Match details Namibia vs Oman Bridgetown, 8.30pm local Big picture Playing in their third consecutive T20 World Cup, Namibia will be looking to build on impressive previous showings. In 2021, they had surprised many by qualifying for Super 12s – at the expense of Ireland and Netherlands – and in 2022 they beat Sri Lanka in the first round, but fell short of progressing. They made it to T20 World…
Bangladesh will have to wait for another two days to know whether Shoriful Islam can take part in their first match of the T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka on June 7. Shoriful split the webbing between his index and middle finger on his left hand during Bangladesh’s warm-up match against India in New York on Saturday. During the last over of the first innings, the left-arm fast bowler tried…
USA 197 for 3 (Jones 94*, Gous 65, Heyliger 1-19) beat Canada 194 for 5 (Dhaliwal 61, Kirton 51, Harmeet 1-27) by seven wickets USA announced their arrival in the T20 World Cup with a demolition of their rivals Canada in Dallas. Aaron Jones, the vice-captain, and Andries Gous, the former South African player and current Texas resident, made a mockery of their chase of 195 with a 131-run third-wicket…
Mitchell Marsh, Australia’s captain at T20 World Cup 2024, will not bowl in the initial part of the tournament but he hopes to be able to do so in the latter half. Marsh, who was ruled out of the IPL due to a hamstring tear, has had a much slower recovery than initially expected. He didn’t bowl during Australia’s World Cup warm-up matches against Namibia and West Indies either. “Yeah,…
Jos Buttler has backed Jonny Bairstow to come good at No. 4 during T20 World Cup 2024, citing his experience batting in the powerplay and ability to attack spin in the middle overs. “I think for every player in the team, it’s about trying to read the situation of the game and play accordingly,” Buttler said at a press conference on Saturday. “I think Jonny’s got the experience and the…
West Indies are one of two teams, England the other, to have won the men’s T20 World Cup twice, and being co-hosts, expectations for a record third title are high in the Caribbean for the latest edition. Rovman Powell, their captain, is aware of it, and is hoping to feed off that optimism because, as he says, winning the World Cup will mean more to cricket in the region that…
Birmingham Bears 149 (Yates 68, Stone 3-30) beat Nottinghamshire 127 (Mousley 3-22, Hasan 2-22) by 22 runs Buoyant Birmingham Bears made it two wins from two in the Vitality Blast after beating Notts Outlaws by 22 runs in front of a 13,784 at Edgbaston. Having trounced Durham in their opening game the previous evening, Bears chose to bat but were bowled out for 149 in 19.3 overs. Rob Yates struck…
India 182 for 5 (Pant 53, Hardik 40*, Suryakumar 31) beat Bangladesh 122 for 9 (Mahmudullah 40, Arshdeep 2-12, Dube 2-13) by 60 runs Having endured a difficult IPL season on multiple fronts, Hardik Pandya served up a reminder of his elite all-round skills as India warmed up for the T20 World Cup with a 60-run win over Bangladesh in New York. Hardik scored an unbeaten 23-ball 40 and took…
Derbyshire 178 for 6 (Patel 64, Madsen 43) beat Leicestershire 176 for 6 (Handscomb 75*, Patel 2-21) by four wickets Derbyshire Falcons opened their Vitality Blast account for the season with a tense four-wicket victory over Leicestershire Foxes at Edgbaston. Foxes chose to bat but stuttered to 97 for 6 as Zak Chappell, Pat Brown and Samit Patel took two wickets apiece before an unbroken stand of 79 in 45…
Jonny Bairstow has described England’s decision to deploy him at No. 4 for their T20 World Cup defence as “a compliment”, acknowledging his versatility. Bairstow missed England’s 2022 triumph in Australia after suffering a career-threatening ankle break and has only played six T20Is since, but it set to play a key role in England’s middle order. Bairstow had been earmarked to open the batting at the last T20 World Cup,…