TAROUBA (TRINIDAD): A clinical South Africa qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup final with a resounding nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in the semifinal here. The Proteas put themselves in pole position to reach the final after they bowled out Afghanistan for a paltry 56. They then raced to the target with 67 balls to […]
LONDON: Frank Duckworth, one half of the team who pioneered the Duckworth-Lewis method for calculating target scores in limited-overs cricket hit by bad weather, has died at the age of 84. Along with his fellow statistician Tony Lewis, Duckworth devised the formula that was officially adopted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1999. The […]
KINGSTOWN: West Indian batting great Brian Lara had predicted Afghanistan would reach the T20 World Cup semifinals nearly a month before the tournament began and now that the giant-slayers have made it, skipper Rashid Khan said he is immensely proud to have proved the legend right. Afghanistan continued their brilliant run at the T20 World […]
NORTH SOUND: Pat Cummins claimed a hat-trick and David Warner thrashed a quick-fire 53 not out as Australia beat Bangladesh by 28 runs in a weather-disrupted T20 World Cup Super Eight clash in Antigua on Thursday. Australia, who are bidding to complete a historic treble of World Test Championship, ODI World Cup and T20 World […]
Pakistan has a tendency to underestimate less established teams at major tournaments, captain Babar Azam said, adding that his side played well below their standard in a shocking defeat to the United States at the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday. The US beat Pakistan in a Super Over in Dallas to achieve one of the […]
Coincidentally or not, Kolkata Knight Riders’ coaches and mentors have been eagerly sought after by international cricket boards. There are some facts, however, that are incontrovertibly accurate. Trevor Bayliss won KKR two IPL titles, in 2012 and 2014, and was negotiating for an extension when England and Wales Cricket Board’s Director of Cricket Andrew Strauss […]
Manchester City won an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title on Sunday as Phil Foden’s double inspired a 3-1 victory over West Ham. No side in the history of the English top flight had ever won four successive titles, but City have become accustomed to rewriting the record books under Pep Guardiola. The Catalan coach […]
DUBLIN: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and his short-term predecessor Shaheen Shah Afridi came together to outclass Ireland by six wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International at Castle Avenue on Tuesday and seal the series 2-1. While Shaheen, despite his struggles in the first two matches of the series, produced a clinical bowling show […]
History was made at the Eden Gardens on Friday (April 26) as Punjab Kings produced the highest successful T20 chase of all time, gunning down Kolkata Knight Riders’ total of 261 with eight balls to spare in a game that saw incredible levels of six-hitting from both sides. With the season having witnessed a plethora of high scores […]
High-scoring games in which 400-plus runs are scored, with the matches going down the wire, have become commonplace in IPL 2024 and it was no surprise that the Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Titans clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium adhered to the trend. The game on Wednesday was the 10th instance of a 400-plus aggregate […]