New Zealand vs Papua New GuineaJune 17, Tarouba, 10.30am local time Big picture: New Zealand look to end with a bang Is it one last time for New Zealand’s golden generation in T20Is? They only have three players under 30 in their side. None of their senior batters have come to the fore in the
File image of Hardik Pandya.© X (Twitter) India star all-rounder Hardik Pandya shared a heartwarming video with his son Agastya on Father’s Day. Pandya and his partner Natasa Stankovic had their first child, Agastya, in 2020. The video, which was shared on Instagram, got more than a million likes and more than nine million views
Ireland vs PakistanJune 16, Lauderhill, Florida, 10:30am local time Big picture: An end to two disappointing campaigns There are parties you don’t want to be at, and parties the host doesn’t want you at. And then there are parties no one wants to be at. Pakistan and Ireland find themselves in that last position, in
Mitchell Starc accused the media of blowing “a throwaway line” from Josh Hazlewood “right out of proportion” after Australia’s win over Scotland ensured rivals England progress to the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup 2024. Hazlewood suggested earlier this week that it would be in Australia’s “best interests” to eliminate England at the group
Match details Netherlands vs Sri LankaGros Islet, 8.30pm local Big picture Well, where do you go from here? For Sri Lanka, safe to say, this is nowhere near where they would have wanted to be, as yet another major ICC tournament goes by with them toiling with little more than pride to play for. This
Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat in the first of the three ODIs in Bengaluru on Sunday. The hosts handed debut to legspinner S Asha, who made her international debut at 33 in the T20I series against Bangladesh in May. Left-arm spinner
Jos Buttler has admitted that – for one night only – he will be an Australia fan, after his England team did the needful against Namibia, albeit in deeply stressful circumstances in Antigua. Needing a win of any description to keep their T20 World Cup hopes alive, England had to endure a three-hour rain delay
Imad Wasim came out of retirement for the T20 World Cup 2024 only to become part of “the lowest point” Pakistan cricket has hit during his career, but hopes that something good comes out of the reflections that follow because “you can’t get any lower than this”. Imad has called for a total reset in
Match details Bangladesh vs NepalJune 16, Kingstown, 7.30pm local Big picture: Bangladesh on the cusp of Super Eight The only way Bangladesh can miss out is if they lose big against Nepal, and Netherlands beat Sri Lanka by a big enough margin with that game scheduled an hour after Bangladesh vs Nepal. Bangladesh will fancy
Toss Australia chose to bowl vs Scotland Scotland didn’t expect the England vs Namibia result to go in their favour, although for a while it looked like rain could do the job for them, and with the skies clear in St Lucia they are going to have to qualify the hard way by beating Australia.
Match abandoned Canada vs India The T20 World Cup 2024 game between India and Canada was called off due to wet outfield. There wasn’t a lot of rain on the day – a passing drizzle – but the ground at Lauderhill had taken enough water on Friday when USA and Ireland had to settle for
Namibia chose to bowl vs England Namibia won a delayed toss and opted to bowl first against England in their final, rain-hit T20 World Cup Group B fixture in Antigua, cut to 11 overs per side. England were sweating on persistent rain that delayed the toss by three hours and ultimately resulted in an overs
Nepal chose to bowl against South Africa Nepal have won the toss and elected to bowl first in Kingstown as the T20 World Cup 2024 Group D action moves to the Carribean. Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel said he was expecting dew and thus felt the decision to chase would benefit their batters. Aiden Markram said
On a macro level, the T20 World Cup is a grand success. After a long time, a World Cup seems like a World Cup. Twenty teams have taken part in it to start with. The event has been brought to a new country, the capital of capitalism. Afghanistan and co-hosts USA have made it through
Scotland and Australia will play their first bilateral men’s T20I series this September in Edinburgh. It will be Australia’s first tour of Scotland in 11 years, and come before they play five ODIs against England. The games will be played at The Grange on September 4, 5 and 7, ahead of the first ODI against
Angelo Mathews issued an apology to Sri Lanka on behalf of his team-mates on Saturday, saying they were “heartbroken” to have “let the entire nation down”. Their group-stage exit from the T20 World Cup was confirmed when Bangladesh beat Netherlands in St Vincent on Thursday. Sri Lanka lost both of their completed matches at the
Tim Southee has been handed an official reprimand for smashing a hand-sanitiser dispenser, which breached the ICC’s code of conduct that doesn’t take too kindly to “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an international match”. This was during the West Indies vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2024
Sri Lanka Women 198 for 4 (Samarawickrama 44*, Hasini 43, Gunaratne 40, Athapaththu 38, Alleyne 2-22, Fletcher 2-31) beat West Indies Women 195 (Matthews 38, Taylor 33, Kumari 3-30, Dilhari 3-41) by six wickets Three-wicket hauls from Sugandika Kumari and Kavisha Dilhari set Sri Lanka up for their first women’s ODI win over West Indies
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is all in favour of the points system in multi-format series, saying that it will make things “more challenging”. India’s home series against South Africa begins with the first of three ODIs on Sunday in Bengaluru, following which a one-off Test and three T20Is will be played in Chennai. The points
Defending champions England will be eager to brush aside Namibia ruthlessly on Saturday and stay relevant in the race to the T20 World Cup Super Eight stage. England were living on the edge after a washout against Scotland and a loss against Australia, but the Ben Stokes-led side turned it around in style with an
Although South Africa topped Group D and are yet to lose a match in the tournament, their last two victories have come off the final ball and their match against Netherlands was decided in the penultimate over. “It’s a little bit closer than we’ve needed it to be,” Shamsi said. All four of their games
A trial by spin awaits Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024, with them looming as the odd team out in an otherwise all-Asian Super Eight group. Having won their first three games, Mitchell Marsh’s side will progress to the next stage of the tournament whatever happens in Sunday’s clash with Scotland in St Lucia.
Could it be the end? Is it over? For Trent Boult, at least, it is. “Speaking on behalf of myself, this will be my last T20 World Cup,” Boult told the media after taking a tone-setting 2 for 7 in what was essentially a dead rubber against Uganda. In T20 World Cup matches all told,
Jos Buttler, England’s captain, praised his players for blocking out the noise and focussing on the task of beating Oman in style, as the T20 World Cup defending champions produced a command performance that has put them back on course for Super Eight qualification. England needed a grand total of 99 deliveries to beat Oman
After his team came agonisingly close to a historic win and what would have been their first against a Full-Member side, Nepal captain Rohit Paudel has asked for more exposure against top teams. Nepal were on top of their modest chase of 116 against South Africa until Tabraiz Shamsi returned to claim two wickets in
Match details Australia vs ScotlandSt Lucia, 8.30pm local time Big Picture England’s thumping win over Oman has ensured against any run-rate shenanigans in this match (and David Warner won’t be opening the bowling). Providing Namibia don’t pull off an upset against England in the hours leading into this game, the equation will be simple: Scotland
Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs Uganda New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first against Uganda in Tarouba. With this match being played on a fresh pitch, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he was more comfortable chasing on a track he didn’t know what to expect on. New Zealand did
Mark Wood admitted England had been aware of “a few negatives flying around” in the lead-up to their crucial victory over Oman on Thursday, but said he had harnessed the “nervous energy” to help deliver a statement performance that has got the team’s T20 World Cup back on track. With nothing less than victory required,
For Pakistan, though, a torrid tournament culminated in a hasty exit under gloomy skies that epitomised the grim nature of their World Cup campaign. They arrived in the USA with no warm-up games scheduled, and most of their practice sessions were cancelled due to rain. Their unfamiliarity was punished by the home team in their
Mark Watt, the Scotland left-arm spinner, will continue to bowl his trademark variation from 24 yards in their must-win fixture against Australia on Saturday night, despite controversially being dead-balled when doing so against Oman last week. Watt regularly bowls from behind the bowling crease to throw batters off: “It’s just trying to rush [batters],” he
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