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South Africa have a great opportunity to consolidate their position at the top of Group D when they take on Bangladesh in New York in the T20 World Cup 2024. Many factors favour South Africa. They have never lost to Bangladesh in T20Is. They are familiar with the New York venue, having played
- Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen lead South Africa’s demolition of Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Rain washes out chase after Mushfiqur fifty helps Bangladesh to 246 (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa seek ruthless edge at home (Category: Breaking News)
- England, South Africa to face off in Women’s T20 World Cup opener, final on October 20 (Category: Breaking News)
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 date after David Warner and Travis Head blitzed 70 runs in the first five overs, before Adam Zampa made the difference
- All-round Stoinis stars as Australia overcome early wobble (Category: Breaking News)
- Salt 109 not out, Brook late cameo fire England to dramatic chase of 223 (Category: Breaking News)
- Warner stars in landmark outing, Zampa’s class seals victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Marsh, David leave New Zealand bruised in Australia’s thrilling last-ball win (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka said Friday they have complained to the International Cricket Council over their T20 World Cup team’s treatment and conditions in co-host the United States.The sports minister Harin Fernando alleged other teams had it better and said Sri Lanka had lodged a formal protest
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- AAC issues clarification (Category: Breaking News)
The first truly heavyweight clash of this expanded T20 World Cup format comes freighted with both history and subplots. A rematch of the 2010 World T20 final at Kensington Oval, the match pits Jos Buttler’s defending champions – who are aiming to become the first team to retain
- England, South Africa to face off in Women’s T20 World Cup opener, final on October 20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Capsey powers England to T20 series win and keeps Ashes alive (Category: Breaking News)
- Defending champions England knocked out as Australia march towards semi-finals (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC confirm Caribbean venues for 2024 T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister and Chairman of Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed to examine the issues faced by Sri Lanka Cricket says that the country s recent disappointments in the ICC World Cup 2023 and ICC T20 World Cup are not isolated incidents.
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Once is coincidence, twice is a clue, and three times is proof. To paraphrase Agatha Christie, that is the narrative around South Africa’s meeting with Netherlands at this T20 World Cup. The Dutch beat South Africa at the 2022 tournament and ended their semi-final hopes in a match where South
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- Netherlands vs Nepal – the one match neither team can afford to lose (Category: Breaking News)
- Miller and Baartman help South Africa end Netherlands jinx in low-scoring nail-biter (Category: Breaking News)
In a thrilling T20 World Cup fixture, Bangladesh clinched a two-wicket victory over former champions Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh got off to a winning start in the ongoing T20 World Cup beating Sri Lanka by two wickets in their Group D encounter at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas today. After Rishad Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman claimed three wickets each to restrict Sri Lanka to 124 for nine, Hridoy smashed
- Sri Lanka to expedite talks on proposed trade agreement with Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh include Mosaddek Hossain in their squad for first Test against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh gives Sri Lanka 6 more months to repay $200m loan (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh says Sri Lanka paid back another $100m (Category: Breaking News)
Saurabh Netravalkar moved to the United States in 2015. He was 23 and had accepted a difficult reality. He wasn’t going to be a professional cricketer. “It was a very emotional call,” Netravalkar said in an interview last year. “I packed my bags and moved to the US to study. I never dreamt that I’d […]
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB MP alleges misuse of funds at SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC needs new constitution: Eran (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricket debacle: Chief selector to “reveal all”, hints at conspiracy (Category: Breaking News)
The pitches used in the T20 World Cup matches played in New York have not been up to standard and ground staff are working on remedying them for the rest of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday.
Minister of Sports Harin Fernando announced that a complaint has been lodged with the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding the lengthy travel times and hardships the Sri Lankan team faced during the Group Stage matches of the 2024 T20 World Cup.
India played two high-profile games at the last T20 World Cup. They won the one where the pitch was tough to bat on and lost the one where it was considerably easier. They will be pleased that the surfaces at this tournament are proving trickier than expected. That means they won’t be bested
- India win rain-hit game against Ireland to enter semis (Category: Breaking News)
- Rain washes out chase after Mushfiqur fifty helps Bangladesh to 246 (Category: Breaking News)
- Muneeba ton powers Pakistan to emphatic win against Ireland (Category: Breaking News)
- England, South Africa to face off in Women’s T20 World Cup opener, final on October 20 (Category: Breaking News)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran struck fifties in the second -highest opening stand in T20 World Cup history and Fazalhaq Farooki took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is as Afghanistan crushed debutants Uganda by 125 runs in their Group C game of the T20 World Cup in Guyana. Afghanistan
- Rashid, Farooqi and Gurbaz the stars as Afghanistan crush New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
- Hasaranga and Pathirana bring a thriller home for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Mehidy, with a little help from Shakib and Shanto, takes Bangladesh past Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Uganda’s bowlers and Riazat seal their first win in T20 World Cup history (Category: Breaking News)
There are two obvious groups of death in this T20 World Cup, and Group D is one of them. Netherlands and Nepal are the two lowest-ranked sides in the group, but one of them comes into the tournament with serious pedigree in punching well above their weight at World Cups. Remember
- Logan van Beek’s career-best 4 for 24 vaults Netherlands into Super Sixes (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal’s Lamichhane denied US visa, will miss T20 World Cup 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa up against their bogey team in batter-unfriendly New York (Category: Breaking News)
- India enter World Cup with both warm-ups washed out (Category: Breaking News)
South Africa opened their T20 World Cup campaign in authoritative fashion by bowling Sri Lanka out for their lowest total in the format and chasing 78 runs inside 17 overs to secure two points. At the first official T20I match to be played at the newly-created stadium at Eisenhower Park, we learnt
- Miller and Baartman help South Africa end Netherlands jinx in low-scoring nail-biter (Category: Breaking News)
- McCoy and Charles thump South Africa to give West Indies series sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Uncapped Dunith Wellalage in Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup squad (Category: Breaking News)
- A battle between in-form bowlers and brittle top orders (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka was blown away for a record low 77 and South Africa won their Twenty20 World Cup opener by six wickets on Monday. South Africa overcame its own hiccups on the two-paced pitch to cross the finish line at 80-4 with 3.4 overs to spare at the purpose-built Nassau County Stadium on Long Island. […]
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
- Ireland lose last warm-up game against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamari Athapaththu scores 195 in record chase (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Australia push for permanent visas (Category: Breaking News)
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 three day game in 1844. In that match in New York, Canada came out on top by […]
- Kirton, Gordon and Heyliger sparkle in landmark Canada win (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh set to tour USA for three T20Is ahead of World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Angelo Mathews back in T20I squad after three-year absence (Category: Breaking News)
- West Indies bowl, pick Chase and Shepherd; no Vanua for PNG (Category: Breaking News)
Dasun Shanaka produced a solid all-round performance, including bowling figures of 4'23, as former champions Sri Lanka overcame some jittery moments to down Ireland by 41 runs in their T20 World Cup warm-up game.
Ireland lost by 41 runs to Sri Lanka in Florida in their final warm-up match before the T20 World Cup opener against India on Wednesday. Josh Little and Barry McCarthy both took two wickets as Sri Lanka posted 163-8 in Lauderhill with Angelo Mathews top-scoring with an unbeaten 32. In Ireland’
- Scotland thrashed by Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup qualifier (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in New York (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan born pioneer of location-tracking technology in King’s honours list (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Australia push for permanent visas (Category: Breaking News)
Group D preview: South Africa and Sri Lanka are the two highest ranked teams in the group, but there is not much between all five sides.Former ICC Men’s T20 World Cup champions Sri Lanka find themselves in Group D alongside South Africa, Bangladesh, Netherlands and Nepal for the upcoming tournament
- Netherlands vs Nepal – the one match neither team can afford to lose (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh vs India (Category: Sports)
- World Cup head to head: India vs Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh vs Pakistan (Category: Sports)
Two traditional rivals will face off in a crucial group at the T20 World Cup, while two further neighbours are joined by a talented European side. Group A preview: The Asian rivals will face still competition from co-hosts USA, Canada and Ireland in Group A of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024
- USA vs Canada: oldest rivalry renewed at cricket’s biggest T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- New York increases security ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
- New York increases security ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
- Values vs. wealth (Category: Business)
Group B preview: Australia and England will be favourites to progress out of Group B at the T20 World Cup, but Namibia, Oman and Scotland have shown previously they are more than capable of causing an upset or two. The two most recent champions along with three spirited associates
- Do What You Like Vs Like What You (Have To) Do! (Category: Breaking News)
- World Cup head to head: India vs Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- USA vs Canada: oldest rivalry renewed at cricket’s biggest T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- India Vs England (Category: Breaking News)
Blistering half-centuries from Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell helped West Indies make a statement ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024 as they hammered an undermanned Australia in their final warm-up game in Trinidad. Australia fielded a team with just nine players and coaches for sub fielders
- Rusell, Rutherford star as West Indies bag consolatory win (Category: Breaking News)
- Warner stars in landmark outing, Zampa’s class seals victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Maxwell’s record ton powers Australia to series win (Category: Breaking News)
- Hope six seals 3-2 win for West Indies after Motie keeps lid on England (Category: Breaking News)
Nepal legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane will miss the T20 World Cup 2024 after his visa application to the USA was rejected for a second time. His initial application was turned down last week, following which the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and the Nepal government intervened on his behalf
- Sandeep Lamichhane sentenced to eight years in jail for rape (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal court finds former cricket captain Sandeep Lamichhane guilty of rape (Category: Breaking News)
- Netherlands vs Nepal – the one match neither team can afford to lose (Category: Breaking News)
- Logan van Beek’s career-best 4 for 24 vaults Netherlands into Super Sixes (Category: Breaking News)
Security cover will be raised at the Eisenhower Park stadium in New York following reports of threats to the India vs Pakistan match on June 9 in T20 World Cup 2024. A statement released by the governor’s office said they are monitoring the situation and according to their intel “
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in New York (Category: Breaking News)
- India election throws up surprise as Modi’s alliance scrapes past majority (Category: Breaking News)
- Ireland lose last warm-up game against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Security cover will be raised at the Eisenhower Park stadium in New York following reports of threats to the India vs Pakistan match on June 9 in T20 World Cup 2024. A statement released by the governor’s office said they are monitoring the situation and according to their intel “
- New York boosts T20 Cricket World Cup security after reported threats (Category: Breaking News)
- New York increases security ahead of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match (Category: Breaking News)
- Before US visit, New Jersey restaurant to launch ‘Modi Ji Thali’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Gala dinner to celebrate India’s Independence Day (Category: Business)
The Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) has accepted responsibility after Netherlands fielded an ineligible player in a women’s T20I against Italy on Monday. Netherlands thrashed Italy by 94 runs in the first T20I of a four match series on Tuesday, posting 178 for 4 before restricting their opponents to 84 for 9. But they did […]
- Chamari Athapaththu is ICC Women’s Player of the Month for September 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Hasaranga suspended for two T20Is for outburst against umpire (Category: Breaking News)
- Four vie for coveted ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year’ award; Sanga for ‘ODI Player’ (Category: Business)
- Indonesia’s Rohmalia smashes women’s T20I record with 7 for 0 on international debut (Category: Breaking News)
West Indies swept the three-T20I series against South Africa to conclude their T20 World Cup preparations in the most commanding way possible. South Africa, on the other hand, have won just two of their last 11 completed T20I matches since the last T20 World Cup, and have lost series to West Indies
- Salt 109 not out, Brook late cameo fire England to dramatic chase of 223 (Category: Breaking News)
- West Indies bowl, pick Chase and Shepherd; no Vanua for PNG (Category: Breaking News)
- Warner stars in landmark outing, Zampa’s class seals victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan demolish South Africa (Category: Breaking News)
West Indies sealed the three-match T20I series against South Africa, with a match to spare, and successfully defended 208 in front of enthusiastic Sabina Park supporters. With all the fixtures in this series being played at the same venue in Jamaica – which will not host any T20 World Cup
- McCoy and Charles thump South Africa to give West Indies series sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- West Indies seal series after Joseph’s five-fer in run-fest (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa ace record run chase to level series (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamari Athapaththu is the new No. 1 batter in women’s ODIs (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan legend Shahid Afridi was revealed as the newest tournament ambassador for the epic ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and USA. He joins an illustrious group of ambassadors, featuring India stalwart Yuvraj Singh, ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle and the fastest man on Earth Usain Bolt
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- India, Pakistan headline exhilarating neighbourhood showdown (Category: Breaking News)
- “SLPL is an ideal opportunity before Australian series”: Misbah-ul-Haq (Category: Business)
- Kumar Dharmasena picked as on-field umpire for WC opener (Category: Breaking News)
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