T20 World Cup

Pakistan’s shot at making it to the T20 World Cup semifinal is hanging by a thread following New Zealand’s win over Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The Kiwis, who trounced the co-hosts by 61 runs in Colombo, significantly improved their Net Run Rate (NRR) to +3.050 and are now clear favourites to qualify for the semi-finals from Group 2 along with England. Pakistan, who are currently third in the table, must win their final Super 8s match against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Pakistan's NRR

South Africa crushed reigning champions India by 76 runs on Sunday in their Super Eight Group One match of the Twenty20 World Cup, confirming their title credentials and serving notice to opponents. Electing to bat in a rematch of the 2024 World Cup final, SA raced to a powerful 187-7 after recovering from 20-3. In response tournament co-hosts India also surrendered their top order to the nerves, and their innings never really broke free from the shackles of chasing a nominal target. They were bowled out for

West Indies defeated Italy by 42 runs in their final Twenty20 World Cup Group C match here on Thursday as the two-times champions registered third straight win to enter into Super Eights phase with a clean slate. Captain Shai Hope scored his 11th T20 Internationals half-century, hitting a Man of the Match knock of 75 off 46 balls on either side of what was an industrious bowling effort. Italy were soon reeling in their chase when a nip-backer from Matthew Forde pegged back Justin Mosca’s

New Zealand trounced Canada despite a spectacular century by Yuvraj Samra in their Group D match and with it booked their place in the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup at Afghanistan's expense on Tuesday. Glenn Phillips (76) and Rachin Ravindra (59) clobbered unbeat half-centuries as New Zealand eased to a target of 174 with 4.5 overs to spare for their third win out of four. Pool leaders South Africa had already progressed to the super eight from the group with a hat-trick of

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

Mumbai: The West Indies stormed into the Super Eights stage of the T20 World Cup with a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Nepal on Sunday. Having restricted Nepal to 133-8 in their 20 overs, captain Shai Hope's unbeaten 61 guided his team to a comfortable 134-1 in just 15.2 overs in the Group C game at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium. Hope cruised to his half-century off 38 balls, hitting three sixes and five fours all told. He added an unbroken 91 with Shimron Hetmyer to get to the target

Sherfane Rutherford blazed to a belligerent half-century and Gudakesh Motie came up with a brilliant exhibition of slower bowling to inspire West Indies to a 30-run win over England in Twenty20 World Cup Group C on Wednesday. Rutherford hit seven sixes in his unbeaten 76 from 42 balls to lay the foundation for his side's imposing score of 196-6. Twice champions West Indies piled on the spin to return and choke England out by dismissing them for 166 in 19 overs as they spent their rivals

Cricket’s T20 World Cup starts Saturday under a bitter‑sour build-up marred by political turmoil, Bangladesh flung out and Pakistan refusing to play arch-rivals and co-hosts India. Ultimately, Pakistan will play the first ball of the tournament with a very disorderly lead-in when they take on Netherlands in Colombo in the opener. Holders and pre-tournament favourites India will open the tournament in the night match on day one against the United States in Mumbai with a nation of more than a billion cricket followers looking to them

Pakistan cricket chief Mohsin Naqvi said on Monday that a decision will be held back for up to a week finalising whether the team would pull out of next month's Twenty20 World Cup, paving the way for a potential boycott over Bangladesh backing down. Naqvi was scheduled to meet Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday to seek his advice but a call is expected before then with the cricket board boss posting on X: "The final decision will either be taken Friday or next

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will appeal to the country's military backed interim government in a final bid to try and have the team play next month's Twenty20 World Cup after their request for its matches on grounds that they may not be safe was rejected here on Wednesday. The International Cricket Council (ICC)'s executive board has thrown out Bangladesh's worries over the safety and security of its players and fans in India due to political problems between the South Asian neighbours. Bangladesh have been

In another rain-affected low-scoring thriller where neither side could touch 70, debutants Nigeria captured the improbable by two runs in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (January 20, 2025), stunning a playing nations powerhouse of Women's cricket in New Zealand to claim their first ever points at ICC level. After an opening loss where Nigeria batted first to make 65-6, Nigeria fielded impressively to disrupt New Zealand's score chase. In the 13-over contest, the Kiwis were 57-5, needing nine runs with one over to go. But pacer Lilian

Women T20 World Cup final, Dubai New Zealand 158-5 (20 overs): Kerr 43 (38); Mlaba 2-31 South Africa 126-9 (20 overs): Wolvaardt 33 (27); Kerr 3-24, Mair 3-25 New Zealand became a surprising winner of the Women’s T20 World Cup with a convincing 32-run win over South Africa in an entertaining match played in Dubai. The White Ferns came into this tournament with 10 consecutive losses, marking it as their first T20 title after back to back defeats in the finals in 2009

Bangladesh Women (BAN-W) will be battling it out in Match 13 against West Indies Women (WI-W) in Women T20 World Cup 2024 which will be played at Sharjah Stadium Sharjah on October 10.The team led by Nigar Sultana is doing well so far in the eighth edition of the women T20 world cup. They defeated the Scotland side very comfortably in the first game, by sixteen runs. However in the previous match against the England Women, Bangladesh lost the match by 21 runs

The victory over Pakistan kept India in contention for a place in the semifinals to be held from Group A, though it was by the smallest of margins. On Sunday night, Cleveland survived a mild shock at the Dubai International Stadium against Pakistan, as India managed to pull through a six-wicket win. Indian fans were still recovering from the painful 58-run loss against New Zealand on the opening day of the Women T20 World Cup that same stadium, the next day. The win

The Chief Operating Officer of Emirates Cricket Board, Subhan Ahmad, expressed his satisfaction in the crowd turn-up for the match in India versus Pakistan on Sunday. TEST-PLANNING – India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the Super Six match of 804 the Women T20 World Cup – the match played on June 30, 2008, however, set a record in terms of number of spectators for the group stage match of the World cup event on the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. But 16000

Burj Khalifa lights up and Ticket prices announced for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Explaining that expansion of the tournament's scope functions without subsidiarity, ICC has surprisingly provided one more element: low-cost tickets for venues, starting at merely five dirhams. More than 20 days remain until the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 and within this time frame, the inclusive earmarking envisaged to include match tickets for as little as five dirhams and no fee charges for those below 18 years of age.

The ICC Associate Member Women Performance of the Year award was presented to the UAE women cricket team for their impressive performance in the ICC Women T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Key wins against Qatar and Bahrain came before a semifinal triumph against Hong Kong. In the decisive game versus a formidable Thailand team, Kavisha Egodage's expertise led to an exciting six-run victory. This led them to progress to the worldwide qualifier, occurring earlier in 2024, and the UAE

A new era has begun in cricket with the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL), which has revolutionized the game, especially for batsmen. There has been an unprecedented upsurge in aggressive batting displays in the Twenty20 format, with batsmen destroying opponents with remarkable frequency and dominating matches. Abhishek Sharma, Sunil Narine, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, and Jake Fraser-McGurk are just a few of the players whose power hitting has propelled the art of six-hitting to new heights. Batsmen have been absolutely devastating in the

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli will be absent from the first T20 International (T20I) against Afghanistan in Mohali due to personal reasons, according to coach Rahul Dravid. The skipper will rejoin the team for the subsequent second and third matches of the series in Indore and Bengaluru. Kohli, along with captain Rohit Sharma, is returning to T20Is for the first time since India's T20 World Cup semi-final defeat to England in November 2022. Rahul Dravid confirmed the news on the eve of the