Toss Canada chose to bat vs New Zealand New Zealand, who are a win from confirming a Super Eight spot, are without Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson. Daryl Mitchell, who stood in for Santner, said the captain had a “dodgy burger” last night and was indisposed. New Zealand made two changes, both forced. Cole McConchie…
Pakistan 144 for 7 (Sana 47*, Mlaba 1-22) beat South Africa 91 (Dercksen 30, Iqbal 3-18, Sana 2-12) by 53 runs Fatima Sana put on an outstanding all-round performance, and had enough colleagues making useful contributions, to take Pakistan to a consolation win in the third T20I against South Africa in Benoni on Monday. Despite…
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis had planned to keep Sri Lanka in the hunt until the dew arrived in Pallekele. In the end, the dew didn’t make it, but Sri Lanka did, racing to the target of 182 in 18 overs, to vault themselves into the Super Eights with one group match still to play….
Will Jacks’ blunt summary, as he accepted his Player-of-the-Match award after another fraught day for England at the T20 World Cup, was echoed throughout a rather shellshocked team: “We know we need to be a lot better, simple as that.” Despite doing the needful to secure qualification for the Super Eights, England’s performance at Eden…
Tash Farrant, the England and Surrey left-arm seamer, has announced her retirement at the age of 29, after four years battling persistent back injuries. Farrant, who was capped at 17 and went on to play 18 T20Is and six ODIs for England, first suffered a back stress fracture in 2022, which ruled her out for…
Smith was flown over after Mitchell Marsh suffered testicular bleeding after a blow in the groin ahead of Australia’s opening match against Ireland. He arrived in time to travel with the team to Pallekele, where they will play their final two group matches. He trained on Sunday ahead of the Sri Lanka match, but it…
Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl vs UAE Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan put UAE in to bat first with both teams looking to stay alive in the competition. He read the Delhi pitch as a ‘fresh wicket’ that will get softer as the day progresses, and that batting will get easier for the chasing team. In…
Australia coach Shelley Nitschke has said dropping Tahlia McGrath was one of her toughest ever calls, but believes the vice-captain is already showing signs of bouncing back to form. Having deputised for the retiring Alyssa Healy 15 times since 2022, McGrath was at this point last year considered the front-runner to replace the wicketkeeper once…
Where did Pakistan lose the match? Did they lose it at the toss when they put India to bat? Did they lose it in overs 5-8 when Ishan Kishan helped India plunder 52 runs? Or did they lose it in the powerplay after which they were 38 for 4? For Pakistan’s head coach Mike Hesson,…
A sensational 77 off 40 balls from Ishan Kishan on a slow, spin-friendly pitch helped India make it 8-1 against Pakistan in T20 World Cups and seal their place in the Super Eights. The surface at the R Premadasa Stadium was so tacky that Pakistan bowled 18 overs of spin after sticking India in, but…