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Title contenders Australia will begin their campaign in the ICC World Twenty20, 2014 today with a match against Pakistan in Dhaka being fully aware of the dangers posed by their wounded opponents. Pakistan had an unceremonious start to the tournament losing to arch-rivals India by seven wickets which has made their journey towards the semi-final uncertain,

New Zealand defeated England by nine runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain interrupted their first ICC World Twenty20 game at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Saturday. On this same day 22 years ago, England defeated South Africa by 22 runs in Sydney via the most productive overs method in the ICC World Cup in ... Read more

Bangladesh limped into the ICC World Twenty20’s Super 10 phase despite falling to Hong Kong, as poetic justice prevailed in Chittagong on March 20. Although beating Afghanistan and Nepal – the two other Associates in Group A, along with Hong Kong – in convincing style had given the hosts some much

Pakistan were unable to break their India jinx in a world event conceding a seven-wicket defeat to their arch-rivals in the opening Super 10 match of the ICC World Twenty20, Bangladesh 2014 in Mirpur on Friday. Set a simple target after Pakistan were restricted to 130-7, India cruised to 131-3 in 18.3 overs to post their ... Read more

To chase 190 in 20 overs under pressure is always a tough task. And to do it in 14.2 overs in order to seal a Super 10 berth is close to improbable but that’s what the Netherlands did when they completed the mammoth task against Ireland in Sylhet on Friday. By chasing down Ireland’s competitive ... Read more

For some people, the ICC World Twenty20 2014 only begins today. A total of 10 matches have been played already, three teams have crashed out of the tournament and three more are counting their time, but they do not matter to people who think cricket is just a game for a few elites. The confusing format ... Read more

Which of the four teams from Group B go through to the Super 10 phase of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 will be decided today but Ireland are clearly ahead of the rest as they face Netherlands at 3:30pm in Sylhet. With Zimbabwe taking on the United Arab Emirates earlier in the day at the ... Read more

Bangladesh are keen to continue to demonstrate their superiority without showing any mercy when they take on ICC Associate Member Hong Kong today to confirm their place in the ICC World Twenty20 Super 10 stage. A stumble against Hong Kong and a big Nepal win against Afghanistan could see the Tigers bounced from the competition on ... Read more

Ireland, on 101-3 inside the 14th over chasing 124 for victory, were romping to a convincing win over the United Arab Emirates at Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Wednesday with 23 runs required from 36 balls and seven wickets in hand. The Irish could never have thought that they would have to be content with a 21-run ... Read more

The Bangladesh team is reaping the benefits of a short break after their successive defeats in the Sri Lanka series and the Asia Cup as it has allowed them to regroup, coach Shane Jurgensen said on Wednesday. After nine successive defeats, the Tigers turned things around in their first practice match against the UAE and only ... Read more

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