Mumbai – England defeated New Zealand by six wickets in their World Twenty20 warm-up match in Mumbai on Saturday. England’s Jason Roy hit 55 in his team’s six-wicket win against New Zealand in a World Twenty20 warm-up match in Mumbai on March 12, 2016 © AFP Indranil Mukherjee New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat with captain Kane Williamson smashing a 63 that included nine fours as the…
Australia bank on IPL experience at World Twenty20
New Delhi – Skipper Steve Smith says Australia are determined to break their World Twenty20 hoodoo and is confident his team’s vast experience of playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will give them an edge. Australia captain Steve Smith speaks to the press in Kolkata on March 12, 2016 © AFP Dibyangshu Sarkar Australia, five times winers of the World Cup, have been under-performers in the shortest format and…
Beaumont insists the best is yet to come
Tammy Beaumont has warned England’s ICC Women’s World Twenty20 rivals that the best is yet to come, despite beating New Zealand for the second time in as many days. Beaumont’s 56 at the top of the order was the backbone of England’s 126 – although they were bowled out with four balls unused. That proved irrelevant, however, as England added to their four-wicket last-ball triumph on Friday with 20-run success…
South Africa’s du Plessis admits chokers tag is ‘monkey on back’
Mumbai – Skipper Faf du Plessis acknowledged Friday South Africa’s reputation as big-match chokers had become “a monkey on the back” of the team that they would only shed by winning an international trophy. South Africa captain Faf du Plessis © AFP/File Money Sharma Since their readmission in 1991 after the apartheid era ban, the Proteas have been the nearly men of world cups in both T20 and 50 over…
Hazlewood calls for Australia to play more T20s
Josh Hazlewood wants Australia to gain more experience of Twenty20 cricket © Getty Images Australia’s record in World T20 events is a rather curious anomaly for a team that has generally bossed ICC events. The general perception – no doubt a result of holding Australia to the exalted standards they have set for themselves in the 50-over World Cup – is they have flopped in each of the five previous…
England spinners tie up Williamson's NZ
England 170 for 4 (Roy 55, Santner 2-24) beat New Zealand 169 for 8 (Williamson 63, Rashid 3-15) by six wicketsScorecard Adil Rashid finished with 3 for 15 to help tie down New Zealand © Getty Images After seven overs New Zealand were 78 for 1, steadily marching towards another 200-plus target like they had posted two evenings ago against Sri Lanka. Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s captain, was knocking runs…
Hong Kong bat against Scotland in dead rubber
Toss Hong Kong chose to bat v ScotlandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Hong Kong left out Haseeb Amjad was left out for seamer Adil Mehmood © AFP Hong Kong captain Tanwir Afzal opted to bat in a dead rubber against Scotland, who were chasing their first win at an ICC event in 20 attempts since the 1999 World Cup. Preston Mommsen, the Scotland captain, conceded that he had preferred to…
England Deaf progress to final
England are through to the Deaf ICC Championship final at the Sharjah International Cricket Ground on Monday after recording a second win in three group matches. Stephen George took 4-27 as India Deaf were bowled out for 240 in Dubai An unchanged England side lost the toss, but did a good job of keeping their opponents’ score in check. George took two early wickets and Jimmy Dixon also struck with…
Hong bat against Scotland in dead rubber
Toss Hong Kong opt to bat v ScotlandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Haseeb Amjad was left out for Adil Mehmood © AFP Hong Kong captain Tanwir Afzal opted to bat against Scotland, who were chasing their first win at an ICC global event in 20 attempts since the 1999 World Cup, in a dead rubber in Nagpur. Preston Mommsen, the Scotland captain, conceded that he had preferred to bat as…
Bangladesh brace for Oman's surprise factor
Match facts Sunday, March 13, 2016Start time 1930 local (1400 GMT) Oman can ill-afford a washout as Bangladesh are marginally ahead on net run-rate © ICC/Getty Images Big Picture When the tournament’s schedule was first announced, few would have given Oman a chance of qualifying ahead of Bangladesh and Ireland from their group. Having beaten Ireland in a last-over thriller, Oman, whose game against Netherlands was washed out, will head…