Play 07:49 Manjrekar: India’s bowlers adding as much value as batsmen Big Picture Since the start of 2016, India have played 11 T20Is. They have won ten of them, and the one loss came on a monstrous green-top in Pune. They have crushed their opponents with a sense of inevitability, and while doing so seem to have found solutions to a couple of long-standing issues that had hindered their limited-overs…
Pakistan further dent holders' preparations
Sri Lanka, England’s last group opponents, lost their final ICC World Twenty20 warm-up by 15 runs to tournament late-arrivals Pakistan. Pakistan, having chosen to bat first, posted 157 for five thanks chiefly to number three Mohammad Hafeez’s unbeaten 70 at Eden Gardens in Calcutta. Four wickets for Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim, including Dinesh Chandimal for 30 and Sri Lanka top-scorer Lahiru Thirimanne for 45, undermined a reply that ended on 142…
Roy ready for intense final warm-up match
Jason Roy is expecting an intense final ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match when England’s players square off against each other in Mumbai tomorrow. England, who defeated New Zealand in a practice match yesterday, finalise their preparations for Wednesday’s opening Group 1 game versus West Indies by taking on a local side at the Brabourne Stadium. That team will be made up of local-based players plus four England internationals who fail…
Tamim ton secures Bangladesh's berth
Bangladesh 180 for 2 (Tamim 103*) beat Oman 65 for 9 (Shakib 4-15) by 54 runs (D/L method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Tamim Iqbal creamed the Oman bowlers to score Bangladesh’s maiden T20 international century and secure his team’s berth in the main draw of the tournament. His hundred set up a total of 180 for 2, which Shakib Al Hasan defended by razing the middle order on a rainy night…
Tamim ton powers Bangladesh into World T20 Super 10s
Dharamsala (India) – Tamim Iqbal’s maiden Twenty20 century helped Bangladesh storm into the World T20 Super 10s with a resounding 54-run win against Oman via the Duckworth/Lewis method in the last qualifier in Dharamsala Sunday. Bangladesh’s Tammim Iqbal Khan reacts after scoring a century during the qualifying match for the World T20 cricket tournament between Bangladesh and Oman at The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on March 13,…
Dolphins nearly hunt down 354, but bad light leads to draw
Andile Phehlukwayo’s power-packed 40 nearly helped Dolphins overhaul a fourth-innings chase of 354 © BCCI Bad light curtailed a thrilling chase at Kingsmead, where Dolphins fell 18 runs short of a mammoth target of 354. The evening’s events seemed highly unlikely when they were reduced to 2 for 1 at lunch, but out came Vaughn van Jaarsveld and took control with a measured century. He took the side to tea…
'I have got to realise, I'm not a robot' – Roy
Jason Roy warmed up for the start of England’s World T20 campaign with a half-century against New Zealand © Getty Images Jason Roy is aiming to combine his free-spirited batting with “tactical nous” as he and England seek to put behind recent limited-overs defeats in South Africa going into the World T20. England went down 3-2 in the ODIs – after holding a 2-0 lead – and lost both their…
Van Meekeren seals Netherlands sign-off victory
Toss Ireland chose to bowl v NetherlandsLive scorecards and ball-by-ball details William Porterfield thought the pitch was “a little bit tacky,” from all the rain © IDI/Getty Images A dead rubber in a qualifying tournament disrupted by rain and in a State where most attention has been drawn by a grandstanding chief minister: superficially, there was not much reason for Ireland and Netherlands to skip out of bed in Dharamsala….
Oman bowl in knockout bout
Toss Oman chose to bowl v BangladeshLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Oman will have to pull off another upset to make the main draw of the World T20 © ICC/Getty Images Oman captain Sultan Ahmed decided to bowl in their knockout game against Bangladesh. He said the decision was “definitely” influenced by the inclement weather in Dharamsala, and the side that wins this game will go through to the main…
Olivier's seven leads Knights to victory
Reeza Hendricks struck an unbeaten half-century to seal Knights’ victory © Getty Images A seven-wicket haul from Duanne Olivier was complemented by Rudi Second‘s half-century to secure Knights a 10-wicket victory over Lions in the Sunfoil Series. Lions were asked to bat in Johannesburg and they didn’t quite go about it well enough. There were four ducks, and only their opener and captain Stephen Cook (43) and Temba Bavuma (28…