match highlights

Azmatullah stars in Afghanistan win over UAE Afghanistan kept alive their hopes of reaching the Super Eight phase of the Twenty20 World Cup after all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai's heroics guided them to a five-wicket Group D victory over UAE on Monday. The result saw group leaders South Africa (six points, three games) make the Super Eight along with defending champions India and two-time winners West Indies. New Zealand, who are four points ahead with a game in hand against bottom-placed Canada on Tuesday. appear set to snatch

Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav expressed his happiness after his side routed arch-rivals Pakistan by 61 runs on Sunday to qualify for the next round of the T20 World Cup in a clash that had been uncertain until a few days back. Suryakumar’s team posted 175 for seven after being given a flying start by Ishan Kishan (77) before bowling out Pakistan for 114 in 18 overs. The loss for Pakistan maintained their appalling World Cup record against India. India have triumphed in eight of nine T20 World

Liam Livingstone’s blazing 82 not out from just 38 balls was the highlight at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium as the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders opened their account in DP World ILT20 Season 4 with a 39-run victory over the Sharjah Warriorz. His late fireworks then led the Knight Riders to 233/4 – the second highest total in DP World ILT20 history. Livingstone received backup from Sherfane Rutherford (27-ball 45) in the middle overs equally good to both Hales (19-ball 32) and Alishan Sharafu (23-ball 34),

Rawalpindi - Pakistan reached the T20 tri-series final with a game to spare when they beat Zimbabwe by 69 runs on Sunday — and captain Shoaib Malik praised his team for getting better and better. Off-spinning all-rounder Usman Tariq was the star performer with a remarkable hat trick while Zimbabwe plunged to 126 in their pursuit of 196. In his second T20 International, the 27-year-old spinner resticted Tony Munyonga (1), Tashinga Musekiwa (0) and Wellington Masakadza (0) at three consecutive deliveries of the 10th over to