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NEW DELHI: Unbeaten South Africa look to “maintain discipline and intensity” in their last Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup against Zimbabwe, batting coach Ashwell Prince said on Saturday. The 2024 runners-up have already secured a semi-final place ahead of their match in New Delhi on Sunday. The Aiden Markram-led side will take to the pitch in the dead rubber game after scoring convincing wins over hot favourites India and two-time champions West Indies in the Super Eights. Zimbabwe meanwhile have stunned Australia and co-hosts Sri Lanka in the group stages. “I think you’ve got to respect the…
KOLKATA: Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy bowls in the nets during a training session at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.—Courtesy ICC KOLKATA: West Indies coach Daren Sammy believes history can repeat itself as he aims to mastermind a T20 World Cup victory to end India’s hopes, just as he did when captain 10 years ago. Sammy led his side to a T20 World Cup semi-final win against India in Mumbai in 2016 and went on to lift the trophy as they beat England in the final in Kolkata. It is on that same Eden Gardens pitch that Sunday’s clash will play…
PAKISTAN were put out of their misery at the T20 World Cup when they failed to restrict Sri Lanka to 147 runs or less after posting a challenging total of 212. Once Sri Lanka had eliminated Pakistan from the tournament, the rest of the match was irrelevant from a Pakistani perspective. In the end both Pakistan and Sri Lanka were losers. Pakistan had failed to defeat any major team in the tournament before this game, and that says everything you need to know about the current standing of Pakistan in world cricket. With three changes in Kandy, Pakistan relied on…
Pakistan dropped Babar Azam as Sahibzada Farhan eclipsed Virat Kohli’s 12-year-old record but both teams left heartbroken as New Zealand book their spot in the last four New Zealand have been left celebrating in their team hotel as they watched Pakistan fall short in their bold bid to rob them of a place in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. Pakistan needed to conjure up a 65-run victory or better against co-hosts Sri Lanka in Pallekele to qualify ahead of the Black Caps but though they amassed a huge 8-212, headed by a record-breaking ton from Sahibzada Farhan, they ultimately could…
Australia will play six white-ball games in the Caribbean starting next month, but the drought-breaking Test is off the schedule Australia’s preparations for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will continue in the Caribbean next month, with Cricket West Indies confirming the schedule for the series starting on March 19. Australia and the West Indies will meet in three T20Is in St Vincent followed by three ODIs in St Kitts, in what will be the Aussies’ first full tour following the retirement of captain Alyssa Healy. Australia’s tour of the West Indies 2026 First T20I: March 19, Arnos Vale,…
A match between England Lions and Pakistan Shaheens, scheduled for Sunday in Abu Dhabi, has been cancelled after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed.The ECB have said they are “following official advice” as they remain in contact with Government and security experts. Explosions were heard across the Gulf as Iran launched missile attacks throughout the Middle East – Abu Dhabi and Dubai were targeted which led to Dubai International Airport suspending all flights. “The safety and security of our teams and staff is our top priority,” the ECB said…
A match between England Lions and Pakistan Shaheens, scheduled for Sunday in Abu Dhabi, has been cancelled after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed.The ECB have said they are “following official advice” as they remain in contact with Government and security experts. Explosions were heard across the Gulf as Iran launched missile attacks throughout the Middle East – Abu Dhabi and Dubai were targeted which led to Dubai International Airport suspending all flights. “The safety and security of our teams and staff is our top priority,” the ECB said…
A disappointed Salman Agha said his team had “underperformed” after they exited the T20 World Cup on Saturday, but held back from making an “emotional” decision on his future as Pakistan captain. Pakistan were knocked out on net run rate despite beating Sri Lanka in their final Super Eights match in Kandy on Saturday. “We have underperformed in the whole tournament,” Agha told reporters. “We are out of the semis due to our failure in decision-making in pressure situations.” Opener Sahibzada Farhan became the only player to score two hundreds in the same T20 World Cup as Pakistan posted 212-8.…
Pakistan have been eliminated from the T20 world cup despite a five-run victory over already-eliminated Sri Lanka in their Group Two Super Eights match in Pallekele.Pakistan posted 212-8 thanks to a Sahibzada Farhan century and then needed to limit co-hosts Sri Lanka to 147 or fewer in order to reach the semi-finals on net run-rate, but the chasers finished on 207-6, instead sending New Zealand through. Sri Lanka raced to 148 with five overs to go, automatically eliminating the visitors and confirming that both semi-finals will take place in India. Image: Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka scored three sixes in…
What to do with Jos Buttler?England’s greatest white-ball batter of all time is having a lousy time right now. His T20 World Cup stats make for harrowing reading. Butler has registered only 62 runs in seven innings at an average of 8.85. All but 15 of those runs came across scores of 26 and 21 against Nepal and West Indies respectively to start the tournament. Monterosa This content is provided by Monterosa, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend…