India survived a sizeable scare against the USA as the Men’s T20 World Cup co-hosts threatened to pull off another stunning upset in their Group A meeting in New York. Having beaten Pakistan in one of the greatest World Cup upsets of all time in their previous match, the USA had India rattled at 10-2…
Joe Root has backed under-pressure Jos Buttler to remain as England’s limited-overs captain. England’s 36-run defeat to Australia on Saturday has left them facing a battle to make the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup, which, coming on the back of last year’s dismal defence of their 50-over crown, has piled the pressure on Buttler…
Adam Zampa took 4-12 from four overs as unbeaten Australia stormed into the Super Eights at the Twenty20 World Cup with one Group B match to spare after hammering Namibia. Leg spinner Zampa picked up where he left off in last weekend’s win over reigning champions England and helped dismiss the Namibians for 72 from…
Pakistan kept their hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup Super Eights stage alive with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Canada. Mohammad Rizwan scored a timely half-century and Babar Azam played a captain’s knock as Pakistan bounced back from successive defeats to beat Canada at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York….
Andrew Flintoff’s son, Rocky Flintoff, has been named in the England U19s ODI squad for the first time for their series against Sri Lanka this summer. The 16-year-old has impressed recently playing for the Lancashire’s 2nd XI, making a maiden century against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, finishing with a total of 116 runs. The strong knock…
Sky Sports Cricket’s Michael Atherton thinks it is “foolish” to write defending champions England off at the T20 World Cup despite a poor start to the group stages. England are in a precarious position at the T20 World Cup after a washout against Scotland in Barbados was followed by a defeat to a clinical Australia…
Spinner Keshav Maharaj bowled a six-run, two-wicket final over as South Africa held off Bangladesh by four runs to stay unbeaten in the T20 World Cup on Monday. Bangladesh needed 11 from the last six deliveries for victory, then needed six off the last two balls. Mahmudullah came within a couple of feet of getting…
Scotland secured their second victory in a row at the T20 World Cup to pile the pressure on Group B rivals England in the battle for a Super 8 spot. Richie Berrington’s men sit on five points from three games, with Tuesday’s washout against England followed by a five-wicket win over Namibia and now a…
India dealt a cruel blow to rivals Pakistan’s T20 World Cup hopes with a thrilling six-run victory in New York. Billed as one of the clashes of the tournament, the contest delivered as it went down to the final over, Pakistan needing 12 runs from the final two balls but only managing six as they…
It would be so Pakistan to rebound from a shock defeat to the USA by upsetting tournament favourites India at the T20 World Cup. In the last edition of this competition, in Australia in 2022, they were on the brink of an early elimination after floundering against Zimbabwe but then went on to reach the…
