Dravid confirms he will not re-apply for India head coach position

Rahul Dravid has confirmed that the ongoing T20 World Cup will be his last assignment as India head coach as he will not be applying for the position again. It was largely expected, but this was the first official confirmation that India will have a new coach come July. Dravid confirmed it when asked if this World Cup was going to hold extra importance for him. “Every tournament is important,”…

June 3, 2024
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Anrich Nortje's 4 for 7 sets up South Africa win on tricky New York pitch

South Africa 80 for 4 (De Kock 20, Hasaranga 2-22, Shanaka 1-6) beat Sri Lanka 77 (Nortje 4-7, Rabada 2-21, Maharaj 2-22, Baartman 1-9) by six wickets 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…

June 3, 2024
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England and Scotland grudge match set to break new ground

Match details England vs ScotlandBridgetown, 10.30am local Big picture: Auld Enemies, New Frontiers England and Scotland’s sporting rivalry famously began at the Kennington Oval way back in 1870, with a series of unofficial football contests that gave rise – one year later – to the world’s first rugby international, at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh, and then to the first (Association) football international, at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow in 1872. And…

June 3, 2024
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Essex charged by Cricket Regulator following historic racist abuse claims

Essex County Cricket Club has been charged by the Cricket Regulator – the sport’s new independent disciplinary body – after a series of historical allegations of racist abuse were last year upheld by an independent report. In December, a 38-page report compiled by Katherine Newton KC found that, in a period from the mid-1990s to 2013, Essex’s club culture had been one in which ethnic, racial and religious comments were…

June 3, 2024
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Netherlands vs Nepal – the one match both teams would be desperate to win

Match details Netherlands vs NepalDallas, 10.30am local Big picture – Netherlands favourites, but only just 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. Before they can try and…

June 3, 2024
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England have 'no preconceived ideas' about used Barbados pitch

England will begin their defence of the T20 World Cup against Scotland on the same Kensington Oval surface which threw up a 218-run shoot-out between Namibia and Oman on Sunday night. They are heavy favourites against their British rivals but were beaten when the teams last met, in a 2018 ODI, and this slow, low surface could make life difficult for their batters. Jos Buttler, England’s captain, said on Monday…

June 3, 2024
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T20 World Cup 2024 winners to win at least USD 2.45 million

The winners of the men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will take back a glittering trophy and a total prize money of at least US$2.45 million, the highest in the history of the tournament. This is a jump of close to $850,000 from the last T20 World Cup, in 2022 in Australia, where the winners, England, pocketed $1.6 million. The total prize money for the tournament has more than doubled: from…

June 3, 2024
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Kedar Jadhav announces retirement from all forms of cricket

Kedar Jadhav has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket at the age of 39. The allrounder has played 73 ODIs and nine T20Is for India after making his international debut in 2014. He earned an India call-up for the ODIs against Bangladesh in June 2014 but he had to wait till November that year to get his maiden international cap, making his debut against Sri Lanka in Ranchi….

June 3, 2024
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PCB to launch domestic 'Pentangular' tournament across formats next season

The PCB wants to introduce three new domestic tournaments – one for each format – from next season as it bids to narrow what it sees as a significant gap between the standard of domestic cricket and the international game. The five-team tournaments – called Pentangular – will be played in each format and feature the top 150 players in the country, ostensibly an elite layer of competition where the…

June 3, 2024
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'We carry a whole country's hopes on our backs," says Uganda captain Brian Masaba

The excitement in the Uganda camp, as well as back home, is understandable. After all, it will be their first World Cup game – T20 or ODI – when they face Afghanistan in Providence on Monday. And according to their captain Brian Masaba, they “carry a whole country’s hopes” on their backs. “Absolutely huge game for us, our first game at a World Cup, first ever for Uganda in our…

June 3, 2024
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