Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs Papua New Guinea New Zealand will bowl first after winning a delayed toss against Papua New Guinea in this round of Group C and their last appearances in the T20 World Cup 2024 outright. Rain pushed the toss back by an hour and returned as both captains were out in the middle. That informed New Zealand captain Kane Williamson’s decision to send Assad…
Two matches were slotted on Monday’s opening day of the six-match bilateral series in Episkopi, and while Estonia won both, Chauhan’s time with the bat was as mixed as it could be. In the first game, the 32-year-old Chauhan was dismissed for a first-ball duck even as his team chased down Cyprus’ 195 for 7 in the last over. But he came into his own in the second game, which…
India has a “leadership role to play” in ensuring that Test cricket not just survives but thrives in regions like the West Indies, according to its CEO Johnny Grave. Grave, who joined Cricket West Indies (CWI) back in 2017, lauded the BCCI’s commitment to Test cricket despite a gruelling calendar but said more needs to be done at the ICC level to protect the red-ball game outside India, England and…
India fast bowler Niranjana Nagarajan has quit all cricket, making the announcement through a social-media post. “Playing cricket at a professional level has been the best thing that could have happened to me for everything in life commenced with it,” she said. “Playing this game gave me a vision, ambition and reason to look forward in life. I am grateful, blessed and thankful to have played this sport for 24…
Cricket global players’ union has undergone a rebrand, with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) to now be known as the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA). The decision was made following a board meeting and 25th anniversary celebration in New York, held concurrently with the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. WCA has also established the Tim May Medal, named after the former Australia offspinner who was the first CEO…
Sri Lanka arrived in the USA roughly 10 days before their first match of the T20 World Cup 2024, playing two warm-up games against Netherlands and Ireland. But they still didn’t adjust quickly enough to the surfaces the USA threw at them, felt captain Wanindu Hasaranga. Related ‘So unfair’ – Sri Lanka, given a raw scheduling deal, struggle to find their bearings T20 World Cup travel tales: Who’s got an…
Match details West Indies vs AfghanistanGros Islet, 8.30pm local Big picture – Battle of two unbeaten teams With a line-up packed with power-hitters from top to bottom, West Indies have always been the prototype of a perfect T20 batting side, and it’s no different at T20 World Cup 2024. Add the incisive fast bowlers and effective spinners and they look like the team to beat. The balance of the Rovman-Powell-led…
Sybrand Engelbrecht has announced his retirement from international cricket. The 35-year-old South-Africa-born batter made his Netherlands debut in 2023, and played 12 ODIs and 12 T20Is. Related Engelbrecht downplays superhero save after setting social media on fire Sybrand Engelbrecht, the World Cup debutant who had walked away from cricket Netherlands’ defeat to Sri Lanka on Sunday night, which knocked them out of the T20 World Cup 2024, was Engelbrecht’s last…
It was not enough to keep Netherlands in the T20 World Cup, but it might yet prove to be one of the most outrageous moments of it. Sybrand Engelbrecht played down his superhero-style six-save on the midwicket boundary as “a little bit lucky” but his track record suggests that it was simply another moment of stunning athleticism and skill in the outfield. Engelbrecht was stationed at deep midwicket when Tim…
Sri Lanka 201 for 6 (Kusal Mendis 46, Asalanka 46, van Beek 2-45) beat Netherlands 118 (Edwards 31, Levitt 31, Thushara 3-24, Pathirana 2-12, Hasaranga 2-25) by 83 runs Sri Lanka ended their 2024 T20 World Cup campaign in a resounding fashion with a dominant 83-run win over Netherlands in Gros Islet. It meant they ended on three points and third place in Group D behind South Africa and Bangladesh,…