Sprinting umpires, unlucky dismissals and some memorable crowd catches headline our look back at the stranger moments of the 2019-20 season
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News They become only the third team to defend a total in the Super 12s stage of this World Cup England became only the third team to defend a total in the Super 12s stage of the T20 World Cup thanks to a 26-run victory against Sri Lanka in Sharjah and match-winner Jos Buttler hailed
News The legspinner will undergo ACL reconstruction early next year Wareham, who has previously had the same knee reconstructed, injured herself in the field against Adelaide Strikers. She now faces a lengthy period of the sidelines and a return is unlikely before the next Australia season. Wareham had her first surgery last week but won’t
News Former Kent and England seamer was diagnosed more than two decades ago Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has died at the age of 57 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour more than two decades ago. In a statement on Monday, Kent said they was devastated to learn of Igglesden’s
News Net run rate could play a part with Australia and South Africa best placed England’s 26-run win against Sri Lanka has pretty much confirmed not just their qualification, but also their topping of Group 1, while Sri Lanka are on the brink of elimination. Here is a look at where the teams stand with
Jos Buttler hit the first century of the Twenty20 World Cup as England effectively booked their semi-final spot with a 26-run victory over Sri Lanka on Monday. Buttler’s unbeaten 101 – his maiden century in 86 T20 internationals – steered England to 163 for four after being invited to bat first in Sharjah. England bowlers
News With five different slower variations in his arsenal, he has become his captain’s go-to end-overs bowler Dwaine Pretorius has fallen into a death-bowling role because the rest of South Africa’s attack is doing so well that they have to be used earlier in the innings. That’s how the allrounder explained his new role in
News “Everybody is trying to win every single game but when you are focused only on that, you lose track of the things you need to do to get that win” Coach Russell Domingo wants Bangladesh to put aside their obsession with winning, and instead shift the focus onto how to actually get the job
News Similar to 2019, Australia are lining up a match between a large contingent of players Australia are close to solving their Ashes logistical jigsaw, with selectors expected to hold off finalising a Test squad until T20 World Cup stars face the best of the rest. Administrators will likely wait until Australia’s final World Cup
Big picture Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan have not lurched from crisis to catastrophe, and are not furiously mapping out probability trees, calculating net run rates, and praying that other teams help them sneak into the next round via the back door? Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan are not
Preview Without Shakib, Bangladesh look weaker but will hope their other senior players step up Big Picture South Africa will look to avoid any more stumbles in their T20 World Cup campaign as they come up against a Bangladesh side ravaged by defeats and injuries. Bangladesh have already lost three matches, and whatever thin mathematical
News England captain says India defeat will “plant a little bit of doubt in Australia’s mind” Joe Root has declared the Gabba is no longer a stronghold, arguing doubt will linger in Australia’s minds when the Ashes start on December 8 because of their shock Test loss to India’s depleted XI. India stormed to an
Report India’s campaign is now at risk of coming to an earlier close than expected New Zealand 111 for 2 (Mitchell 49, Bumrah 2-19) beat India 110 for 7 (Boult 3-20, Sodhi 2-17) by eight wickets India’s chances of making the semi-finals of the 2021 T20 World Cup is in it’s complicated territory after their
News “New Zealand had better intensity, better body language, and they created pressure on us from the first over onwards” Two matches into their T20 World Cup campaign, India are winless and on the brink of elimination. On Sunday, India only managed to post 110 in their 20 overs – a total that New Zealand
News The panel said it “was not reasonable for Azeem to have been offended” At least one Yorkshire player admitted to regularly using the term ‘P**i’ when talking to Azeem Rafiq, according to the report into racism at the club. But he was cleared of wrongdoing on the basis that it was perceived as, what
News The batter took a blow in the nets last month and may not be available for the MCG this week Will Pucovski‘s return to action for Victoria is in doubt with the batter still experiencing concussion symptoms after the blow he took in training last month casting further uncertainty over whether he will be
News After the loss to New Zealand, India’s fate is out of their own hands, even if they win their three remaining games New Zealand’s thumping win against India has put them in pole position to qualify as the second team from Group 2; Pakistan should top the group, given that they have two relatively
News New Zealander hadn’t opened in T20s before this week, now he’s put India on the brink Twenty of the 22 players involved in India vs New Zealand in Dubai have played in the world’s premier franchise league but the highest-scoring batter’s overseas T20 experience extends to half a season in the Vitality Blast for
Jos Buttler says he has been given the licence to “throw caution to the wind” during his exhilarating 71* from 32 balls against Australia on Saturday, as England’s batters seized on the opportunity to drive home their dominance after another outstanding bowling display. Buttler’s remarkable innings – featuring five fours, five sixes and innumerable bewildered
Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday said his team was not brave enough with the bat, ball and in its body language as it copped an eight-wicket thrashing at the hands of New Zealand which has put the side in danger of a group-stage exit from the T20 World Cup. India crashed to an eight-wicket
News Bangladesh allrounder ruled out until further review after picking up left lower hamstring strain Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of Bangladesh’s remaining matches in the T20 World Cup because of a hamstring injury. Shakib has not recovered sufficiently from the injury he picked up in his left leg during the game against
Big Picture On the same night that they romped to the tournament’s highest powerplay total (66 for 0), they restricted Australia to a flatlining 21 for 3, just one run off their lowest ever total in the first six overs of a T20I (and with a fourth wicket falling one ball later). On the same
News Philpott played eight Tests before becoming a notable coach Former Australia legspinner and coach Peter Philpott has died at the age of 86 after a long battle with illness. Philpott’s eight Tests came in the span of less than a year from March 1965 to January 1966. In a five-Test series against West Indies
News “When he comes off like today, it’s very difficult to stop him,” says captain Morgan after Buttler’s 32-ball 71 against Australia Buttler had made nine runs off his first ten balls, watching Jason Roy take the attack to Australia’s new-ball bowlers, when he skipped down the pitch and launched Ashton Agar over long-off over
Peter Siddle removed Alistair Cook, Matt Prior and Stuart Broad in consecutive balls to claim a Test hat-trick against England at the Gabba in 2010
News Both men are carrying injuries and will be assessed in the lead-up to the November 2 game Shakib Al Hasan and Nurul Hasan could be doubtful starters for Bangladesh’s next match in the T20 World Cup 2021, against South Africa on November 2. Both players have been rested for the next couple of days
News New Zealand seamer says “early wickets” will be the focus Last Sunday, Shaheen Shah Afridi did the star turn in Dubai, his (in)swing and seam ripping out India’s top order. New Zealand’s left-arm swing bowler Trent Boult is now licking his lips at the prospect of doing an Afridi on India this Sunday in
News The fast bowler faced widespread abuse on social media – much of it tinged with Islamophobia – following India’s 10-wicket defeat to Pakistan India captain Virat Kohli has hit back against the abuse that fast bowler Mohammed Shami faced on social media following India’s 10-wicket defeat to Pakistan in their T20 World Cup opener
News Captain admits England “dominated us from the start” but remains confident in side’s ability Aaron Finch has insisted that Australia are “a very good team in T20 international cricket” despite their eight-wicket hammering against England in Dubai on Saturday night, but he recognised that the scale of their defeat – with 50 balls to