SYDNEY: Next year’s Twenty20 World Cup will be held across seven venues in Australia, officials confirmed Tuesday, with Sri Lanka and the West Indies forced to play for a place in the Super 12. The tournament, which was supposed to be held Down Under in 2020 but was pushed back two years due to coronavirus, … Read more
Khel Khel Mein, an upcoming Pakistani film that is set to look back at the events of the Indo-Pak War of 1971 is gaining widespread attention in Bangladesh ahead of its release. The much-anticipated film has been making headlines since its first teaser trailer dropped on October 30th. Late last night, the hashtag #KhelKhelMein was … Read more
LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov 8, 2021 (AFP) – Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez opted out of Pakistan’s three-match Twenty20 international series on Monday, saying a youngster should be given a chance on the tour. The 40-year-old is part of Pakistan’s ongoing Twenty20 World Cup campaign in which they play Australia in the semi-finals in Dubai on Thursday. … Read more
SHARJAH: Scotland captain Kyle Coetzer believes his team will show more maturity when they play in next year’s T20 World Cup after bowing out with a 72-run defeat against Pakistan on Sunday. Scotland lost all five games in the second round Super 12 stage but swept through qualifying with three wins, including a victory over Test-playing Bangladesh. … Read more
HONG KONG: From Bangladesh to Britain to Nigeria, many young campaigners on the frontlines of the global fight for climate justice now face a new problem: the impact the crisis is having on their mental health. As thousands of delegates converged at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to discuss ways to tackle the environmental emergency, … Read more
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Bangladesh police have arrested 172 Rohingya in recent weeks after a crackdown sparked by the brutal murder of a prominent community leader, the force said Monday. Mohib Ullah was gunned down in late September in a refugee camp near the port city of Cox’s Bazar, in a region home to over 700,000 … Read more
DUBAI: Skipper Aaron Finch said Australia will take two days off “to recharge the batteries” after suffering a brutal eight-wicket defeat to England in the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Eoin Morgan’s England handed Australia their first loss – out of three – of the Super 12 stage after bowling them out for 125 in … Read more
DHAKA: Former cricketers and analysts blamed Bangladesh’s disastrous start to the T20 World Cup on the intense pressure placed on the national team. Bangladesh lost to the West Indies by three runs in Sharjah on Friday — the team’s third successive defeat in as many matches in the Super-12 phase, effectively ending their chances to … Read more
DUBAI: Pakistan’s interim head coach Saqlain Mushtaq declared that his team have “the mindset of champions” as they play Afghanistan in the Twenty20 World Cup in Dubai on Friday. The 2009 champions thumped arch-rivals India by 10 wickets in their opening match followed by a nervy five-wicket win over New Zealand, making them well placed … Read more
ABU DHABI: Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and elected to bat against England at the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday in the two nations’ first ever meeting in the format. The Tigers, who lost their opening Super 12 match to Sri Lanka, have made one change with Shoriful Islam coming in for Mohammad … Read more
NEW DELHI: A torrent of social media abuse was aimed at India’s only Muslim player, the bowler Mohammed Shami, after his side were thrashed by arch-rivals Pakistan at the cricket T20 World Cup. Violence against Muslims in India was also reported after the emphatic 10-wicket win on Sunday, Pakistan’s first against India at any World … Read more
DUBAI: Standing at an imposing 6ft 6ins (1.98m), Shaheen Shah Afridi, the first-strike destroyer of India at the T20 World Cup, is the latest high-end product of Pakistan’s fast bowling factory — left-arm division. From Wasim Akram to Mohammad Amir, with passing hat tips in recent years to the likes of Wahab Riaz and the … Read more
Super 12s round of the seventh edition of the ICC T20 World Cup commenced on October 23 The excitement is in the air as the Super 12s round of the seventh edition of the ICC T20 World Cup commenced on October 23 in the United Arab Emirates. The twelve teams are distributed into two groups. … Read more
BALUKHALI: The attackers shot and stabbed people attending an Islamic school in the camp, a regional police chief said. Four people died instantly. Three others died at a hospital in one of the camps in the Balukhali refugee complex, part of a bigger network of squalid settlements housing 900,000 people. Police did not say how … Read more
ICC T20 World Cup Round One is underway. From Group A, Sri Lanka has qualified for the Super12 while it is yet to be decided which other team will move on to the next round. From Group B, Scotland and Bangladesh have qualified for the Super12. Namibia, today, will face Ireland in the 11th match … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to the seven regional countries witnessed an increase of 31.60 per cent during the first three months of the current financial year (2021/22), compared with the corresponding months of the last year. The country’s exports to the regional countries, including Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and the Maldives account for … Read more
ICC T20 World Cup Round One is underway. Currently, Sri Lanka is leading the Group A points table while Scotland is leading the Group B points table. Bangladesh, today, will face Papua New Guinea in the 9th match of the T20 World Cup qualifying round. Bangladesh played their last match against Oman and won by … Read more
ICC T20 World Cup Round One is underway. Currently, Sri Lanka is leading the Group A points table while Scotland is leading the Group B points table. Scotland, tonight, will face Oman in the 10th match of the T20 World Cup qualifying round to decide its fate in the tournament. Scotland defended their target of … Read more
MUSCAT: Scotland coach Shane Burger says his team is ready to “create history” by reaching the second round of the T20 World Cup for the first time. The Scots stunned Bangladesh by six runs in their tournament opener, despite being 53-6 at one stage, and then edged Papua New Guinea by 17 runs. On Thursday, … Read more
DUBAI: Rashid Khan insists his mind is occupied by the World Cup and not wedding bells as the leg-spin wizard looks to inspire Afghanistan at the Twenty20 global showpiece. Still only 23, Rashid is key to his nation’s hopes of a first world title and a potential triumph which would deliver a rare bout of … Read more
MUSCAT, Oct 19, 2021 (AFP) – Mohammad Naeem hit 64 off 50 deliveries but Bangladesh slipped to 153 all out in their must-win match of the Twenty20 World Cup against hosts Oman on Tuesday. Fast bowlers Bilal Khan and Fayyaz Butt took three wickets each to peg back Bangladesh after The Tigers elected to bat first … Read more
ICC T20 World Cup is under with the Round One matches. The top two teams from each group of Round One will qualify for the main stage. Tonight Oman will go against Bangladesh at 07:00 pm PST at Al-Amerat Cricket Stadium. Oman had played one match in the group stage against Papua New Guinea and … Read more
ICC T20 World Cup Round One kicked off on October 17 to decide who will be joining the Super12 along with other teams. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super12. Today Scotland will play against Papua New Guinea at 03:00 pm PST at Al Amerat Cricket Ground. Scotland played its … Read more
The seventh edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will kick off in Oman and The United Arab Emirates (UAE) today. The first qualifier between co-host Oman and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be played today at 03:00 pm PST. The second qualifier will be played between Bangladesh, which is appearing in the qualifying … Read more
Scotland announced its final 15-man ICC T20 World Cup squad 2021 with Kyle Coetzer all set to lead the team along with former England batsman Jonathan Trott appointed as the team’s batting consultant. Trott has vast experience in a number of World Cups and the Ashes against Australia. This will help Scotland prepare for pressure … Read more
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan believes that series wins against Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe will boost their chances at the T20 World Cup despite a record which shows just one victory at the tournament since 2007. Bangladesh will have to take part in the qualifying round at the 2021 event starting in the … Read more
Papua New Guinea has announced its 16-man T20 World Cup squad 2021. the team will be lead by their regular skipper Assad Vala. Papua New Guinea will be making their ICC T20 World Cup debut with their first match against co-host Oman on October 17. PNG has won five out of six matches in the … Read more
SYDNEY: Australia are banking on Glenn Maxwell being at his destructive best at the Twenty20 World Cup to carry a team beset by injuries, poor form, minimal game time and dressing-room discontent. Rarely, if ever, have Australia had such a disjointed build-up to a major tournament. But Maxwell’s blistering exploits in the Indian Premier League … Read more
