Month: June 2024

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has lined up seven red-ball games for Bangladesh as the focus shifts from T20Is to the World Test Championship for the rest of the year. Bangladesh have Test series against Pakistan, India, South Africa and West Indies left in their 2023-25 WTC cycle. The Test cricketers will play three four-day matches in Chattogram next month. The home matches will be followed by two four-day matches…

Rashid Khan wishes “we could do something and wish there was a solution for it” but can’t do much about “some things which is not under the control of anyone in cricket.” The Afghanistan T20I captain was responding to whether beating Australia at the T20 World Cup on Saturday night in St Vincent gave them extra satisfaction. “Well, we are sportsmen, and we love sports,” Rashid said at the post-match…

Toss South Africa chose to bat vs India South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt won the toss and elected to bat against India in the third and final ODI, in Bengaluru. India have already sealed the series 2-0. The visitors made one change to the XI that played in the second ODI with right-arm quick Tumi Sekhukhune replacing Masabata Klaas. Their first-choice wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta remained unavailable due to a mild…

Mitchell Marsh has backed Australia’s big-game mentality to come to the fore against India after their first-ever defeat to Afghanistan left their T20 World Cup 2024 hopes in jeopardy amid question marks over another lackluster fielding display. Australia have a very short turnaround as they play the day game in St Lucia on Monday – following a finish of close to midnight in St Vincent – and even a victory…

If Australia and Afghanistan win Three teams will finish on four points. If Australia win by a run, Afghanistan will need a 36-run margin against Bangladesh to move ahead of Australia on net run rate. If Australia win a run-chase off the last ball, Afghanistan will have to win their game in 15.4 overs or sooner (assuming first-innings scores of 160). Related Hardik serves reminder of his power and excitement…

Afghanistan 148 for 6 (Gurbaz 60, Ibrahim 51, Cummins 3-28, Zampa 2-28) beat Australia 127 (Maxwell 59, Gulbadin 4-20, Naveen 3-20) by 21 runs With a semi-final spot on the line, Australia’s top order was wiped out by Afghanistan’s seamers. Glenn Maxwell then pulled off one trick shot after another to counter Afghanistan and leave them feeling a sense of déjà vu. One shovelled four off Azmatullah Omarzai had Maxwell…

The Afghanistan dream that had been thwarted more than six months ago in Mumbai was finally completed in Kingstown, St Vincent, on Saturday night when Gulbadin Naib‘s four-wicket haul scripted a stunning and historic 21-run win over Australia. Afghanistan’s victory threw Group 1 of Super Eight wide open as India, Australia and Afghanistan can all potentially finish on four points now for the semi-final race. Naib was the eighth bowler…

After claiming a hat-trick against Bangladesh in Antigua, he repeated the feat across his last two overs in St Vincent. With the last ball of the 18th over, he had Rashid Khan caught at long on, then with the first ball of the 20th removed Karim Janat the same way before Gulbadin Naib hoicked to deep midwicket amid Afghanistan’s last push for runs. “Yeah, remembered this one,” Cummins told the…

Needing to win three out of three to win a home World Cup and recreate the joy they did at Kensington Oval when they beat USA, West Indies clearly know where they need to get better: when they are batting in the middle overs. Both their average and run-rate have been the lowest in that phase this World Cup. They are losing a wicket every 20 balls in the middle…