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Michael Vaughan Calls For Probe Into Reports Pakistan Stars Sidelined From Hundred

Michael Vaughan has urged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to "act fast" on reports that Pakistani players will be overlooked by Indian-owned teams in the domestic Hundred competition. Longst ...

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India Target South Africa Top Order, Abhishek Sharma To Come Good: Bowling Coach

India's bowlers will target early wickets against South Africa, said bowling coach Morne Morkel on Friday as he predicted that their out-of-form opener Abhishek Sharma would be back among the ru ...

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Babar Azam Dropped For Scoring Too Slowly, Says Pakistan Coach Mike Hesson

Batting great Babar Azam was dropped for Pakistan's final T20 World Cup group game against Namibia for scoring too slowly, said head coach Mike Hesson on Friday. Azam, who is the highest run-score ...

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Zimbabwe Surprise As T20 World Cup Super Eights Begin Without Australia

Pakistan and New Zealand will clash in Colombo on Saturday as the second "Super Eights" phase of the T20 World Cup kicks off without former champions Australia, who shockingly failed to make it out of ...

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Jacob Bethell Insists There's 'Fire' In Lacklustre England At T20 World Cup

England still have "fire" burning in them ahead of the T20 World Cup Super Eights, Jacob Bethell said Friday, admitting that Harry Brook's side had been below par during a lacklustre group campaig ...

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Romario Shepherd Hat-Trick To Samra Ton: 5 Top T20 World Cup Performances So Far

Cricket's T20 World Cup moves into the Super Eights stage on Saturday after two weeks of intense action in the 20-team tournament in India and Sri Lanka. AFP Sport selects five outstanding individ ...

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T20 World Cup: Devastated Australia ‘Zeroed In’ on Avoiding Oman Upset, Says Andrew McDonald

Australia coach Andrew McDonald admits his side is “devastated” after their T20 World Cup exit but insists they will stay focused and motivated to avoid an embarrassing defeat against Oman in their final group match. ...

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Our Goal? Win World Cup, Says Shadab Khan As Pakistan Into Super Eights

Shadab Khan said Pakistan believed they could go on and win the T20 World Cup after their best performance of the tournament secured the last Super Eights berth on Wednesday. Pakistan bowled out Namib ...

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No Pressure On India Opener Abhishek Sharma After 2 Ducks, Says Coach

India opener Ashishek Sharma should not feel under pressure at the T20 World Cup after failing to score a run so far, because he has "a clear plan and clear mindset", a team coach said ...

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Bowlers, Selectors Under Fire After Australia's T20 World Cup Exit

Critics hammered Australia's bowling line-up and selection "stuff-ups" after the country's shock T20 World Cup exit in the group stages. The 2021 champions were knocked out of the T20 World Cu ...

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Pakistan 'Always Ready' For India Despite Late Green Light: Salman Agha

Pakistan skipper Salman Agha said Saturday his team had been "always ready" to face India on Sunday at the T20 World Cup, despite only being given the green light a few days ago. The biggest ...

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Aiden Markram Warns Every Delivery Counts After South Africa Super Over Drama

South Africa skipper Aiden Markram on Friday said his bowlers need to be sharper against New Zealand after their super over escapes at the T20 World Cup, because "every delivery' counts. The winne ...

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Italy Script History with 10-Wicket Win Over Nepal in T20 World Cup

Spinners Crishan Kalugamage and Ben Manenti starred as Italy secured their first-ever T20 World Cup win, thrashing Nepal by 10 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. ...

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Jos Buttler Backs ‘Sharp’ McCullum Amid Criticism Ahead of West Indies Clash

Jos Buttler has thrown his support behind England coach Brendon McCullum, calling him “as sharp a coach as I’ve ever worked with” as England prepare to face West Indies in the T20 World Cup. ...

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Nepal Call For India, England, Australia To Play In Kathmandu

Nepal captain Rohit Paudel on Tuesday called for cricketing powers India, England and Australia to tour his country to play a T20 series. Nepal came within a nail-biting single ball of one of the bigg ...

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India Ready for ‘Quality’ Pakistan Challenge After Boycott U-Turn in T20 World Cup

India say facing a “quality” Pakistan side in Colombo will be a challenge after Islamabad reversed its boycott decision, clearing the way for the blockbuster February 15 T20 World Cup clash. ...

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Pakistan Reverses Boycott Decision, Confirms T20 World Cup Clash Against India

Pakistan has reversed its decision to boycott the blockbuster T20 World Cup Group A match against India on February 15 in Colombo, with officials and cricket leaders hailing the move as good for cricket and ...

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Aiden Markram Says South Africa Test Success Bodes Well For T20 World Cup

South Africa skipper Aiden Markram on Sunday said his team enters the T20 World Cup with confidence and self-belief boosted by their World Test Championship triumph last year. Runners-up in 2024, Sout ...

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From Football Giants to Cricket Dreamers: Italy’s Historic T20 World Cup Moment

Four-time football world champions Italy make a historic debut at the T20 Cricket World Cup, embracing their “miracolo Italiano” as they face Scotland, England, West Indies and Nepal. ...

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Shepherd’s Hat-Trick Powers West Indies to 35-Run Win Over Scotland

Romario Shepherd claimed the first hat-trick of the 2026 T20 World Cup as West Indies defeated Scotland by 35 runs in their Group C opener at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. ...

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Faheem Ashraf’s Late Blitz Powers Pakistan to Narrow Win Over Netherlands in T20 World Cup Opener

Faheem Ashraf hammered an unbeaten 29 off 11 balls as Pakistan edged past the Netherlands by three wickets in a tense T20 World Cup opener in Colombo on Saturday. ...

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India Captain Admits 'There Will Be Nerves' At Home T20 World Cup

India captain Suryakumar Yadav admitted Friday "there will be nerves" when India open their T20 World Cup campaign in front of more than 30,000 fanatical home supporters in Mumbai, but vowed to give t ...

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Coach Shukri Conrad Plots First South Africa World Cup Win After Test Triumph

Head coach Shukri Conrad had a clear plan which culminated in South Africa winning last year's World Test Championship final, but he has shaken things up as he plots a first major white-ball troph ...

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Spin-Heavy Pakistan Hit Form, But India Boycott Risks Early T20 Exit

Pakistan's spin-heavy squad are in winning form ahead of the T20 World Cup, but a controversial decision to forfeit their marquee clash against India could still trigger another early exit. Pakist ...

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