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Toss West Indies chose to bat vs Uganda West Indies captain Rovman Powell won the toss and chose to bat first in Guyana, expecting the Providence surface to be slow again, and therefore, easier to defend a score on. Uganda captain Brian Masaba said they would have batted first as well, on account of what

Australia 201 for 7 (Warner 39, Marsh 35, Head 34, Stoinis 30) beat England 165 for 6 (Buttler 42, Cummins 2-23, Zampa 2-28) by 36 runs Australia outplayed England in Barbados to leave the defending champions sweating on their qualification for the Super 8s. They posted the highest score of the T20 World Cup to

Pakistan will be forced into a late call over the inclusion of Imad Wasim ahead of Sunday’s group game against India. Ten days after the PCB said Imad missed the final game of the T20I series against England for “precautionary reasons” after a suspected rib injury, the allrounder remains a significant doubt for this game.

“It’s one of the greatest performances from us especially in T20s against a big team, New Zealand,” Rashid said at the presentation. “It is all great team effort. It’s not just about the bowling. It’s the batting, the way Ibrahim [Zadran] and [Rahmanullah] Gurbaz started. Again, the wicket wasn’t easy to score on. But the

A week ago, Canada fast bowler Jeremy Gordon was thrown the ball to rein in a surging USA side. The previous over had leaked 20, but Gordon had bowled a tight couple of overs, and with USA still needing just under ten an over, Canada entrusted him to tighten the screws. Instead, in a nightmarish

Barbados Royals have retained Sri Lanka mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana for the 2024 edition of the Caribbean Premier League even though he was unable to play any of their matches last year. Theekshana, 23, is yet to play a single game in the CPL. Two years ago, he was selected by Trinbago Knight Riders but

New Zealand will finally get their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign underway when they take on Afghanistan in Providence on Friday night, and their captain Kane Williamson is acutely aware of the threat their first opponents pose. Afghanistan possess one of the better bowling attacks in the World Cup, and they are getting better with

USA 159 for 3 (Monank 50, Jones 36*, Gous 35) beat Pakistan 159 for 7 (Babar 44, Shadab 40, Kenjige 3-30, Netravalkar 2-18) via Super Over USA muzzled an experienced Pakistan top order, brought their hitters to heel, then produced a measured batting performance that tied the scores at 159-all. This forced the game into

Cam Fletcher, the New Zealand batter, has joined Derbyshire for 11 Vitality Blast fixtures, starting with their East Midlands clash with Nottinghamshire on Friday. Fletcher has yet to make his international debut, but his big-hitting approach has racked up almost 2,000 T20 runs in his career, with 11 half-centuries at a strike-rate of 131.14. He

Australia 164 for 5 (Stoinis 67*, Warner 56) beat Oman 125 for 9 (Ayaan 36, Stoinis 3-19) by 39 runs When Glenn Maxwell fell for a golden duck, continuing his horror run with the bat, they were 50 for 3 and thoughts briefly turned to what could unfold but Stoinis and Warner added 102 off

Only 60 balls were bowled in England and Scotland’s washed-out match in Barbados but there was more to glean about the defending champions than there was about their opponents, other than that Scotland have aggressive openers who fear neither express pace nor spin, whether it be the off or leg variety. That an experienced and

Match details Papua New Guinea vs UgandaJune 5, Providence, 7.30pm local Big picture – A historic first History beckons when Papua New Guinea take on Uganda in an all-Associate clash in Group C with one of them set for their first win in a T20 World Cup. Both teams know Wednesday’s game will be their

Match details Australia vs OmanBarbados, 8.30pm local time Big Picture Australia dominated ICC events last year with the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup prizes. Now they begin their quest to be champions across all three formats. Could it be called the men’s cricket Grand Slam? Well, the 50-over Champions Trophy returns next year

Netherlands 109 for 4 (O’Dowd 54*, Vikramjit 22, Airee 1-6) beat Nepal 106 (Paudel 35, Pringle 3-20, Van Beek 3-18, Van Meekeren 2-19) by six wickets Tim Pringle and Logan van Beek‘s three-wicket hauls backed up by Max O’Dowd‘s patient half-century got Netherlands over the line in a nervy chase in their opening game of

Shaheen Shah Afridi is in talks to join Canada’s Global T20 league, after pulling out of the Hundred citing a desire to spend time with his family. The two leagues are set to clash directly in 2024 and Afridi’s withdrawal is a significant blow to the Hundred’s standing. Afridi played in the Hundred for the

Some of the New Zealand squad are still trying to work out what timezone they are in, but head coach Gary Stead is hopeful that their late start to T20 World Cup 2024 – they are among the last teams to begin their campaign – will give them enough time to prepare and gain intel

Scotland vice-captain Matthew Cross has welcomed the change to the T20 World Cup format and said that his side go into the tournament looking to win all four group games, ahead of their opener against defending champions England in Barbados on Tuesday. In the last two editions of the T20 World Cup, Scotland have had

Kedar Jadhav has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the age of 39. The allrounder has played 73 ODIs and nine T20Is for India after making his international debut in 2014. He earned an India call-up for the ODIs against Bangladesh in June 2014 but he had to wait till November that