Namibia were well on top in their modest chase of 110 after their bowlers had strangled Oman in Bridgetown. Namibia needed a comfortable 18 runs off 18 balls with as many as seven wickets in hand before Oman’s Mehran Khan delivered a wicket maiden to start a streak of 18 deliveries that almost turned the tables on Namibia to result in a Super Over, which Namibia eventually won. Here are…
Over the years, Afghanistan’s bowlers, especially spinners, have been the driving force behind their success but their captain Rashid Khan believes their batting is now at a stage where they can chase down 200 in a T20I. “In the past, we were struggling a little bit in the batting area,” Rashid said on the eve of Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup 2024 opener against Uganda. “Earlier our bowlers would do a…
Match details Afghanistan vs UgandaProvidence, 7.30pm local Big picture – Can Uganda make it a debut to remember? It has been a long road for Uganda to the T20 World Cup 2024 but they are here by right, and now have a chance to make a big mark. Their first opponents, however, are not the sort you want to face when trying to ease into the top flight. Afghanistan are…
Puff of dust. Not on the pitch but on the outfield. That’s the first thing you notice about cricket at the Nassau County International Cricket Ground just outside New York City. The next thing you see is that the ball plugs in it. It doesn’t zip off like we are used to seeing in pretty standard conditions in cricket on TV these days. It is a sandy outfield where fielders…
Namibia chose to bowl vs Oman Namibia sent Oman into bat after winning the toss in Bridgetown. Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus said the decision would allow them to gather more information about the pitch, and also said that it would be advantageous for them to chase with some rain predicted during the game. New Oman skipper Aqib Ilyas was happy to bat first, saying it was a fresh wicket and…
John Kariko’s excellent spell put pressure on West Indies • ICC via Getty Images From being labelled as the nearly men in the cut-throat world of associate cricket, the tide is beginning to turn for Papua New Guinea. They missed the bus in 2014 and 2016 after frittering away a good chance to qualify but are now playing their second T20 World Cup in three years, after breaking through for the first…
In early 2018, a shy young man with brooding demeanour was thrust into the South Africa captaincy as their senior players fell to injury like ten pins. Against a strong India side, they ended up losing the ODI series and later in the year the young batter who had made Virat Kohli go wow lost even briefly lost his place in the side. Captaincy is not for everyone, we thought….
Surrey 163 (Smith 87, Green 4-32) beat Somerset 106 (Abbott 3-8, T Curran 3-16) by 57 runs Jamie Smith‘s sparkling knock of 87 from 38 balls laid the foundations for Surrey’s third straight Vitality Blast win as they took revenge on Somerset, their conquerors in last year’s semi-final. The Surrey batter struck his second successive Blast half-century, sharing a partnership of 111 from 56 with Ollie Pope prior to an…
Match details Sri Lanka vs South AfricaProvidence, 10.30am local Big picture: Recent form against South Africa Sri Lanka, who won the T20 World Cup ten years ago, and for several years before that were arguably the best T20 outfit on the planet, have never really got close to making the semi-final of a limited-overs global trophy since then. They have won their last three T20I series in a row. However,…
Essex 207 for 6 (Pepper 101) beat Middlesex 203 for 7 (Holden 85*, Andersson 49) by four wickets Michael Pepper led the carnage with a hard-hitting century, spiced with six sixes, to get Essex’s Vitality Blast campaign up and running with a four-wicket victory over Middlesex at Chelmsford. Last year’s finalists had lost their opening two matches down in the West Country against Gloucestershire and Somerset, but bounced back with…