Qatar 2022: Key questions answered 12 months ahead of kick-off
Qatar 2022, the Middle East’s first football World Cup, is only 12 months away. The opening match of the next World Cup, which was awarded to Qatar in 2010, will … Read More
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Reviewing the T20 World Cup – in numbers
Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets on Sunday to win the T20 World Cup, the only global cricket tournament missing from its trophy cabinet. Neither teams were pre-tournament favourites … Read More
Australia cruise to maiden T20 World Cup title
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – David Warner fired another shot at his critics and Mitchell Marsh scored a quickfire half-century as Australia cruised to its maiden T20 World Cup triumph, … Read More
Australia, New Zealand vie for elusive T20 World Cup title
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Australia versus New Zealand is an old rivalry in cricket that will be renewed in Dubai on Sunday. It is the final of the T20 … Read More
Preview: Unbeaten Pakistan eye T20 World Cup final
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – For Australia to be underdogs in a cricket World Cup semi-final is something unheard of. But when it meets Pakistan in Dubai in the second … Read More
T20 World Cup: Injury-hit England aim to make it to the final
Cricket’s 50-over world champions England will seek to make it a second World Cup final in a row when they take on New Zealand, the team they beat two years … Read More
Virat Kohli blasts ‘spineless, pathetic’ trolls after Shami abuse
India’s cricket captain Virat Kohli has thrown his full support behind Mohammed Shami, the only Muslim player in the squad, after the fast bowler was abused on social media following … Read More
‘Remember the name 2.0’: How Asif Ali took Pakistan home in Dubai
Asif Ali’s inclusion in Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad raised a few eyebrows. Ali is a proven performer in domestic cricket but his returns in national team colours have been … Read More
Flags, tears, anthem: How Afghans celebrated their cricket win
Kabul, Afghanistan – Afghanistan erupted in celebration on Monday evening, with those following the national cricket team sharing a rare moment of joy with a 130-run win over Scotland in … Read More
New Zealand hopes for no grudges from Pakistan in T20 World Cup
Pakistan and New Zealand will meet on a cricket ground on Tuesday, the first time the two sides take on each other since the Kiwis’ last-minute withdrawal from their tour … Read More