Month: November 2021

News Assistant coach McDonald says 4-1 loss in Bangladesh is fresh in the mind but hopes experience will put them in good stead Australia are expecting a trial by spin against Bangladesh despite their top-order collapse to England’s seamers on Saturday night in Dubai. Australia’s semi-final hopes hang in the balance after their net run-rate took a hammering courtesy of the England loss, and the irony of their tournament hinging…

News Former Kent and England seamer was diagnosed more than two decades ago Former Kent and England seamer Alan Igglesden was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1999   Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has died at the age of 57 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour more than two decades ago. In a statement on Monday, Kent said they was devastated to learn of…

News Net run rate could play a part with Australia and South Africa best placed England’s 26-run win against Sri Lanka has pretty much confirmed not just their qualification, but also their topping of Group 1, while Sri Lanka are on the brink of elimination. Here is a look at where the teams stand with five matches left in the group. EnglandPlayed: 4, Points: 8, NRR: 3.183, Remaining match: vs…

News They become only the third team to defend a total in the Super 12s stage of this World Cup England became only the third team to defend a total in the Super 12s stage of the T20 World Cup thanks to a 26-run victory against Sri Lanka in Sharjah and match-winner Jos Buttler hailed their adaptability as they effectively sealed a spot in the semi-finals. This was the third…

Jos Buttler‘s six-hitting clinic against Australia on Saturday night prompted a question: what’s the best innings an Englishman has played in a T20 World Cup? Then, 48 hours later, Buttler provided an unequivocal answer. There will be nights when English batters have found run-scoring much easier than Buttler did against Sri Lanka in Sharjah but none has paced an innings better, nor executed such a calculated takedown of an opposing…

Report Spot in semi-finals all but firmed up; Sri Lanka will need a near-miracle Jos Buttler hit a six off the final ball of the innings to bring up his maiden T20I ton   Two days ago in Dubai, we all thought we had seen the very best of Jos Buttler, as he mashed a demoralised Australia with jaw-dropping disdain. But in very different circumstances in Sharjah, the respect that…

News With five different bowling variations in his arsenal, Pretorius has become his captain’s go-to slog-overs bowler Dwaine Pretorius has fallen into a death-bowling role because the rest of South Africa’s attack is doing so well that they have to be used earlier in the innings. That’s how the allrounder explained his new role in the team, which has seen him take the ball in the last five overs. “Maybe…

Big picture Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan have not lurched from crisis to catastrophe, and are not furiously mapping out probability trees, calculating net run rates, and praying that other teams help them sneak into the next round via the back door? Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan are not unpredictable, flawed and dispirited, and when rumours about infighting and leaks to the media aren’t…

Fantasy Tips Fantasy picks for the T20 World Cup game between Pakistan and Namibia Match 31: Pakistan vs Namibia, Abu Dhabi Fantasy XI: Zane Green, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Craig Williams, David Wiese, Imad Wasim, J Loftie-Eaten, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf. Captain: Babar AzamHe has scored 296 runs in his last six games in Abu Dhabi at an average of 59.20 and four 50+ scores. Vice-captain:…

News “Everybody is trying to win every single game but when you are focused only on that, you lose track of the things you need to do to get that win” Coach Russell Domingo wants Bangladesh to put aside their obsession with winning, and instead shift the focus onto how to actually get the job done. Bangladesh have lost all three of their Super 12s matches so far, and go…