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Batting and bowling averages encourage England, but are bleak for Sri Lanka. Australia are in the middle of the pack • John Ashdown’s at-a-glance guide to the Cricket World Cup Using bowling and batting data from one day internationals over the past eight years, we plotted how each of the 10 countries might fare at the 2019 Cricket World Cup . The data revealed several trends including the strong all-round chances of the hosts, England, and Sri Lanka’s slim hopes of advancing to the semi-finals. The scatterplots below show each team’s batting and bowling averages relative to the other teams in the tournament. The bar charts then show the average runs per 50 overs against each of their opponents in the past eight years. Continue reading... from Cricket | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2JKb1ot via IFTTT

England captain Eoin Morgan hits back-to-back sixes against South Africa in the first game of the Cricket World Cup. from BBC Sport - Cricket https://bbc.in/2MiVqyo via IFTTT

Taking part in an "unauthorised" T20 tournament in Abu Dhabi has landed Uttar Pradesh batsman Rinku Singh in trouble, with the BCCI suspending him for three months. The tournament in question was the Ramadan T20 Tournament, organised by Abu Dhabi Cricket earlier this month, in which Rinku led his team Deccan Gladiators to the title by smashing a 58-ball 104 and then picking up two wickets against New Medical Centre. "Mr. Singh did not seek permission from the BCCI before taking part in the T20 league hence directly violating the BCCI rules and regulations," a BCCI statement said. "As per the BCCI norms, a player registered with the Board cannot play in any tournaments abroad without the Board's permission." Rinku, the 21-year-old middle-order batsman and part-time offspinner, was in the India A squad for the ongoing four-day series against Sri Lanka, but the BCCI said he had been withdrawn for the second and final game, which starts on May 31 in...

England's Jason Roy and Joe Root fall in the space of four balls after putting on 106 for the second wicket in the opening 2019 Men's World Cup game against South Africa. from BBC Sport - Cricket https://bbc.in/2QwTBwe via IFTTT

Taking part in an "unauthorised" T20 tournament in Abu Dhabi has landed Uttar Pradesh batsman Rinku Singh in trouble, with the BCCI suspending him for three months. The tournament in question was the Ramadan T20 Tournament, organised by Abu Dhabi Cricket earlier this month, in which Rinku led his team Deccan Gladiators to the title by smashing a 58-ball 104 and then picking up two wickets against New Medical Centre. "Mr. Singh did not seek permission from the BCCI before taking part in the T20 league hence directly violating the BCCI rules and regulations," a BCCI statement said. "As per the BCCI norms, a player registered with the Board cannot play in any tournaments abroad without the Board's permission." Rinku, the 21-year-old middle-order batsman and part-time offspinner, was in the India A squad for the ongoing four-day series against Sri Lanka, but the BCCI said he had been withdrawn for the second and final game, which starts on May 31 in...

'Ticket chaos' at The Oval as thousands of fans are forced to queue for England's Cricket World Cup opener Around 50 people arrived in time for The Oval box office to open at 7:30am Hundreds had not anticipated long queues and ended up missing the first ball Fans told Sportsmail on Thursday that the ticketing process had been 'chaos'  By Laura Lambert For Mailonline Published: 07:06 EDT, 30 May 2019 | Updated: 07:06 EDT, 30 May 2019 More than a thousand people were forced to queue up outside The Oval on Thursday morning to collect tickets for the Cricket World Cup opener, due to glitches in the delivery process. While around 50 people arrived in time for the box office to open at 7:30am, and gained entry quickly, it was clear that hundreds had not anticipated long queues and did not make it into the ground for the first ball. Fans told Sportsmail that the ticketing process had been a 'chaos' and a 'nightmare', with many telling of ti...