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Washington Sundar to link up with Indian squad in Delhi

On Bumrah missing the USA game, Suryakumar said "he was having a high fever because of the weather"

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Suryakumar's 84* helps India overcome USA scare

India recovered from 46 for 4 in the sixth over on a tricky surface and their bowlers did the rest

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Suryakumar’s brilliant blitz denies USA seismic shock in India’s T20 World Cup opener

India, 161-9, bt USA, 132-8, by 29 runsSuryakumar’s 84 from 49 balls proves the differenceThere was, in the end, no shock – but there was not a lot of awe either. India’s form over the last two years has made them the most feared side in world cricket but for a while as they got their World Cup cam…

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ICC asks PCB the reason for invoking Force Majeure to boycott India game

The ICC has also pointed out to the PCB the potential material damages the global governing body could claim in case the boycott went ahead

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USA bowl, India pick Siraj with Bumrah out unwell

Mohammed Siraj slots into the T20I side for the first time since July 2024 as Bumrah's replacement

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Harry Brook says fallout from nightclub row has been ‘horrendous’

England T20 captain eager to move on‘It’s not been a very nice time of my life’Harry Brook wants to draw a line under the past few weeks when revelations about his conduct in Wellington cast doubt on his leadership as he prepares to lead England at the T20 World Cup. More than three months on from …

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Harshit Rana ruled out of T20 World Cup; Siraj called up as replacement

India allrounder injured his knee during the T20 World Cup warm-up match against south Africa on Wednesday

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Mighty India meet multicultural USA in polarised World Cup

This match is a homecoming for Mumbai boys Harmeet Singh and Saurabh Netravalkar

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England run risk by missing final T20 World Cup training to stay cool by the pool

Harry Brook’s team opt for confidence building at hotel before opener with practice a three-hour round trip awaySitting in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Mumbai headquarters, adjacent to the Wankhede Stadium, three days before the start of England’s World Cup campaign, Harry Brook was …

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Sooryavanshi 175 makes India six-time Under-19 world champions

England were always behind the game and couldn't come close despite a blazing ton from Falconer

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ICC braced for major financial hit if Pakistan v India World T20 game off

Intensive negotiations going on behind scenesGame could be worth up to £367m in media rightsThe Pakistan v India T20 World Cup fixture remains in doubt on the eve of the tournament with International Cricket Council sources telling the Guardian they expect the dispute to go down to the wire before …

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Sports quiz of the week: Winter Olympics, Six Nations and Super Bowl

Have you been following the big stories in football, tennis, NFL, rugby, cricket, winter sports, snooker and boxing? Continue reading...

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'Our flight is booked, we're going': Suryakumar on India vs Pakistan

India captain says they have their plans to fly to Colombo a the refusal to play came from Pakistan

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‘You should see the cricket ball’ jokes Ben Stokes after being struck in the face

Test captain has bruised eye and grazes to cheek and lip34-year-old is back in England after dismal Ashes tourBen Stokes has sustained a significant facial injury after being struck by a cricket ball.The England Test captain posted a picture on Instagram showing his right eye heavily swollen and br…

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‘I would call it a miracle’: Italy’s motley crew prepare for T20 Cricket World Cup

Team of pizza-makers and teachers brought together by a passion for the sport hope to win hearts back at homeIn a basement office in the north of Rome, Riccardo Maggio is unpacking boxes of blue jerseys with “Italia” written on them. He sighs when the landline phone rings again, and then again. Mag…

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Kishan leads India's batting show in warm-up win over South Africa

Stubbs, Rickelton, Smith and Jansen showed off their batting wares to help South Africa reduce the margin of defeat

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India ace record chase to make Under-19 World Cup final

Aaron George led the way with a classy ton as India chased down 311 with 53 balls to spare

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The Spin | India’s dominance looms over faster and more furious T20 World Cup

India are favourites by a long way but England are on form approaching tournament already hit by controversyIn the immortal words of Brenda from Bristol, not another one. Between 17 October 2021, the start of the tournament in the United Arab Emirates, and 8 March 2026, the date of this year’s fina…

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McCullum insists England ‘not a loose ship’ but Brook has ‘work to do’ off the field

Head coach speaks for first time since nightclub incident‘I find it annoying that we keep going on and on about it’Brendon McCullum insists he is not running a “loose ship” as England’s head coach and, while praising Harry Brook’s on-field leadership, believes the white-ball captain has “work to do…

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Dhoni: 'Don't want to jinx but India one of the most dangerous teams at World Cup'

"What all is needed in a good team, everything is there," he said

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England beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs in third T20 to seal 3-0 series win – as it happened

England completed a series whitewash as Jacob Bethell took four wickets for 11 runs after Sam Curran smashed 583rd over: England 14-2 (Buttler 10, Banton 0) Chameera’s reward for grabbing an early wicket was to be taken off, but it worked. On came Matheesha Pathirana, Sri Lanka’s s…

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Jacob Bethell dismantles Sri Lanka tail to deliver T20 series clean sweep for England

3rd T20i: England, 128-9, bt Sri Lanka, 116, by 12 runsBethell takes 4-11 in 3.3 overs to seal 3-0 series winIt was a thriller on a Pallekele turner, the game going England’s way. Jacob Bethell’s part-timers turned lethal, his three-wicket over dismantling Sri Lanka’s tail to help secure a 12-run w…

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Ponting pleaded to keep Abhishek at Delhi Capitals in 2018

The India opener's first IPL coach is backing him to be the top run-getter at the T20 World Cup

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Pat Cummins: ’Australia don’t have to look too far back to find form’

The Test captain will follow the men’s T20 World Cup from home but is confident the team can shake off their lacklustre warmup matchesThe sea is angry today and so is Pat Cummins. A back injury ruled him out of four of five Ashes Tests this summer and it has now kiboshed his T20 World Cup hopes. “I…

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Last over in multi-day cricket to continue despite a wicket after latest amendments to Laws

The MCC also changed the Hit Wicket and Overthrow laws, among other revisions

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Pakistan boycott shows growing divide between cricket’s commercial needs and political reality | Taha Hashim

Latest row to hit T20 World Cup raises difficult questions for the sport’s governing body, with lucrative TV deal to protectThe announcement on Sunday, fittingly, was made by Pakistan’s government, a reminder that this episode goes well beyond a game of cricket. In a post on X, the…

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Australia fall to worst T20 defeat in final World Cup warmup in Pakistan

Mitch Marsh’s team spun to record-breaking 111-run loss in LahoreUsman Tariq hits back at Cameron Green over throwing allegationAustralia have been handed the worst possible conclusion to their World Cup warmup, suffering their heaviest T20 international defeat in a third successive morale-sapping …

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Pakistan to play Twenty20 World Cup but will boycott game against India

Government gives approval to compete in tournamentPakistan will not play India in Colombo on 15 FebruaryPakistan will boycott their Twenty20 World Cup match against India on 15 February, the Pakistan government said on Sunday while approving the team’s participation in the tournament.“The governmen…

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Harry Brook blocks out the noise to lead England to T20 series win in Sri Lanka

2nd T20i: England, 173-4, bt Sri Lanka, 189-5, by 6 wkts (DLS)Banton 54*, Brook hits 36 off 12 balls for 2-0 series leadNumerous apologies, serious scrutiny and, still, he goes and does that. Harry Brook’s 12-ball 36 helped England chase down a revised target of 168 in the second Twenty20 internati…

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Sri Lanka v England: second men’s cricket T20 international – as it happened

Tom Banton’s timely and stylish fifty escorts England to victory at Pallekele and secures a series win1st over: Sri Lanka 14-0 (Nissanka 13, Mishara 0) Sri Lanka haven’t beaten England in a T20 since May 2015. England will be determined to keep it that way. Sam Curran with the firs…

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Kishan century, Arshdeep five-for complete New Zealand's demolition

Kishan's maiden T20I century powered India to their third-highest total, which proved 46 too many for New Zealand

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Woeful Australia sent spinning by Pakistan in T20 World Cup warm-up

Pakistan 198-5; Australia 108 (15.4 overs) | Pakistan win by 90 runsAustralia lose series with 11 days to go before T20 World Cup beginsWorld Cup-bound Australia have been given a hiding in Lahore, bamboozled by Pakistan’s spinners as they crumbled to a 90-run defeat and a T20I series capitulation.…

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Ollie Peake: the boy who used to sleep in his cricket gear emerges as Ashes hope for Australia

The 19-year-old says touring England in 2027 is a dream but as the hype around him builds the classy batter is keeping his feet on the groundAfter five-year-old Ollie Peake had gone to bed in his family home in Geelong, his mother, Sarah, entered his bedroom to check on him. He was fast asleep in h…

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Tilak Varma to play warm-ups before T20 World Cup

Washington Sundar will undergo a fitness test in the coming days

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India opt to bat; Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakravarthy return

For New Zealand, Allen, Jacobs, Jamieson and Ferguson came in for Conway, Chapman, Foulkes and Henry

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India face Pakistan for a place in the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup

Only one of the teams can go through to the semi-finals, and India are ahead of Pakistan on points and net run rate