Toss West Indies chose to bowl v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:15 Agarkar: SA will factor West Indies’ troubles against spin With a semi-final spot on the line, West Indies captain Darren Sammy opted to bowl against South Africa in Nagpur, a decision he took because he did not know what to expect from the Nagpur surface. That meant that left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso, making his first…
England have had two contrasting wins in the tournament so far, against South Africa and Afghanistan © AFP On the eve of a critical contest that will make or break England’s hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the World T20, Joe Root took a momentary break from the high-octane, foot-to-the-floor attitude that has propelled his team’s campaign, and opted, along with a handful of his team-mates, to take the slow…
Australia 193 for 4 (Smith 61*, Watson 44*, Wasim 2-31) beat Pakistan 172 for 8 (Latif 46, Malik 40, Faulkner 5-27) by 21 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details James Faulkner took his maiden five-wicket haul to help Australia to a 21-run win © Getty Images Australia have arrived as a force at the World Twenty20, just in time to wave goodbye to Pakistan, as they completed a 21-run win in Mohali….
Sachithra Senanayake has been effective against England in limited overs and stands a chance of playing on Saturday © AFP Sri Lanka’s batting has been brittle, and they are missing their finisher with the ball, but T20 wits, they hope, will be enough to put them into the semi-final. First up in their Delhi double-header is England – a team they have sometimes outsmarted before. There is evidence that this…
If Australia win, they would end all hopes of Pakistan reaching the World T20 semifinals. © AFP It’s Australia vs Pakistan in Mohali on Friday in the all-important Super-10 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2016. Both teams have a mathematical chance of grabbing a semifinal berth from Group 2. New Zealand have already qualified from this group and India are also in with a chance. The ICC will…
Highlights Australia, Pakistan and India all have a mathematical chance of qualifying for the ICC World T20 2016 semifinals from Group 2. Friday’s Australia vs Pakistan will be a high stakes game with both teams capable of beating each other. Catch live score and live updates of Australia vs Pakistan here. (LIVE SCORECARD | POINTS TABLE | NEWS | VIDEOS) Australia and Pakistan face other in a must-win World T20…
Match facts Saturday, March 26, 2016Start time 1500 local (0900 GMT) Play 01:43 We want to keep our form on a roll – Ronchi Big picture Bangladesh are carrying the most heart-breaking result on their back, but now take on the form team of the competition. New Zealand, who are in the semi-finals after three consecutive wins, have relied on combined efforts with both bat and ball, rather than individual…
West Indies sealed their spot in the semi-finals of the ICC World T20 with a three-wicket win over South Africa in Nagpur. © AFP Highlights West Indies became the second team after New Zealand to reach the semi-final of the ICC World T20. Their victory over South Africa has meant that the other teams in the group, England, South Africa and Sri Lanka will be fighting it out for the…
Virat Kohli greets Shahid Afridi during a practice ahead of India vs Pakistan World T20 clash. © AFP Highlights Mohali: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi compared batting maestro Virat Kohli with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, saying he has now become the wall of the Indian cricket team, winning match after match with his bat. (Virat Kohli Era Has Started, He is The New Sachin Tendulkar: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag) Kohli has…
England will join West Indies in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals if they beat holders Sri Lanka tomorrow after South Africa were dramatically beaten by three wickets in Nagpur. Carlos Brathwaite and Denesh Ramdin took nine runs from the final over, bowled by Kagiso Rabada, to complete a chase of 123 with two deliveries remaining. Brathwaite took the Windies to the brink by crashing the second ball for six before…