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South Africa demolished Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup dream in ruthless fashion on Wednesday, thrashing the minnows by nine wickets with more than 11 overs to spare to reach the final of the cricket showpiece for the first time. Left-arm wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3 for 6) and gangling pacer Marco Jansen (3-16) spearheaded the rout of Afghanistan’s brittle batting line-up for ...

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been dropped to sixth position in the ICC Men’s T20I all-rounder rankings after his below-average performance in the ongoing T20 World Cup. It’s his lowest ranking in allrounder category since September 21, 2012. Shakib began the T20 World Cup, staying in his customary No. 1 position but due to his poor performance in ...

Argentina became the first side to book passage into the Copa America quarter-finals after a late strike from Lautaro Martinez earned them a 1-0 Group A victory over Chile on Tuesday. After a cautious opening spell Argentina took the game by the scruff of the neck but wasted several opportunities to score, Julian Alvarez and Nicolas Gonzalez testing keeper Claudio ...

With a dramatic eight-run win (DL method) over struggling Bangladesh, Afghanistan advanced to the semifinals of the ongoing T20 World Cup. With their win, both Bangladesh and Australia are eliminated from the World Cup. It was the first time Afghanistan reached the semifinals of a World Cup in their cricketing history. Afghanistan batted first and posted a below-par total of ...

Rohit Sharma led from the front with a blistering 92 as India beat Australia by 24 runs in St. Lucia on Monday to secure a T20 World Cup semi-final against reigning champions England and leave their opponents on the verge of exiting the tournament. The India captain’s dashing innings — he faced just 41 balls, including seven fours and eight ...

South Africa edged the West Indies by three wickets in a rain-affected Super Eights match on Sunday to reach the T20 World Cup semi-finals and eliminate the host nation. After England secured their place in the last four on Sunday, the game in Antigua was essentially a quarter-final to decide the other side to progress from Group 2. Chasing a ...

Chris Jordan took four wickets in five balls, including the third hat-trick of the T20 World Cup, as defending champions England qualified for the semi-finals with a 10-wicket thrashing of the United States in his native Barbados on Sunday. The 35-year-old all-rounder, born and educated on the Caribbean island, justified his recall for this match in spectacular fashion with the ...

Spain is already qualified for the Euro 2024 round of 16 as Group B winner and is the only team yet to concede a goal. If it’s to qualify, Albania is likely to need a win that would rank among all-time great upsets. The kickoff in Duesseldorf — at the same time as group rivals Croatia and Italy meet in ...

A flying start from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran and stunning bowling from Gulbadin Naib and Naveen-ul-Haq gave the Afghans a historic win over Australia in the Super eight phase of T20 World Cup 2024. The opening pair Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran stand of 118 to drive Afghanistan to a stunning 21-run win in St Vincent on Saturday and ...

Bangladesh put a listless performance to taste a 50-run defeat to India in their ‘do or die’ clash in the Super eight phase of the T20 World Cup at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Saturday. The defeat, their successive second in this phase, ruined their hopes to play the semifinal for the first time in tournament’s history. India ...