T20 World Cup: The Taliban shadow ruining great Afghanistan run June 26, 2024 When Afghanistan run out at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy Stadium to take on South Africa in the T20 Cricket World Cup tomorrow, it’ll mark a monumental moment in the history for the cricketing nation. For it will be their first semi-final in a major competition with, under former England international Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan becoming [...]
Afghanistan captain Rashid reveals plan for historic T20 World Cup semi-final June 25, 2024 The team, coached by former England batter Jonathan Trott, reached the last four of a major tournament for the first time on Monday.
England to face India in T20 Cricket World Cup semi-finals June 24, 2024 England will take on India in the semi-finals of the T20 Cricket World Cup after Rohit Sharma, captain of the tournament favourites, knocked 92 runs off 41 balls in a 24-run win over Australia. The result means England will head to Guyana to take on India on Thursday afternoon. Having lost Virat Kohli for zero, [...]
England romp to T20 World Cup semi-finals June 23, 2024 A monstrous effort from England against the United States earned the defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions a spot in the semi-finals as they recorded a 10-wicket victory over the tournament co-hosts. Having been on the brink of a World Cup exit earlier in the tournament England – led by Matthew Mott and captained by [...]
WATCH: Salt’s heroic innings lead England to brink of T20 World Cup semi-finals June 20, 2024 Salt batted brilliantly in his side’s opening Super 8 match against co-hosts the West Indies in St Lucia.
Steven Finn: Reece Topley can play key role for England at T20 World Cup June 18, 2024 Former international bowler Steven Finn has backed Reece Topley to play a key part in England’s bid to defend their T20 Cricket World Cup title in the Caribbean. England scraped through to the Super Eight second stage of the World Cup, this year being co-hosted by the United States and West Indies, having needed to [...]
Stokes and Ennis-Hill-backed VC firm invests in Naomi Osaka’s media company June 18, 2024 It joins LeBron James, Fenway Sports Group, Nike and Epic Games in backing the company.
USA has cricket fever as nation looks to lay sporting foundations June 17, 2024 On social media platform X last week, mid-way through the USA’s T20 Cricket World Cup group game against tournament favourites India, one account explained the complicated scoreboard of cricket to an American using the analogy of a burger eating contest. The 20 overs represented 20 minutes to eat as many burgers as possible, and wickets [...]
Scotland defeat hands England spot in T20 Cricket World Cup Super Eight June 16, 2024 Defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions England breathed a huge sigh of relief over the weekend after Australia beat Scotland to hand Jos Buttler’s men a place in the Super Eight. Having drawn against Scotland, lost to Australia and beaten Oman; England needed a bumper result over Namibia to overtake Scotland in their World Cup [...]
T20: £180m IPL franchise brand values ranked in new data June 15, 2024 The business value of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has risen to $16.4bn while the brand value has increased in 2024, according to a report. The Chennai Super Kings reportedly now have a brand value of $231m with all but one side – the Lucknow Super Giants – coming in above $100m. The data, from [...]
