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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

Match details Afghanistan vs UgandaProvidence, 7.30pm local Big picture – Can Uganda make it a debut to remember? It has been a long road for Uganda to the T20 World Cup 2024 but they are here by right, and now have a chance to make a big mark. Their first opponents, however, are not the

Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs Papua New Guinea Rovman Powell won the toss and chose to bowl as West Indies kicked off their T20 World Cup campaign with a morning start against Papua New Guinea in Providence, Guyana. West Indies opted to pick Roston Chase as an all-round spin option in the middle

USA batter Aaron Jones hoped that his knock in the T20 World Cup 2024 match against Canada “opens eyes of some people around the world” that he is “good enough” to play T20s. Jones struck an unbeaten 94, the second-highest individual score on T20 World Cup debut, after walking in at 42 for 2 in

Mitchell Marsh, Australia’s captain at T20 World Cup 2024, will not bowl in the initial part of the tournament but he hopes to be able to do so in the latter half. Marsh, who was ruled out of the IPL due to a hamstring tear, has had a much slower recovery than initially expected. He

India 182 for 5 (Pant 53, Hardik 40*, Suryakumar 31) beat Bangladesh 122 for 9 (Mahmudullah 40, Arshdeep 2-12, Dube 2-13) by 60 runs Having endured a difficult IPL season on multiple fronts, Hardik Pandya served up a reminder of his elite all-round skills as India warmed up for the T20 World Cup with a

Match details United States of America vs CanadaDallas, 7.30pm local Big picture – USA start as favourites In a way, it’s fitting that cricket’s oldest international rivalry will kick off its biggest World Cup, comprising 20 teams. Long before Australia and England played the first-ever Test in 1877, USA and Canada locked horns in a

Sussex 168 for 7 (Hudson-Prentice 47, M Taylor 3-32) beat Gloucestershire 167 for 8 (J Taylor 52, Mills 4-25) by three wickets Sussex Sharks scrambled a bye off the final ball of the game to get their Vitality Blast campaign off to a successful start with a three-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Hove. Chasing 168,

Brydon Carse, the Durham and England fast bowler, has been handed a three-month ban after an anti-corruption investigation by the newly formed Cricket Regulator. Carse, who accepted the charges and cooperated with the independent regulatory body, was found to have breached ECB gambling regulations by placing 303 bets on various cricket matches between 2017 and