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World Cup 2023: Cummins' lieutenants remained "fixated" like Kapil's Devils

It was a cold morning in Tunbridge Wells back then in 1983 and after 40 years, the warm evening at the Wankhede carried the same vibes. It was Kapil Dev back then and it was Glenn Maxwell now. It was 17 for 5 against an unheralded Zimbabwe team full of professionals playing league cricket in England back then and on Tuesday night, it was 91 for 7 against an Afghanistan attack full of T20 league freelancers across the globe. The similarities doesn't end there. On June 25, 1983, team manager PR Man Singh didn't allow Krishnamachari Srikkanth to take a leak as Kapil bulldozed the Peter Rawsons and Kevin Currans. Everyone was told to stay put where they are till Kapil was batting. Superstitions and cricket have had a long standing relationship and when Maxwell was on a carnage, the Australian players were "fixated" in their designated dressing room positions till he swatted Mujeeb ur Rahaman for a six. "I was sitting with George Bailey and Zamps (Adam Zampa) kept floating in and out.

Cricket World Cup 2023 AUS vs AFG Playing 11, toss result & live streaming

Hotstar will livestream the Australia vs Afghanistan World Cup match in India for free.

Cricket World Cup 2023 ENG vs AUS Playing 11, toss result, live streaming

The Three Lions have decided to field an unchanged Playing 11 today, while Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green returned to Australia Playing 11.

ICC World Cup 2023: We're starting to play to our potential - Pat Cummins

Australia captain Pat Cummins on Wednesday said the five-time champions were slowly coming to their groove and have started playing in the manner they are known for, after a slow start to their World Cup campaign. Australia endured a poor start to the World Cup, losing to hosts India and South Africa in their first two games before bouncing back with three consecutive wins -- over Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Netherlands. The Australians hammered Netherlands by a massive 309 runs here on Wednesday, the biggest in the World Cup in terms of margin of runs and second biggest in the ODI history. "Just about the complete game. Couldn't be happier. We are starting to play to our potential and play in the style we talk about. We had another good batting powerplay," Cummins said at the post-match presentation ceremony. Glenn Maxwell (106 off 44 balls) struck the fastest century of the World Cup and blew away the Dutch attack to score his ton off just 40 balls, while Warner struck 104 off 93 ba

AUS vs NED Highlights, World Cup: Dutch demolished in Delhi by Australia

Australia vs the Netherlands Highlights, ICC World Cup 2023: The Australian cricket team defeated the Netherlands by 309 runs, the biggest margin in terms of runs in World Cup history

AUS vs PAK Highlights, World Cup 2023: Warner, Zampa take Australia to win

Australia vs Pakistan Highlights, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Courtesy of David Warner's 163 with the bat and Adam Zampa's 4/53 with the ball, the Aussies beat Babar Azam's Pakistan by 65 runs

Cricket World Cup 2023 AUS vs PAK Playing 11, toss result and streaming

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, Australia vs Pakistan streaming: Pakistan have one change in their Playing 11. Hotstar will live stream the Australia vs Pakistan World Cup match in India for free.

World Cup 2023, AUS vs PAK preview: Bengaluru to witness fight for survival

Australia's cricketing DNA is constructed by meticulousness and Pakistan's by explosiveness. When they meet each other here on Friday, Australia and Pakistan will have to regain those qualities in batting and bowling to infuse a fresh life into their World Cup campaign, which is yet to go into overdrive. Pakistan's strength lies in their ability to play fearless cricket in the face of pressure. Make a quick rewind to their glory year of 1992 for a validation of that remark. But in this World Cup, they caved in at the first hint of real pressure, a match against India. There simply was no fight in their seven-wicket battering by the Men in Blue. That mammoth chase of 345 at Hyderabad in their second match came on a featherbed against a vastly short of quality Sri Lanka, and taking it as a pointer will be sheer naivety. Now, the Aussies offer another genuine pressure point to the Green Brigade. A side immersed in its own turmoil, the five-time champions are no India but they are a r

World Cup 2023: Is Bumrah better than Rabada, Cummins, Shaheen and Boult?

Jasprit Bumrah's ability to bowl slower ones at will, read the situation well, and utilize home conditions to his advantage make him the best fast bowler in the ICC World Cup 2023

World Cup 2023 AUS vs SL highlights: Aussies win by 5 wkts, earn two points

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia chase down 210 runs inside 36 overs

World Cup 2023 AUS vs SL: Every game almost like a final for Pat Cummins

Forced to treat every game as a final due to their awful start, skipper Pat Cummins on Sunday said Australia are fired up to perform against teams that they have done well against in the recent past. Australia were crushed by hosts India in their opener before stumbling to a 134-run defeat to South Africa on Thursday. The Men from Down Under find themselves in a precarious position to win at least six of their remaining seven games to make the semifinals. However, Cummins is not pressing the panic button just yet. "Looking back at 2019, India and South Africa were the two teams that we lost to in the round games there. In the last year, they're kind of the two teams that we've had the most trouble against. "So, the opportunity now is we've got some teams we haven't played for a while that we've had a lot of success against and be really confident when we go out there," Cummins said on the eve of the match against Sri Lanka here. Australia had entered the tournament on the back of

Aussies in shambles! Kangaroos record 4 consecutive defeats in World Cups

The tale of Assie domination in World Cups is of days bygone, as they have now lost 4 matches in a row - the last two matches of 2019 World Cup, and the first two of 2023 World Cup

AUS vs SA Highlights, World Cup 2023: Proteas demolish Aussies by 134 runs

Australia play South Africa at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday, October 12, 2023. People can catch the live stream on Hotstar

Cricket World Cup 2023: Not ideal to drop Virat Kohli's catch - Pat Cummins

An icey and calm partnership between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul helped India manage to secure a six-wicket victory over Australia at Chennai's Chepauk stadium

Cricket World Cup 2023 IND vs AUS Playing 11, toss result, streaming

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first against India on a pitch that is expected to assist spinners. Hotstar will live stream the India vs Australia World Cup match in India for free.

ICC World Cup, IND vs AUS Preview: Confident India ready for Australia

Rohit Sharma, one of the most revered cricketers of his generation, would carry the audible expectations of a billion people when his Indian team starts its high-stakes World Cup campaign against Australia here on Sunday. For the sports aficionados, the Asian Games campaign with 100-plus medals was a juicy appetiser and they are bracing up for exotic main course from country's most followed sports team. Led by a genial Pat Cummins, Australia are a tough yet likable bunch, who are ready for a good scrap at the Chepauk where both the teams have had some epic battles in the past be it the tied Test of 1986 or the close Reliance Cup game the next year or the 2001 Test series-decider. If India's batting is world class, Australia's pace attack is top notch but does it have the legs to survive the cruel Chennai heat will be a million-dollar question. There are 15 different men, with different shades of character coming together for a common cause. A skipper, who at 36, knows that his lega

Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia, Cummins wary of Indian spin challenge

Australian captain Pat Cummins said negating Indian spinners on a Chepauk pitch that is expected to offer turn and grip in plenty would be the biggest challenge for his batters in their World Cup opener here on Sunday. India could be fielding three spinners in Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin against the Aussies. They're a good bowling line-up, especially in home conditions. So, they're going to be challenging, Cummins said in the pre-match press conference here on Saturday. However, Cummins hoped that past experience of playing against the Indian spinners would stand them in good stead. The good thing is that we've played them a lot. So, our batters will have their own plans. We've had success against them a few times. They've bowled well against us a few times as well, said Cummins. Cummins also banked on the IPL experience of some Australian players to come up trumps against the tweakers. It's a ground (MA Chidambaram) we've played quite often. It feels l

ICC World Cup: Stoinis' fitness in spotlight, Australia sweat on playing 11

Australian captain Pat Cummins said the team management is keeping a close watch on the fitness of all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who has picked up a hamstring injury, ahead of their World Cup match against India here on Sunday. Cummins said Stoinis would be put through his paces in the next few hours before taking a final call on the Western Australian cricketer. "We'll announce a team tomorrow at the toss. Stoinis, yeah, still touch and go. He's going to have a run out soon, but probably up against it. He's got to jump through a few hoops. Yeah, we'll see," said Cummins on Saturday during his pre-match press meet. However, Cummins was not really perturbed because his side has a wonderful array of all-rounders who can step in for Stoinis. "I think in one-day cricket more than any other formats you need all-rounders -- you've got to try and find 50 overs. "So, we feel really blessed to have people like Cam (Cameron) Green, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell in the side. They're like gold. It

World Cup 2023: Australia have a plan for Indian spinners, says Cummins

Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Thursday asserted that his team has a "plan" to tackle Indian spinners in the opening Cricket World Cup match, saying the victory in the third ODI at Rajkot had made the bunch a "confident" lot ahead of the blockbuster clash here on Sunday. India won the three-match series 2-1, but Australia won the Rajkot tie by 66 runs after notching a mammoth 352. Cummins indicated the confidence stemmed from the fact that the Australians had played Indian spinners in the past and done well. "It (preparation) starts with training for the next few days before the game. The Australian guys play a lot of spin. Our batting order had played a lot in India and done well, so they know most of the (Indian) bowlers and they have a plan (in place)." "We are really confident. We had a good win in the third ODI (in Rajkot), which is probably a bit closest to our strongest XI. We have had pretty good records in ODIs in India," added the skipper during a promotional event ...

India vs Australia 1st ODI Playing 11: Ashwin, Shreyas, Ruturaj in the XI

India decided not to play Sundar ahead of Ashwin in the 1st ODI vs Australia. Shreyas, Ruturaj and Suryakumar made comeback