Big picture When these teams met in the warm-up 11 days ago, neither Bangladesh nor Sri Lanka might have imagined they’d be playing each other again so soon. But after Bangladesh’s shock loss to Scotland and a withdrawn ICC press release later, they two teams have wound up in the same Super 12s group. Any
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Report Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade added 40 to take Australia home, after Aiden Markram and David Miller briefly arrested South Africa’s slide with the bat Australia 121 for 5 (Smith 35, Stoinis 24*, Nortje 2-21) beat South Africa 117 for 9 (Markram 40, Hazlewood 2-19, Zampa 2-21) by five wickets A wicket off the
News There are three pacers and two spinners in the 12 named on the eve of the match Pakistan have announced a 12-man side for their first group game of the T20 World Cup 2021, against India, in Dubai. It sees Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim and Mohammad Nawaz sitting out, and means Pakistan will go
Preview Pakistan will have to overcome a side with better personnel, and with their preparations having been hit Big Picture You could go with Albert Einstein reminding you madness is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. You could try a variant of Richard Feynman’s famous quote about quantum
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News Mahela Jayawardene returns home after successful consultancy spell with team Maheesh Theekshana is unlikely to be risked in Sri Lanka’s first Super 12s fixture against Bangladesh on Sunday after picking up a side injury during the eight-wicket win against Netherlands in Sharjah. Theekshana, the mystery spinner, took two wickets for three runs in his
News Rain washed out the second semi-final and as a result Knights advanced ahead of North West on a higher net run rate The only Division 2 team to qualify from the group stage, South Western Districts (SWD) ended their run in the last eight with the biggest margin of defeat in the knockouts. Things
Preview South Africa have won nine of their last 10 matches coming into the tournament, while Australia have lost their last four T20I series Big picture Neither side has a great record in the T20 World Cup and a first-up loss could have huge ramifications in what has become a stacked Group 1. Based on
News The teams will have to be based in any two cities out of Ahmedabad, Cuttack, Dharamsala, Guwahati, Indore and Lucknow Lancer Capital, whose principal is Avram Glazer, a member of the family that owns a majority stake at Manchester United football club, is one of the 22 business entities to have picked up bid
Big picture Five long years ago in Kolkata, time stood still for England’s white-ball cricketers against West Indies. The final of the 2016 World T20 culminated in such an extraordinary expression of wrought, raw power, as Carlos Brathwaite seized his moment against Ben Stokes, that it might have been the undoing of a more callow
Ryan ten Doeschate played in 33 ODIs and 24 T20Is for the Netherlands.© Twitter Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket after his side failed to qualify for the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup. The 41-year-old played in Netherlands’ previous first round match against debutants Namibia
Report Charith Asalanka replaces Dinesh Chandimal, with Sri Lanka already having qualified for Super 12s Sri Lanka won the toss and decided bowl first against Netherlands in Sharjah. Captain Dasun Shanaka, whose side has already qualified to the group stage, said they wanted to assess the conditions ahead of the Super 12s. “In the next
News Captain Kieron Pollard denies that his team has a psychological edge over England as they go into a re-match of the final from five years ago West Indies’ squad got together and relived Carlos Brathwaite‘s ‘remember the name’ assault that delivered them their last world title more than five years ago, but that victory
News A total of 1000 fully vaccinated spectators to be allowed, and it will “serve as a trial run for the safe return of spectators to stadiums” A total of 1000 fully vaccinated spectators will be allowed at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo for the women’s ODI series between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in November. This
News Captain Temba Bavuma says South Africa could field three frontline spinners, but will take call on the morning of the match The world’s top-ranked T20I bowler, Tabraiz Shamsi, will play the Men’s T20 World Cup Super 12 opener against Australia after passing a fitness test following an injury scare earlier in the week. Shamsi
News Captain says Australia will “go with seven specialist batters, four specialist bowlers, plus the allrounders.” Australia captain Aaron Finch admits that long-held plans for the 2020 version of the T20 World Cup “have gone out the window” as they are set to name just four specialist bowlers for their tournament opener against South Africa
News Senior India player thrilled with the way the lower-middle order has been contributing for the past two-three series To outperform the Australian quicks on their home soil was among India’s standout achievements on their recently concluded tour of the country. That is the view of Smriti Mandhana, who also singled out the lower-middle order’s
News Concerts clash causes switch of venues, with Old Trafford hosting South Africa Test instead The postponed fifth Test between England and India will be held at Edgbaston from July 1-5 next summer, instead of its original venue at Emirates Old Trafford, and will also determine the result of the series, with India currently leading
News During his time as acting CEO, CSA appointed Smith, Boucher, Kallis and Harris while demoting previous head coach Nkwe Dr Jacques Faul, the former acting CEO of Cricket South Africa (CSA), has admitted that the organisation got it wrong when they appointed mostly white male candidates to top jobs at the end of 2019.
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News South Africa’s then-chief selector says such a decision would have been “unethical to the players already selected” AB de Villiers‘ availability for the 2019 World Cup was brought to the attention of South Africa’s then-chief selector Linda Zondi two days before the squad was announced, but was turned down because it would’ve been unfair
News After sealing a berth in the Super 12s, Mahmudullah admitted the criticism following their loss to Scotland had brought the team down Mahmudullah has said that it wasn’t right for Bangladesh’s “commitment” to be questioned, after their difficult week in Muscat ended with a ticket to the T20 World Cup Super 12s. Bangladesh were
News Chris Rogers said the batter is “pretty positive” after the latest setback and last season showed what he can do Victoria coach Chris Rogers believes Will Pucovski can still play himself into the opening Ashes Test, despite missing the team’s first Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales due to his latest concussion, although
News Captain needs to find balance between rest and batting in nets as he manages long-standing problem New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has cautioned captain Kane Williamson against “over-hitting” in the nets after his elbow complaint flared up during the warm-up fixtures in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup. Williamson captained the side
Scotland reached the T20 World Cup second round for the first time on Thursday with a thumping eight-wicket win over Oman. The Scots comfortably chased down their target of 123 with 18 balls to spare to register their third win out of three in qualifying. Captain Kyle Coetzer top-scored for Scotland with 41 off 28 balls with
Preview Dinesh Chandimal’s poor form might prompt Sri Lanka to bring in Charith Asalanka Big picture Of all the matches in this qualifying round, this one seems to most have the feel of a dead rubber. Not only do Netherlands have no chance of making the Super 12s, but Sri Lanka are also highly likely
Report PNG can only go through if they win with a comfortable margin and Oman lose big. Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Papua New Guinea Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah chose to bat after winning the toss against Papua New Guinea. This is the final day of Group B’s matches in the T20 World Cup’s first
News Josh Hazlewood has made a compelling case for inclusion while two frontline spinners appear likely Vice-captain Pat Cummins accepts there’s a chance he may not always find a place in Australia’s starting XI during the T20 World Cup with questions remaining over how they will balance their side ahead of their opening match against
News Pakistan’s batting coach also says Babar Azam is the ‘premier’ batter everyone will ‘target’ at the World Cup Matthew Hayden, Pakistan’s new batting consultant, sees Babar Azam as the premier batter everyone at the T20 World Cup will be targeting. Hayden also mentioned “leadership” as one key factor in the UAE conditions, saying matches