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South Africa overcame the injury fears surrounding paceman Dale Steyn and skipper Faf du Plessis to humiliate Pakistan by eight wickets in their final warm-up match at Fatullah on Wednesday. Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Beuran Hendricks and Wayne Parnell each grabbed two wickets as South Africa dismissed Pakistan for 71 runs, the lowest total

India beat England by 20 runs in ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, sending the 2010 winners to their second defeat in as many days. England never threatened to chase down 179, falling well behind the required rate despite a bright start at 51-1 after six overs.  pener Michael Lumb

Pace bowler Al Amin Hossain on Tuesday said that he was relieved to make a contribution in the game against Nepal as he could not play any substantial role in the opening game against Afghanistan. Bangladesh thrashed the Afghans by nine wickets in the Group A opener after bowling them out for just 72 runs but ... Read more

Australia’s status in any global event is nothing but favourites but they could hardly do any justice to this tag in the ICC World Twenty20s. The only trophy missing in Cricket Australia’s cabinet is the ICC World T20, where their success is limited to reaching the final in 2010. Naturally the

Zimbabwe and the Netherlands face each other today at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium in the first round of the ICC World Twenty20 2014. With just the Group B winners making it through to the Super 10, anything other than a win for Zimbabwe won’t suffice and it might still not be enough

A confident-looking Bangladesh take on Nepal in a crucial ICC World Twenty20 first round tie at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today, with a win virtually guaranteeing their place in the next phase. The Tigers defeated Afghanistan by nine wickets while Nepal defeated Hong Kong by 80 runs in their respective opening games of Group A ... Read more

Semi-finalists in the last two editions and former champions of the ICC World Twenty20, Pakistan gave an indication about what to expect from them after thrashing New Zealand by six wickets in their first warm-up match in Dhaka on Monday. Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez posted half-centuries as Pakistan cruised to 149-4 in 19.5 overs after ... Read more

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Monday they are looking forward to today’s game against Nepal at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in order to get into the Super 10 of the ICC World Twenty20. Both the teams won their opening games as Bangladesh thrashed Afghanistan by nine wickets while Nepal defeated Hong Kong by 80 ... Read more

The Netherlands opened their ICC World Twenty20 2014 campaign with a comfortable six-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates at Sylhet Cricket Stadium on Monday. Chasing 152, the Dutch reached a relatively easy target with seven balls remaining, with opening batsman Stephan Myburgh leading the way with

Sri Lanka put aside the news of the imminent retirement of stalwarts Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene to post a thrilling five-run win over India in their first warm-up match at Mirpur on Monday. Lasith Malinga grabbed 4-30, including two wickets off the last balls of the innings, as India were all out for 148 runs ... Read more

There was plenty of talk before the match about Afghanistan threatening to upset Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 opener, but at least one man was unaffected. All-rounder Sakib al Hasan claimed that he was more relaxed before this match, a game that Bangladesh had to win if they were to keep the party alive, than

Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi admitted that his team had lost the first game in the World Twenty20 against Bangladesh on Sunday after paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza claimed a wicket off the very first ball to seize the momentum for the home side. Mashrafee brought the crowd to their feet before they had properly taken their seats ... Read more

The pressure of the Twenty20 game can sometimes make you forget an important day, and this is what happened to former Bangladesh captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza. The paceman was completely unaware that Bangladesh went to play their World Twenty20 opening match against Afghanistan on Sunday on the seventh

Nepal brought Hong Kong back down to earth with a 80-run defeat in a battle between two ICC World Twenty20 debutants at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Sunday. Hong Kong beat Zimbabwe in a practice match earlier to give an indication of their strength, but Nepal scripted history and, on the back ... Read more

The only thing that made the opening match of ICC World Twenty20 look like a contest was the behaviour of the Afghanistan cricketers, who found it hard to digest their batting performance against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Sunday. Bangladesh bowled out Afghanistan for their lowest ever Twenty20 International total of 72 runs to remind them where ... Read more

The gloom in the face that had typified Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim in the recent times has gone as Bangladesh prepare to take on Afghanistan in the ICC World Twenty20 opening match in Dhaka today. Mushfiq, backed by their two successive win in the warm-up matches, appeared as confident as ever before the crucial match, ... Read more

With a full-strength Bangladesh side lying in wait at Mirpur today in the opening game of the ICC World Twenty20 2014, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi said on the eve of the clash that they were not worried about the opposition. Rather, the Afghans will concentrate on playing their own game against Bangladesh in the much-talked about ... Read more

Pakistan will open their ICC World Twenty20 campaign with a marquee match-up against rivals India, but captain Mohammad Hafeez stressed on Saturday that his team’s ambitions went far beyond winning that one game. The sides will meet on March 21 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, the site of their last encounter during the Asia Cup. Pakistan ... Read more

Bangladesh rode on Sakib al Hasan’s all-round performance and Mushfiqur Rahim’s blistering half-century to earn a confidence-boosting 44-run win over Ireland in their last practice match at Fatullah on Friday. Mushfiq remained undefeated on 59 from 30 balls while Sakib scored an unbeaten 32-ball 58 and later picked up two wickets to help restrict Ireland to ... Read more

Bangladesh will take some momentum into the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 after playing according to their plans in two recent practice matches victories ahead of tomorrow’s tournament opener against Afghanistan. The Tigers had been down in the dumps over the last two months, losing nine ODI and T20I matches in a row before finally breaking out ... Read more