day international in Wellington on Saturday. They came together with Pakistan struggling at 127-6 in the ...

Afghanistan are set to make their World Cup debut in Group A along with Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, Scotland and Bangladesh, and Mohammad Nabi, above, as captain of the team. Aamir Qureshi/Afp/Getty Sport is war minus the ...

With the ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand scheduled to kick off in a couple of weeks, former Pakistan captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq has urged his countrymen down under to go with a positive mindset. Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq are going ...

Listen Wellington Daniel Vettori, who played his 280th ODI Sunday against Sri Lanka to become New Zealand's most capped player, Monday said he was feeling confident and fit ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup that bowls off in Australia and ...

When South Africa rolled New Zealand for 45 in a Test innings two years ago little did they know they had also sown the seeds for the Black Caps to become strong contenders for the 2015 World Cup. Notables such as South African skipper AB de ...