T20 Cricket World Cup: Run rate could scupper England’s semi hopes October 31, 2022 The latest chapter of one of cricket’s greatest rivalries saw a washout at the T20 Cricket World Cup last week, but England and Australia continue to battle each other for a spot in the semi-finals of the competition Down Under. The two sides could finish level on points by the end of the Super12 stage [...]
Ed Warner: My advice to aspiring youngsters is to do your homework October 27, 2022 I never imagined I’d end up spending half my working week immersed in the world of sport. I stumbled into it via a serendipitous alignment of the stars in my mid 30s and have been privileged to parlay my enthusiasm for sport and my business knowledge into emotionally rewarding experiences for the past fifteen years. [...]
Roy returns for England ODI squad against Australia October 25, 2022 Jason Roy has been recalled by England’s one-day selectors having been dropped from the limited-overs side ahead of the ongoing Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in Australia. The 15-man squad will play three matches against Australia in an international series that follows the World Cup Down Under. As expected, Ben Stokes has been excluded from the [...]
Chris Tremlett: England are still dangerous despite wobbly start October 24, 2022 Jos Buttler’s Twenty20 side may have somewhat botched their run chase against Afghanistan in their World Cup opener on Saturday but they’ll be over the moon to have the first game hoodoo off their back. It doesn’t matter what kind of form you take with you into a World Cup; that opening match can be [...]
England set for World Cup but must peak at right time October 19, 2022 It has not even been a year since the conclusion of the last edition of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup – just 339 days to be precise – yet here we are 11 months later already in the midst of another. Australia plays host to the 2022 edition of the most explosive World Cup [...]
Chris Tremlett: T20 World Cup is a shopping window for cricket’s talent October 13, 2022 When the T20 World Cup gets going in Australia this weekend, the bigger teams will still have a little while to wait before their campaigns begin. England don’t start their World Cup until next weekend – when they play Afghanistan – but it’s still a good chance for the team, under Matthew Mott, to get [...]
World Cup questions raised after England’s series win in Pakistan October 5, 2022 Following England’s highly entertaining Twenty20 series victory in Pakistan, which was clinched on Sunday, the competition for places at this month’s World Cup XI has intensified. England named their travelling party to Australia last month, before the tour to the subcontinent, and included 15 players plus three reserves. But the performance of Matthew Mott’s team [...]
England series is great preparation for World Cup but tour meant more October 2, 2022 England’s highest-ranked batter Dawid Malan hit 78 not out as Moeen Ali’s Twenty20 side won the final match of their tour to Pakistan and claimed a highly competitive seven-game series 4-3 last night. With the series on a knife-edge following three matches in Karachi and three in Lahore, everything came down to this match at [...]
England T20 loss will provide lessons for World Cup September 26, 2022 Pakistan’s three-run victory in Karachi last night may not have been the result England wanted but it will stand them in good stead for the World Cup next month. England were out of it, then in it, then just five runs away from winning it but a last-over run-out handed Pakistan the victory and levelled [...]
England’s T20 World Cup preparations start today in Pakistan September 20, 2022 There’s less than a month to go until the second Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in the space of a year and England’s final preparations start today when they play the first of seven T20 matches against Pakistan across the next 13 days. The opening four matches take place in Karachi before three in Lahore, and [...]