ICC T20 World Cup
India and Pakistan will face a blockbuster in the T20 World Cup group clash for the second year running after the fixtures for the October-November 2022 tournament in Australia were announced on Friday.
Mitchell Marsh and David Warner’s splendid performance with the bat helped Australia to hammer New Zealand by eight wickets to clinch their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday.
Australia reached the Twenty20 World Cup final with a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second semi-final on Thursday.
Australia are looking to their top-order batting led by the explosive David Warner as well as Adam Zampa’s bag of leg-spin tricks to get past a red-hot Pakistan in Thursday’s second semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Opener Daryl Mitchell smashed an unbeaten 72 to lead New Zealand into their first-ever Twenty20 World Cup final with a thrilling five-wicket victory over England on Wednesday.
Two years since going toe-to-toe in a thrilling 50-overs World Cup final, England and New Zealand will again seek to deliver a knockout blow when they face each other in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 global showpiece in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik cracked blistering half-centuries as the former World Twenty20 champions eased past Scotland by 72 runs Sunday to seal the top spot in Group II and set up a semi-final meeting with Australia.
New Zealand crushed a billion Indian dreams and breezed into the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket victory against Afghanistan in a key Super 12 match on Sunday.
England reached the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup despite their 10-run loss to South Africa Saturday with Ashes rivals Australia also making the last four from Group I.
David Warner struck a 56-ball 89 after pacer Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket blitz to help Australia beat the West Indies by eight wickets in Abu Dhabi Saturday and put themselves in a commanding position to make the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals.
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.
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.
Bangladesh put up yet another disastrous performance before bowing out the Twenty20 World Cup as they were thrashed by a ruthless Australia by eight wickets in their last game of the Super 12 on Thursday at Dubai in UAE.
Pakistan became the first team to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals after beating Namibia by 45 runs, with brilliant half-centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Babar Azam in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Trent Boult led an inspired bowling attack as New Zealand thrashed Twenty20 World Cup favorites India by eight wickets on Sunday to leave Virat Kohli’s side facing a desperate struggle to reach the semi-finals.
Afghanistan gained their second victory on the T20 World Cup group stage on Sunday as they thrashed Namibia by 62 runs in Abu Dhabi.
Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup due to a hamstring injury.
Quinton de Kock has apologized for pulling out of Tuesday’s Twenty20 World Cup win over the West Indies after rejecting a Cricket South Africa (CSA) directive that players must ‘take a knee’ in support of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.
Jason Roy powered England to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Bangladesh were restricted to 124 for 9 in their second Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup by England at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
