Australia vs West Indies Match in World Cup Today

The two match played yesterday was like we are watching the same movie with different stars in it.  Match between India, South Africa and the second match between New Zealand and Bangladesh were almost the same. Just the fact that Bangaldesh score a bit more than South Africa and New Zealand Lost a bit more wickets than India while chase.

Now today is going to be an interesting match. Its between the West Indies and Australia. Now if today West Indies win the match than I'll definitely say that they have a good chance to make it to the semi-finals. As the NRR of West Indies team is very high and in chance to a tie of points, they will easily make it to the next round.

The net run rate of West Indies is 5.802 and the next best team in New Zealand with net run rate of 2,279. Australia NRR is 1.86 and all remaining teams net run rate is below 1.

However we know its a long tournament and there are many matches to be played, so a few good or bad matches can change the scenario.

11:39 IST Match starts in 3:21 mins from now.
14:31 IST: Weather looking fine, sun is out. Bit cold but a fine weather for a cricket match.

Last 5 match history:
If we look at last 5 matches track then Australia team looks in a great form having won all the last five matches they played. West Indies on the other hand has won only two matches and one was the world cup match against Pakistan few days back.

14:36 IST: Its time for toss. West Indies won the toss and they elected to field first.
15:37 IST: After a quick start 2st over that got 12 runs. Australia is in trouble with a score of 36/3 in 7 overs.
15:39 IST: One wicket each for Thoams, Cottrell and Russell
16:36 IST: Half of the Australian team back to Pavilion and not even 100 runs on the boards. Current score is Aus 82/5 in 19 overs. Another low scoring match with changes for West Indies to keep there net run rate higher.
16:39 IST: This is a balanced West Indies team 4 all rounder, 3 bowler and 4 batsmen
16:56 IST: Some quick boundaries from Alex Carrey. Australia score in 110/5 in 24 Overs
16:58 IST: The scoreboard should have been in favour of Australia had they lots 2 wickets less. The pitch is good for bowlers and had the batsmen stayed on the crease a bit more to understand how it behaves.

17:09 IST: 48 runs in last 5 overs and 0 wickets. The two batsmen scoring quickly. Score in 129/5 in 27 overs.
17:32 IST: Another wicket gone. Alex Carrey our for 45. A very good partnership between him and Smith. Australia in now 149/6 in 32 overs. Its sounds like they can get to a respectable total from here.

18:13 IST: Smith on 60 and Nile nears fifty require 2more runs
18:16: Half century for Nile. Aus 226/4 in 43 overs. This score looks good on the scoreboard now.

21:39 IST: Match evenly staged at this moment. A partnership can lead to victory whereas 2 more wickets can do magic for Australia

India vs South Africa Wold Cup Match Today

Team India doesn't have a good arrival in England for 2019 wold and and they lost first warm up match to New Zealand. They also don't have a good start to the second warm up match as well played again Bangladesh.

Now team India has to start the world cup journey with the first match again South Africa on Wednesday 5 of June, 2019. This is the eighth match of the tournament. South Africa already played the opening match of the world cup against the host England on 30th of May. The match details are here.

Coming to this match, I feel South Africa are favorites due to the bowling and all rounder in the team. However team India main strength is batting and on a given day there bating line up can destroy the world best bowling lines. Few minutes fore the toss and we will come with more updates.

Keep  watching.

12:22 IST: This is third game for South Africa and first one for Team India. I think SA has to win this game for sure to keep there hopes in tournament live. They need to win 5 out of remaining 7 matches to qualify for the next round.

12:25 IST: with Dale Steyn out of the tournament, it'd be interesting to see what combination SA plays today. For India the captain has to calculate whether to play 2 or 1 spinner.

12:52 IST: Last five matches performance for both teams. South African won 3 of last five matches. Means before the start of world cup they have won 3 matches back to back. India on the other hand entered world cup with three state defeats from Australia.

12:56 IST: India has never lost a match to South Africa in ICC Events since 2012.

13:06 IST: Head to head in last five matches played, India won 4 of those.
14:37 IST: South Africa won the toss and they elected to bad.
15:34: South Africa already 2 wickets down. Another poor start for the team. Score 30/2 in 7 overs. Bumrah took both the tickets.

16:02 IST: SA are building the inning slowly to recover from early loss of two wickets. Score is 43/2 in 12 overs.
16:29 IST: van der Dussen out.  Chahal got him. Scoreboard reads: 78/3 in 19.2 overs.
16:46 IST: Almost Half overs of SA innings and half team out. Score 98/5 in in 22.3 overs. 

17:35 IST: SA 134/5 in 35.2 over. Seems they might reach 289
17:43 IST: Miller gone, Again Chahal. South Africa in trouble. Score is 140/6 in 37 overs.
17:52 IST: One more for Chahal and now its tail in the batting order.
17:53: Phehlukwayo out scoring 34 runs. 
17:54 There are two more overs for Chahal - 4 wickets in 8 overs and gave 34 runs only. Seems like 5 for in the picture and MOM award as well.
18:58: India need 228 runs to win. SA 227/9 in 50 overs. India can win match in less than 40 overs. so NRR keeps high.

19:39 IST: India got to a poor start. Alreay lost Dhawan and score is 14/1 in 7 overs.

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New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka Match in World Cup Today

Watch the live score of New Zealand and Sri Lanka today. 

Check ball by ball details of the score above. 

Match Preview: 

New Zealand, the finalist of last world cup Or we can runner ups of 2015 world cup. They got defeated by the co-hosts Australia then. However this world cup in in different part of the globe with different playing conditions. And above that the format of the world cup is also different. 

For us at ICC Cricket Blogspot, it seems that New Zealand are the favorites for this match. 

Sri Lanka sas won 1 of the last five ODIs they played

New Zealand has lost 1 of the last five OIDs they played

Match starts in one hour from now.

15:47 IST: Sri Lanka alreay lost 3 wickets with just 50 runs on the scoreboard.

16:30 IST: SL 83 for 6 in 18.3 overs.  Five batsmen are back in pavillion with less than 10 individual runs.
16:33 IST: Only hope for Sri Lanka is the current pair of batsmen. Opener FDM Karunaratne is still on the crease with score of 26 and to give him company is TC Perera with 15 runs. Hope they can get the team to a respectable score.
16:36 IST: If Sri Lanka manage to double the current score then there bowler might feel something to defend. Net Run Rate will definitely going to play a major role for the teams to qualify to the knockouts round.

16:39 IST: Score is Sri Lanka 92/6 in 20 overs. With 30 overs left, hope one of the batsmen from this pair bats till the end. And quick cameo from the last three batters might help.

17:08 IST:  SL lost two more wickets. Scoreboard reads 117/8. Karunaratne nears half century.
17:16 IST: Some boundaries are relaxing for SL fans.
17:17 IST: One more gone. Karunaratne on 48. Score 130/9 in 28 overs
17:18 IST: Lasith Malinga is the last man in for Sri Lanka. Can he do some magic.

17:56 IST: Malinga just score one run and is the last man out for Sri Lanka. Target for NZ is 137 runs in 50 overs. 

17:59 IST: Karunaratne  remains unbeaten on 52 for Sri Lanka. The only positive from the batting display today. Now lets see how the bowlers can respond to this low total to defend.  NZ might look this as opportunity to finish math quickly and boost the net run rate. NRR might come handly in the later stages.

18:00 IST: NZ first runs come from a boundary. Guptil score 4 agains Malinga.
18:28 IST: NZ already 50 runs opening partnership.
18:30 IST: Less than 100 runs now needed to win  for NZ.
18:40 IST: NZ 68/0 in 9 overs. Match results already clear.
18:57 IST: NZ score in 95/0 in 13 overs.  Not a consolation wicket for SL bowlers.
18:58 IST: Its 50 for Guptil in just 39 deliveries.
18:59 IST: possibilties of getting a wicket here for Sri Lanka
19:00 IST: 50 for Munro as well. He took 2 balls more than Guptil
19:05 IST: NZ 112/0 in 14.3 overs. Just 25 runs more needed.
19:18 IST: Scores tied. NZ just one hit away from victory
19:20 IST: NZ won by 10 wickets in just 16.1 overs. what a victory. 

Previous match results: West Indies defeated Pakistan Read Pakistan Vs West Indies

World Cup Match 2 - Pakistan Vs West Indies

Yesterday match between England and South Africa was a perfect opening match of the tournament. Where host England defeated South Africa by a margin of more than 100 runs. Now this shows why England are being considered as one of the team to be in the top 4 (semi-finalists).

Today match is between Pakistan and West Indies. Match starts at 3 pm IST. Now both the teams are quiet unpredictable. Though recent performances for Pakistan are not encouraging. West Indies team looks more solid with experienced players and a good form of players in IPL.

Keep watching for live commentary and scoreboard in 5 hours from now.

10:26 am IST:
Interesting fact you want to know,  In recent five head to head matches West Indies never managed to defeat Pakistan. 

England Cricket Team Squad for ICC World Cup 2019

England is all set to host the 2019 cricket world cup and they will play the opening match against South Africa on 30th May. You can watch the live score of the math here.

Here is the Englan wold cup squad for 2019 world cup. Do you think these players are capable of winning the world cup for England. England team is hosting the world cup for record 5th time, but they have never won world cup so far.  Here is the team and the analysis: 

Eoin Morgan captain: Lot will depend upon the captain of the team. How Eoin is going to use the players and what combinations of playing XI are used against strong oppositions like South Africa and India etc. 

Age: 32 years 219 days Playing role: Middle-order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium

Moeen Ali: Good recent outing in IPL might help him and the England cricket team to chase there dreams of winning the 2019 world cup. 

Age: 31 years 303 days Playing role: Batting all-rounder Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak. 

Jofra Archer

Age: 24 years 16 days Playing role: Bowling all-rounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast

Jonny Bairstow wicketkeeper

Age: 29 years 203 days Playing role: Middle-order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium

Jos Buttler wicketkeeper

Age: 28 years 221 days Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman Batting: Right-hand bat

Tom Curran

Age: 24 years 36 days Playing role: Bowling allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Liam Dawson

Age: 29 years 47 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

Liam Plunkett

Age: 34 years 11 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast

Adil Rashid

Age: 31 years 59 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak

Joe Root

Age: 28 years 108 days Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

Jason Roy

Age: 28 years 270 days Playing role: Middle-order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat

Ben Stokes

Age: 27 years 317 days Playing role: Allrounder Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

James Vince

Age: 28 years 34 days Playing role: Batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium

Chris Woakes

Age: 30 years 46 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Mark Wood

Age: 29 years 96 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast

Cricket World Cup 2019 Opening Match Live Score - England Vs South Africa

Update: 17:38 IST: Fifty for Stokes and Morgan. Morgan departs at 57. England  220/4 in 38 overs.

Update: 17:05 IST:  England score is 170/3  in 30 overs. Ben Stokes and Eoin Morgan are building the innings again.

Update: 16:26 IST: After loosign quick first wicket, JJ Roy and JE Root gia ve a good start to England. Scoring at the run rate of around 6 and and 100+ runs partnership. However Both the batsmen get our in quick succession. Eng score from 100/1 to 113/3.
Cricket World Cup 2019 Opening Match Live Score - England Vs South Africa

Thursday, 30th of May 2019 when the clock says 3:00 pm IST, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will commence. The opening match is to be played between the hosts England and the team known as chokers, South Africa.

Where can you watch live score of 2019 world cup opening match

You can watch all the live score updates and commentary at this blog. Don't forget to bookmark the page and keep visiting on the matches you want to watch. You can get updated anywhere, anytime here.

Who will win 2019 cricket world cup?

It is hard to predict at this moment as this is a long tournament. However we would like to share who are the favorites at this time.  I think England, New Zealand or South Africa are the favorites this time. 

ICC Announced the list of commentators for 2019 cricket world cup

International Cricket Council announced the list of 24 commentators for the cricket world cup 2019. Interestingly there are only three women commentators in the list of 24 members of the ICC's commentary panel. The three women commentators for the upcoming world cup are Isha Guha, Melanie Jones and Alison Mitchell. Michael Clarke the captain the world cup winning team of 2015 world cup will make his debut in the commentary box.

Here is the list of commentators in the ICC commentary panel for 2019 world cup:
Nasser Hussain, Ian Bishop, Sourav Ganguly, Melanie Jones, Michael Atherton, Ian Smith, Alison Mitchell, Brendon McCullum, Graeme Smith, Wasim Akram, Shaun Pollock, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas, Michael Holding, Isa Guha, Pommie Mbangwa, Sanjay Manjrekar, Harsha Bhogle, Kumar Sangakkara,  Simon Doull,  Ramiz Raja, Athar Ali Khan, Michael Clarke and Ian Ward.


Cricket world cup 2019 starts on 30th May 2019 and the opening match is between the hosts England and South Africa at London.  The finals will be played at the same location on 14th of July.

Teams participating in the cricket world cup 2019: 

1. England  Captained by Eoin Morgan (Hosts Nation)
2. Australia Captained by Aaron Finch
3. Bangladesh Captained by Mashrafe Mortaza
4. India Captained by Virat Kohli
5. New Zealand Captained by Kane Williamson
6. Pakistan Captained by Sarfaraz Ahmed
7. South Africa Captained by Faf du Plesis
8. Sri Lanka Captained by Dimuth Karunatne
9. Afghanistan Captained by Glabadin Naib
10. West Indies captained by Jason Holder