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Four close games, three wins, a scare against a band of Associate minnows and, ultimately, a spot in the ICC World Twenty20 knock-out rounds. South Africa recovered from a five-run loss to Sri Lanka – in which they needed 19 from the last two overs but could not get across the line – to win ... Read more

India underlined their title credentials in the ICC World Twenty20 crushing a demoralised Australia by 73 runs to bag their fourth consecutive win and finish Group B champions of the Super 10 phase in Dhaka on Sunday. Yuvraj Singh came alive in a dead match hitting 60 off 43 balls to guide India to 159-7 before ... Read more

Embattled Bangladesh cricket team will face a refreshed Pakistan in their third Super-10 match in the ICC World Twenty20 today, hoping to put their recent dismal performance behind them in Dhaka. The task appears harder for Bangladesh than their last two matches against West Indies and India as the Tigers have a physiological barrier facing Pakistan. It ... Read more

Pakistan will return to action in the World Twenty20 today after a week’s break knowing that they have the semi-final spot within the sight should they win their two remaining games in the Super-10 round in Dhaka. India have already booked a place in the semi-final leaving Pakistan, West Indies, Australia and Bangladesh to vie for ... Read more

Skipper Brendon McCullum blazed his way to a sparkling half-century and added to his illustrious T20I record as New Zealand cantered to a six-wicket win over the Netherlands in Chittagong on Saturday to keep their hopes alive in the ICC World Twenty20. McCullum’s 65 off 45 balls helped the Kiwis reach 152-4 in 19 overs after ... Read more

South Africa reached the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 as they defeated England by three runs in Chittagong on Saturday to effectively rule the latter out of the competition. The win was scripted on the back of skipper AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla’s half-centuries along with Wayne Parnell’s bowling efforts at Zahur ... Read more

The ongoing ICC World Twenty20 tournament received a further blow as floodlights went off twice in the Super 10 clash between England and South Africa as the generator provided by the directors and selectors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board collapsed during the game in Chittagong on Saturday. OMNI Power, a company linked with by cricket operations ... Read more

Darren Sammy forced James Faulkner to eat a humble pie, smashing him two sixes off two balls in the final over to lead West Indies to a pulsating six-wicket win over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Friday.  In the lead-up to the game, Faulkner hurt the ego of West Indies team ... Read more

Both South Africa and England are concerned about the dew and the lights at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, with the latter opting for a double-training session on Friday ahead of their crucial encounter today. After their scheduled optional practice session at the ZACS from 2:00 pm on Friday, England returned with the full team to ... Read more

Top-order batsmen’s return to form seems to be the only solution to the present crisis of the Bangladesh cricket team, said skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, as the Tigers received yet another thrashing in the ICC World Twenty20, this time at the hands of India by eight wickets on Friday. Bangladesh suffered a batting collapse early in their ... Read more

If winning is a habit, losing is no different. No team knows it better than Bangladesh, who own the dubious record of losing the most consecutive Tests and one-day internationals. They had the same ignominy in Twenty20s too until Zimbabwe surpassed their record in 2012. So it is not a completely new situation that

South African spinner Imran Tahir gave himself a nice birthday presentation when he put in a match winning performance to spare the blushes of his side in their ICC World Twenty20 match against minnows Netherlands in Chittagong on Thursday. Tahir, who turned 36 on the day, picked up 4-21, as South Africa snatched the win from ... Read more

West Indies inflicted more misery on an underperforming Bangladesh cricket team as the holders thrashed the home side by 73 runs in an agonisingly lopsided ICC World Twenty20 contest in Dhaka on Tuesday. The home side, still smarting from a shocking two-wicket loss to minnows Hong Kong in their previous game, were bowled out for 98 ... Read more

Nasir Hossain was dropped from the Bangladesh national side’s playing eleven for the first time in any format on Tuesday, ceding his place in the batting line-up to Mominul Haque for the Tigers’ opening Super 10 match at the ICC World Twenty20. The 22-year-old Nasir, who had been widely regarded as one of the country’s finest ... Read more

Like Saeed Ajmal before him, Zulfiqar Babar was in his thirties before he finally received his chance in international cricket. And, like Ajmal, he is making selectors look silly for making him wait so long. A veteran of 69 first-class matches, the left-arm spinner from Okara, Punjab finally got his chance to play for Pakistan last ... Read more

JP Duminy’s brilliant half-century and pace bowler Dale Steyn’s superlative effort with the ball proved to be deciding factors as South Africa registered a thrilling two-run win over New Zealand at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. Duminy scored 86 runs to help the Proteas post a challenging 170-6 before Steyn offered a ... Read more

Bangladesh will make a mistake if they expect to choke West Indies with their spinners like India, West Indies coach Otis Gibson said ahead of his team’s crucial Super-10 match against the hosts at Mirpur today. India banked on their two spinners, Amit Mishra and Ravindra Jadeja, to restrict West Indies to 129 before cruising to ... Read more