T20 World Cup 2021
Van Dijk focuses on Netherlands-Argentina, not Messi
Virgil van Dijk deflected several questions about his looming confrontation with Lionel Messi but admitted the Netherlands would be cautious in their approach against Argentina in Friday’s World Cup quarter-final.
‘T20 WC success can be era-defining’
Australia are absolutely “buzzing” after clinching their maiden T20 World Cup title and will bring that confidence into their Ashes series against England, fast bowler Pat Cummins said on Wednesday.
Venues confirmed for 2022 T20 WC in Australia
Next year’s Twenty20 World Cup will be held across seven venues in Australia, officials confirmed Tuesday, with Sri Lanka and the West Indies forced to play for a place in the Super 12.
A triumph for Australia and organisers
As fireworks lit up the Dubai sky after Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final and shimmering confetti rained on the jubilant Australian team, the organisers heaved a huge sigh of relief at the safe and glitzy culmination of the showpiece event.
'It was fate': Finch admits toss 'big factor' in World Cup win
Australia skipper Aaron Finch won six of his seven tosses on the way to his team's maiden Twenty20 World Cup trophy and admitted it played a "big part".
Warner 'spectacle' puts Australia on top of the world
David Warner came into the Twenty20 World Cup after being dropped from his IPL side but finished with 289 runs and a stand out star in Australia's maiden title victory.
‘This is huge’ as Australia break T20 WC title duck
Mitchell Marsh smashed an unbeaten 77 as Australia hammered New Zealand by eight wickets to clinch their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday with captain Aaron Finch describing the achievement as “huge”.
WHAT THEY SAID
“ These are a great bunch of guys, great support staff, and great support around the world, especially back home. Always pumped, wanted to put on a spectacle. There were some nerves around as always in a final but great to see the guys deliver.”
Wrong to judge India by two bad matches, says Jadeja
India deserve more respect despite their faltering campaign at the Twenty20 World Cup, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja said after the team's comprehensive victory against Scotland on Friday.
‘We’ve got our mojo back’
KL Rahul’s 50 off 19 balls helped India stay alive in the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket thrashing of Scotland inside seven overs on Friday as birthday boy skipper Virat Kohli claimed: “We’ve got our mojo back.”
India, NZ stay in the hunt
Former Twenty20 World Cup champions India kept alive their slim chances of making the semifinals with an eight-wicket rout of Scotland in their Super 12 Group II match on Friday.
Confident England look to dash SA’s hopes
A semifinal spot virtually assured, in-form England would look to dent South Africa’s hopes of reaching the last-four stage when the two teams meet each other in a high-voltage Group 1 Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup on Saturday. With a net run rate of +3.183, England are more or less through to the semifinals with four wins from as many games, while South Africa are lying in the third spot with six points from four matches.
Morgan wants England to tackle racism ‘head on’
England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan wants the cricket board to tackle the Yorkshire racism row “head on”, insisting there was no place for any kind of discrimination against any player. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been rocked by former player Azeem Rafiq’s allegation of racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, which has been suspended from hosting international or major matches.
Australia face slippery Windies in must-win game
With their campaign back on track with a big win against Bangladesh, Australia will hope to avoid slipping up against West Indies in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Team management under the scanner
While the blame game between the board and the players intensifies in the media, Bangladesh team returned home yesterday empty-handed following a disastrous ICC T20 World Cup campaign, in which they lost all five Super 12 games of the marquee event.
New Zealand boost semis hopes
New Zealand defeated Namibia by 52 runs on Friday to move closer to the T20 World Cup semi-finals. Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham plundered 67 runs off the last four overs as New Zealand made 163-4 after being put into bat. In reply, Namibia were well set at 47-0 in the eighth over before they faded to 111-7.
New Zealand ease past Namibia
New Zealand batsmen Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham launched a late assault on Namibia that secured an important 52-run win in Sharjah on Friday and boosted their hopes of reaching the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals from Group II.
India crush Scotland to stay alive in T20 World Cup
KL Rahul smashed 50 off 19 balls as India hammered Scotland by eight wickets to stay alive in the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday.