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Heavy rain and a waterlogged outfield led to the abandonment of the T20 World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Nepal on Tuesday in Florida. The result meant that Group D leaders South Africa, who have won all three of their games, become the first team to qualify for the Super Eight stage of the tournament. Rain had poured down ...

Poland’s talismanic striker Robert Lewandowski came off injured on Monday after 32 minutes as they won their last Euro 2024 warm-up 2-1 against Turkey in Warsaw. His strike partner in Hellas Verona’s Karol Swiderski had already left the field after hurting his right ankle celebrating scoring the goal that gave Poland a 12th-minute lead. Baris Yilmaz levelled for Turkey after ...

Bangladesh suffered a heartbreaking four-run defeat to South Africa in a low-scoring thriller in their second game of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Nassau County Ground in New York on Monday. Towhid Hridoy top-scored with a 34-ball 37, while Mahmudullah made 20 but it could only take them to 109-7 in reply to 113-6 by the Proteas. Keshav ...

Bangladeshi bowlers destroyed the batting lineup of South Africa to restrict them to 113 in the 21st match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Monday. After decided to bat first, South Africa started their innings with aggression, hitting a huge six in the second ball of Tanzim Hasan Sakib, but ...

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha believes his side stands on a good chance to move to the second round in the T20 World Cup, a thing that they haven’t done before in the tournament’s history. His confidence stemmed from Bangladesh’s thrilling two-wicket win over Sri Lanka and a slow-paced New York pitch in which they will now take on mighty ...

Scotland boosted their chances of qualifying for the second round of the T20 Cricket World Cup on Sunday after thrashing Oman by seven wickets in Antigua to move to the top of Group B. Brandon McMullen’s unbeaten 61 off just 31 balls steered Scotland to victory with nearly seven overs to spare as the Scots finished on 153-3 off 13.1 ...

Indian bowlers led by Jasprit Bumrah defended a low score of 120 as Pakistan suffered a collapse after starting steadily as they fell to a 6-run loss at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Bumrah ran rampant with 3 wickets while Hardik Pandya took 2 with Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh chipping in with a wicket apiece as India ...

The United States’ preparations for the upcoming Copa America suffered a humbling reality check on Saturday as Gregg Berhalter’s side were thrashed 5-1 by Colombia in a pre-tournament friendly. Colombia secured victory through first-half goals from Fluminense striker Jhon Arias before an overhead kick from Rafael Borre put the South Americans 2-0 ahead after just 19 minutes at FedEx Field ...

Australia crushed England by 36 runs in Barbados on Saturday to leave the defending champions’ T20 World Cup hopes in the balance. Defeat means Jos Buttler’s men are still winless after their opening game against Scotland was wrecked by rain. But Australia, who posted 201-7, are top of Group B with two wins after restricting their fierce rivals to 165-6 ...

Bangladesh all-rounder Soumya Sarkar has registered an unwanted record in the T20 Internationals and become the batter to record most ducks in T20Is alongside with Ireland’s Paul Stirling. Soumya made this record in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match against Sri Lanka on June 7 in Dallas. Chasing the target of 125 runs, Soumya got out in the first ...