Australia pacer Pat Cummins rewrote the T20 World Cup record book on Saturday evening in Kingstown, becoming the first player ever to register two hat-tricks in the tournament. This historic feat unfolded during Group 1’s Super Eight clash against Afghanistan. Pat Cummins’ hat-trick vs Afghanistan Cummins’ magic began in the 18th over. Facing the Afghanistan…
After claiming a hat-trick against Bangladesh in Antigua, he repeated the feat across his last two overs in St Vincent. With the last ball of the 18th over he had Rashid Khan caught at long on, then with the first ball of the 20th removed Karim Janat the same way before Gulbadin Naib hoicked to…
Following Pakistan‘s disappointing early exit from the T20 World Cup 2024 held in the United States of America (USA) and West Indies, legendary pacer Shoaib Akhtar has voiced strong criticism of Babar Azam‘s captaincy. Pakistan, the 2009 champions and finalists in the 2007 and 2022 editions, suffered shocking defeats to the USA and arch-rivals India,…
Needing to win three out of three to win a home World Cup and recreate the joy they did at Kensington Oval when they beat USA, West Indies clearly know where they need to get better: when they are batting in the middle overs. Both their average and run-rate have been the lowest in that…
Harry Brook’s first T20 World Cup half-century was not enough to get England over the line against South Africa. But it could yet prove the difference between them qualifying for the semi-finals or being eliminated: by ensuring their margin of defeat was only seven runs, it meant England are well placed to qualify if their…
After spending the group stage waiting in the wings, Kuldeep Yadav continued his run as Super Eight specialist, taking 3 for 19 in India’s comprehensive victory over Bangladesh in Antigua. Kuldeep has now taken five wickets across India’s two Super Eight matches, after picking up 2 for 32 against Afghanistan on Thursday in Barbados. India…
Leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav took three key wickets while Hardik Pandya blasted an undefeated half-century as India moved to the brink of the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 50-run rout of Bangladesh on Sunday morning AEST. Chasing 197 for victory, Bangladesh lost three of their top five batters to Kuldeep, who removed Tanzid Hasan (29),…
Shakib made 11 off seven balls having arrived at the crease in the 12th over with Bangladesh needing 121 runs at 14.23 per over. He rued the team’s lack of fight in the business end of the tournament as they made below-par scores of 140 for 8 and 146 for 8 against Australia and India…
The Blaze 144 for 3 (K Bryce 62, S Bryce 52*) beat South East Stars 141 for 9 (Redmayne 25, Graham 3-16, Groves 3-33) by wickets Kathryn Bryce continued her outstanding season with a match-winning 62 off 44 balls as The Blaze, who were losing finalists in both women’s regional competitions last season, beat South…
Rohit Sharma is convinced that India’s batting approach against Bangladesh – of going hard from ball one – is “how we want to play”. “I’ve been talking about that for a long time,” Rohit said after India’s 50-run win against Bangladesh, which kept them unbeaten in the T20 World Cup 2024 with a semi-final berth…
