Scotland 90 for 0 (Jones 45*, Munsey 41*) vs England (match abandoned) Scotland showed that they mean business at this T20 World Cup with Michael Jones and George Munsey forging ahead to 90 without loss in an innings cut in half by heavy rain. But the weather eventually ruined their opening match against defending champions
West Indies have named Jason Holder and Jayden Seales in their 15-man squad to face England in a three-match Test series next month, after they both missed the drawn series in Australia this January. At the time, Holder had instead opted to play for Dubai Capitals in the ILT20, but has won a recall after
India’s captain Rohit Sharma unsuccessfully tried to get the outgoing coach Rahul Dravid to stay on in the job. Rohit, who played under Dravid, with Dravid, then against Dravid in the IPL and against teams coached by him, said he wanted the association to carry on. Dravid, though, decided not to seek an extension after
In the first meeting between the two countries in the T20I format, Scotland seized the initiative between rain breaks to set the defending champions a DLS-adjusted target of 109 from 10 overs. Alas, a further shower after their innings had concluded on 90 for no loss proved terminal, with both sides settling for a point
Shaheen Shah Afridi is in talks to join Canada’s Global T20 league, after pulling out of the Hundred citing a desire to spend time with his family. The two leagues are set to clash directly in 2024 and Afridi’s withdrawal is a significant blow to the Hundred’s standing. Afridi played in the Hundred for the
England vs Scotland T20 World Cup 2024 Live Score© AFP ENG vs SCO Live Score T20 World Cup 2024 England vs Scotland Live Updates: England take on Scotland in a crucial Group B encounter in T20 World Cup 2024 on Tuesday. The Jos Buttler-led side are in good form after defeating Pakistan in a T20I
Essex County Cricket Club has been charged by the Cricket Regulator – the sport’s new independent disciplinary body – after a series of historical allegations of racist abuse were last year upheld by an independent report. In December, a 38-page report compiled by Katherine Newton KC found that, in a period from the mid-1990s to
Cameron Green is confident he could fill a variety of roles at the T20 World Cup 2024 following his IPL with Royal Challengers Bengaluru where he emerged in a middle-order position. Green finished IPL 2024 with scores of 37*, 1, 46, 32*, 38* and 27 (most recent last) during RCB’s late surge into the playoffs,
Sri Lanka’s players were in a hurry to complete the media commitments after their first match of this T20 World Cup. That’s because immediately after the match, they had to rush to their hotel in Brooklyn, an hour-and-a-half away, pack, check out, and then make their 6pm flight to Dallas where they will be playing
Some of the New Zealand squad are still trying to work out what timezone they are in, but head coach Gary Stead is hopeful that their late start to T20 World Cup 2024 – they are among the last teams to begin their campaign – will give them enough time to prepare and gain intel
Match details England vs ScotlandBridgetown, 10.30am local Big picture: Auld Enemies, New Frontiers England and Scotland’s sporting rivalry famously began at the Kennington Oval way back in 1870, with a series of unofficial football contests that gave rise – one year later – to the world’s first rugby international, at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh, and
South Africa 80 for 4 (De Kock 20, Hasaranga 2-22, Shanaka 1-6) beat Sri Lanka 77 (Nortje 4-7, Rabada 2-21, Maharaj 2-22, Baartman 1-9) by six wickets South Africa opened their T20 World Cup campaign in authoritative fashion by bowling Sri Lanka out for their lowest total in the format and chasing 78 runs inside
Trevor Bayliss has been given another chance as Sydney Thunder coach, re-signing with the last-placed club on a one-year deal. Thunder confirmed on Monday that Bayliss would stay in charge for a fourth straight season, as the club fights to return to the BBL finals. With Bayliss at the helm, Thunder made the finals in
Anrich Nortje, who put in his career-best T20I figures to bowl South Africa to a victory in a crucial match in one of the two groups of death, is not ready to buy a low-scoring game was a poor advertisement for cricket in the US. This was the first World Cup match ever in New
Rahul Dravid has confirmed that the ongoing T20 World Cup will be his last assignment as India head coach as he will not be applying for the position again. It was largely expected, but this was the first official confirmation that India will have a new coach come July. Dravid confirmed it when asked if
Fourteen years ago, in May 2010, Phil Salt was a kid in the stands at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, watching England’s cricketers parading their first piece of global silverware, after victory over Australia in the final of that year’s World T20. Now he’s back as an England star in his own right, seeking to
The PCB wants to introduce three new domestic tournaments – one for each format – from next season as it bids to narrow what it sees as a significant gap between the standard of domestic cricket and the international game. The five-team tournaments – called Pentangular – will be played in each format and feature
The winners of the men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will take back a glittering trophy and a total prize money of at least US$2.45 million, the highest in the history of the tournament. This is a jump of close to $850,000 from the last T20 World Cup, in 2022 in Australia, where the winners, England,
Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20 World Cup Live Score© X (formerly Twitter) Sri Lanka vs South Africa T20 World Cup Live Score: Sri Lanka have opted to bat against Sri Lanka in a high-profile Group D match in T20 World Cup 2024 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The Aiden Markram-led
Kedar Jadhav has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the age of 39. The allrounder has played 73 ODIs and nine T20Is for India after making his international debut in 2014. He earned an India call-up for the ODIs against Bangladesh in June 2014 but he had to wait till November that
Puff of dust. Not on the pitch but on the outfield. That’s the first thing you notice about cricket at the Nassau County International Cricket Ground just outside New York City. The next thing you see is that the ball plugs in it. It doesn’t zip off like we are used to seeing in pretty
From being labelled as the nearly men in the cut-throat world of associate cricket, the tide is beginning to turn for Papua New Guinea. They missed the bus in 2014 and 2016 after frittering away a good chance to qualify but are now playing their second T20 World Cup in three years, after breaking through
Dinesh Karthik has called time on his playing career. The wicketkeeper-batter last played for India in the 2022 T20 World Cup and did put his hand up to play in the 2024 edition as well but will now be focusing his efforts elsewhere. Karthik announced his decision on Saturday, his 39th birthday bringing to a
In early 2018, a shy young man with brooding demeanour was thrust into the South Africa captaincy as their senior players fell to injury like ten pins. Against a strong India side, they ended up losing the ODI series and later in the year the young batter who had made Virat Kohli go wow lost
Big picture: Recent form against South Africa Sri Lanka, who won the T20 World Cup ten years ago, and for several years before that were arguably the best T20 outfit on the planet, have never really got close to making the semi-final of a limited-overs global trophy since then. They have won their last three
Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs Papua New Guinea Rovman Powell won the toss and chose to bowl as West Indies kicked off their T20 World Cup campaign with a morning start against Papua New Guinea in Providence, Guyana. West Indies opted to pick Roston Chase as an all-round spin option in the middle
Gautam Gambhir “would love to coach India” if he is given the opportunity. Gambhir, fresh from playing a key role – as mentor – in Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) run to the IPL 2024 title, has been contacted by the BCCI for the job after Rahul Dravid’s tenure ends following the conclusion of the ongoing
West Indies vs Papua New GuineaT20 World Cup 2024 Live Score© X (Twitter) WI vs PNG LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies will aim for a memorable start when they take on Papua New Guinea in their opening match of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Sunday in Guyana. Two-time champions, who are also
Former India allrounder Irfan Pathan feels that having a celebrity culture at times does not help the Indian cricket team and that he would like to have a “nice balance” instead. “Australia does not have a celebrity culture. Fortunately or unfortunately we have that,” Pathan said in ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Rendezvous show. “Ideally, I would want
Bangladesh will have to wait for another two days to know whether Shoriful Islam can take part in their first match of the T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka on June 7. Shoriful split the webbing between his index and middle finger on his left hand during Bangladesh’s warm-up match against India in New York