South Africa captain Aiden Markram hailed a “special” performance by his bowlers who bowled out Afghanistan for just 56 to crush them by nine wickets and reach their maiden men’s World Cup final. After Afghanistan chose to bat in Tarouba, South Africa’s pace trio of Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje reduced their opponents to 28 for 6 in 6.3 overs. Tabraiz Shamsi then chipped in with three wickets…
South Africa 60 for 1 (Hendricks 29*, Farooqi 1-11) beat Afghanistan 56 (Shamsi 3-6, Jansen 3-16) by nine wickets South Africa’s quicks ravaged Afghanistan’s top order, taking five wickets inside the first five overs, to send the opposition spiraling towards their eventual 56 all out in the first semi-final of the men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Then, although they lost Quinton de Kock early, Aiden Markram and Reeza Hendricks calmly…
Having lacked a ruthless streak for much of their victorious ODI and T20I campaigns against Pakistan earlier in the home summer, England crushed the White Ferns on Wednesday, first by bowling them out for 156 in 33.3 overs thanks largely to Charlie Dean‘s 4 for 38 before reeling in the target for the loss of just one wicket with a staggering 28.4 overs to spare, via brutal half-centuries from Tammy…
The semi-finals of the T20 World Cup are due to take place on Wednesday evening in Trinidad and Thursday morning in Guyana, which could mean an awkward turnaround ahead of Saturday’s final … especially if it rains. The ICC have allocated a reserve day for the first game but not for the latter, which has caused an outcry in the media, but is the situation quite as ill-conceived as it…
Match details England vs India, 2nd semi-finalGuyana, June 27, 10.30am local time Big picture – Adelaide redux All the best origin stories start from a point of intense trauma. England’s rise from their humiliation in Adelaide at the 2015 ODI World Cup has been well documented – the shedding of reticence and the embracing of risk, the faith in a new generation under the guidance of a handful of wise…
Warwickshire 254 and 321 for 9 (Hain 111*, Burgess 79) drew with Hampshire 298 and 453 for 6 dec (Vince 166*, Dawson 120, Hannon-Dalby 3-65) A dogged rearguard action from Warwickshire denied Hampshire a third successive victory as a hard-fought Vitality Championship match ended in a tense draw at Edgbaston. Chasing 498 to win, Warwickshire resumed on the final morning on 40 for one and batted out the day for…
India’s captain Rohit Sharma stressed on the importance of keeping the team environment normal and clarity of thought as they prepare to take on England in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 in Providence, Guyana on June 27. “See, we want to treat this game as another game that we have played in this tournament,” he said on the eve of the match. “We don’t want to…
Northamptonshire 279 and 472 for 8 dec (McManus 168, Vasconcelos 99, Procter 98) drew with Glamorgan 490 (Crane 56*, Procter 3-51) and 207 for 8 (Labuschagne 64, Patterson-White 3-101) Northamptonshire came close to pulling off a remarkable comeback win over Glamorgan in the Vitality County Championship match against Glamorgan thanks to a career best 168 from Lewis McManus and wickets for Alex Turner and Liam Patterson-White. Northamptonshire declared on 472…
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has been reprimanded by the ICC for a level 1 breach of the code of conduct during his team’s Super Eight match against Bangladesh in Kingstown on July 24. The incident for which Rashid was penalised took place in the 20th over of Afghanistan’s innings. Rashid had hit the ball into the offside and wanted the second run to retain strike but was sent back by…
Middlesex 433 and 302 (Robson 67, Higgins 67, du Plooy 59, Thomson 4-115) beat Derbyshire 339 (Reece 125, Donald 54, Roland-Jones 5-81) and 202 (Chappell 50, Thomson 41, Bamber 3-48) by 194 runs An inspired burst from Ethan Bamber tore the heart out of Derbyshire’s rearguard as Middlesex secured a 194-run win on the final day of their Vitality County Championship division two clash at Lord’s. The Seaxes’ seamer took…