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Afghanistan beat Namibia to remain on second postition

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ABU DHABI: Naveen-ul-Haq and Hamid Hassan bagged three wickets each as Afghanistan beat Namibia by 62 runs to remain in the second position in Group 2 of T20 World Cup. 

Set to chase 161 runs, Namibian batters gave up to Afghanistan’s bowlers who showed their dominancy throughout. David Weise was the highest scorer for them with 26 runs off 30 balls including two boundaries. Jam Nicol Loftie Eaton managed to score 14.

Apart from Naveen and Hamid, Gulbadin Naib and Rashid Khan bagged two and a wicket respectively.

Earlier, openers Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad provided a solid 53-run stand to Afghanistan as they scored 160-5 in given 20 overs. Zazai scored 33 with the help of four boundaries and two sixes whereas Shahzad smashed 45 runs.

Asghar Afghan, who played his last international match, made 31 runs followed by skipper Mohammad Nabi scoring 32 not-out laced with five boundaries and a six.

For Namibia, Ruben Trum Pelmann and Eaton bagged two wickets each.

T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler stars as England thrash Australia

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Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten match-winning fifty as England thrashed Australia by eight wickets in their T20 World Cup group stage match in Dubai on Saturday.

The wicketkeeper-batter remained not out at 71 from 32 deliveries after hitting five boundaries and as many sixes as England reached the 126-run target in 11.4 overs.

Jos Buttler put on a 66-run opening partnership with Jason Roy (22 from 20) as well.

England won the toss and chose to bowl. The decision proved to be the right one as their bowlers ran riot over the Australian batting lineup.

Aaron Finch-led side were dismissed for just 125 in their 20 overs. The skipper top-scored with 49-ball 44 with four boundaries to his name. However, it was not enough for the side to post a competitive total.

Chris Jordan was the pick of the bowlers with his three-wicket haul. Chris Woakes and Tymal Mills bagged two wickets each as well.

T20 World Cup: Hasaranga hat-trick in vain as South Africa beat Sri Lanka

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South Africa clinched a four-wicket win against Sri Lanka in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup group stage fixture in Sharjah on Saturday.

Sri Lanka, being sent in to bat, were dismissed for 142.

Opener Pathum Nissanka top-scored with 72 from 58 balls with the help of six boundaries and two sixes.

Charith Asalanka hit two fours and a maximum on his way to 14-ball 21.

Tabraiz Shamsi and Dwaine Pretorius both got three wickets.

The Proteas completed the run chase with a ball to spare.

Skipper Temba Bavuma was the highest scorer with run-a-ball 46 with a boundary and as many sixes to his name.

David Miller made 13-ball 23 with two sixes for ensuring a victory.

Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva was the pick of the Lankan bowlers with his three-wicket haul.

Dushmantha Chameera bagged two wickets.

Asif snatches victory from the jaws of Afghanistan

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Pakistan won their third consecutive match in T20 World Cup 

PAK 148/5 (19 overs)

Asif struck four sixes to win the match for Pakistan

Janat to bowl his last over

PAK 124/5 (18 overs)

Naveen comes to bowl

PAK 122-4 (17 overs)

Rashid bowls his last over

PAK 110-3 (16 overs)

Janat comes again

PAK 101-3 (15 overs)

Rashid continues

PAK 97/2 (14 overs)

Nabi bowls his last over

PAK 89/2 (13 overs)

Rashid Continues

PAK 81-2 (12 overs)

Nabi comes again

PAK 75-1 (11 overs)

Rashid comes to bowl

PAK 72-1 (10 overs)

Janat continues

PAK 62-1 (9 overs)

Naveen comes back

PAK 49-1 (8 overs)

Karim Janat joins the attack

PAK 44/1 (7 overs)

Mujeeb to complete his four overs

PAK 38-1 (6 overs)

Naveen-ul-Haq comes to bowl

PAK 31-1 (5 overs)

Mujeeb bowls his third

PAK 29-1 (4 overs)

Nabi continues

PAK 15-1 (3 overs)

Mujeeb continues

PAK 11-0 (2 overs)

M Nabi comes to bowl

PAK 3-0 (1 over)

Mujeeb-ur-Rehman to start off for Afghanistan with the bowl. Babar Azam, M Rizwan come out to bat

Pakistan vs Afghanistan (2nd innings)

Pakistan need 148 runs to win their third consecutive match in T20 World Cup 2021

M Nabi (35*)

Gulbadin Naib (35*)

AFG 147-6 (20 overs)

Afridi bowls last over for Pakistan

AFG 140-6 (19 overs)

Haris bowls his last over

AFG 125-6 (18 overs)

Hasan to bowl his last

AFG 104-6 (17 overs)

Haris to bowl

AFG 101-6 (16 overs)

Afridi to bowl his last spell

AFG 93-6 (15 overs)

Hasan comes back

AFG 86-6 (14 overs)

Haris comes in

AFG 76-6 (13 overs)

Shadab bowls back

AFG 67-5 (12 overs)

MAIDEN OVER

Hasan comes back

AFG 67-5 (11 overs)

Shadab continues

AFG 65-5 (10 overs)

Imad to bowl his last over

AFG 64-4 (9 overs)

Shadab continues

AFG 55-4 (8 overs)

Imad continues with controlled bowling

AFG 51-4 (7 overs)

Shadab Khan to bowl his first over

AFG 49-4 (6 overs)

Hasan Ali comes to bowl

AFG 39-3 (5 overs)

Haris Rauf joins the attack

AFG 30-1 (4 overs)

Imad comes back

AFG 13-2 (3 overs)

2.4: Shahzad falls early as Afridi strikes. Simple catch for Babar Azam

Afridi continues

AFG 8-1 (2 overs)

1.3: Zazai Miscued, a straight catch by Haris Rauf

Imad Wasim bowls from the other end

AFG 5-0 (1 over)

M Shahzad and Hazratullah Zazai open batting for Afghanistan

Shaheen Shah Afridi to open bowling for Pakistan

Pakistan vs Afghanistan (1st innings)

DUBAI: Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2021 here at Dubai International Stadium on Friday.

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (capt), Asghar Afghan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

T20 World Cup: Australia register clinical victory against Sri Lanka

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Opener David Warner scored a half-century as Australia beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their ICC T20 World Cup group stage match in Dubai.

The Kangaroos, opting to field first, restricted the 2014 champions to 154-6 in their 20 overs.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Parera made 35 from 25 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six.

Charith Asalanka hit four boundaries and a six as well on his way to 27-ball 35.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa made 33 from 26 deliveries with four fours and a six.

Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa got two wickets each.

It took 17 overs for Aaron Finch’s side to complete the run chase.

Warner played a match-winning knock of 65 from 42 balls with 10 boundaries to his name.

He put on a 70-run opening partnership with skipper Aaron Finch, who made 37 runs off 23 deliveries with five fours and two maximums to his name.

Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva bagged two wickets.

T20 World Cup: Namibia register four-wicket win against Scotland

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ABU DHABI: Namibia registered their first win in the T20 World Cup by defeating Scotland by four wickets in their group stage fixture in Abu Dhabi.

Namibia had won the toss and restricted Scotland to 109-8 in their 20 overs.

Michael Leask was the top scorer for Scotland with 44 from 27 deliveries. His knock included four boundaries in two sixes.

Chris Greaves made 32-ball 25 with two fours to his name.

Ruben Trumpelmann was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of 3-17 whereas Jan Frylinck got two wickets.

In reply, they chased the 110-run target in 19.1 overs at the loss of six wickets.

Johannes Jonathan Smit top-scored with 32 not out from 23 balls with two boundaries and as many sixes. Opener Craig Williams hit a six on his way to 29-ball 23.

Michael Leask bagged two wickets in the game while Brad Wheal, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Greaves and Mark Watt got a wicket each.

Roy eases run-chase for England against Bangladesh

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ABU DHABI: Jason Roy took the match away single-handedly from Bangladesh for England as they notched their second consecutive win in T20 World Cup 2021 by eight wickets. 

The right-handed opener smashed unbeaten 61 off 38 balls laced with five boundaries and three sixes to help England notch an easy win.

Earlier, it was England bowlers’ day as they restricted Bangladesh to paltry 124-9 in 20 overs in eighth match of the mega event here on Wednesday.

Tymal Mills bagged three wickets, Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone took two wickets each, and Chris Woakes managed to take a scalp after they were asked to bowl first.

Bangladeshi batters were failed completely as their highest scorer Mushfiqur Rahim made just 29 off 30 including three boundaries. Skipper Mahmudullah made 19 whereas Nasum Ahmed remained not out for as many runs as the captain. Nasum tried to give fight back with his two maximums and a boundary.

In reply, Roy alongside Dawid Malan smashed Bangladeshi bowlers after England lost Jos Buttler for 39. Buttler scored run-a-ball 18.

Roy and Malan made 73 runs together to put a solid stance on the English side. Malan remained not out for 28 runs which included three boundaries.

For Bangladesh, Shoriful Islam and Nasum Ahmed bagged a wicket each.

TOSS

Bangladesh had won the toss and decided to bat first against England

SQUADS

BANGLADESH: Liton Das, Mohammad Naim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan †, Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

ENGLAND: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler †, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills

Pakistan beat New Zealand to retain dominance in T20 World Cup

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Pakistan won by five wickets to remain at top of the points table of Group 2

PAK 135/5 (18.4 overs)

Boult bowls

Pakistan need nine runs to win off 12 balls

PAK 126-5 (18 overs)

Santner bowls his last over

PAK 111-5 (17 overs)

Southe bowls his last over

PAK 98-5 (16 overs)

Sodhi to bowl his fourth over

PAK 91-5 (15 overs)

Boult joins the bowling attack again

PAK 82-4 (14 overs)

Sodhi continues

PAK 75-4 (13 overs)

Neesham comes again

PAK 70-4 (12 overs)

Sodhi comes in

PAK 63-3 (11 overs)

Santner comes back

PAK 58-2 (10 overs)

Neesham continues

PAK 47-2 (9 overs)

Ish Sodhi to bowl his first over

PAK 39-1 (8 over)

James Neesham joins the bowling attack

PAK 36-1 (7 overs)

Santner has been given bowling after powerplay

PAK 30-1 (6 over)

5.1: Inside edge and Babar got out off Southee

Southee comes to bowl his third

PAK 28-0 (5 overs)

Boult comes again

PAK 22-0 (4 overs)

Southee continues

PAK 14-0 (3 overs)

Trent Boult joins bowling

PAK 9-0 (2 overs)

Tim Southee joins bowling from the other end

PAK 7-0 (1 over)

Babar, Rizwan come out to bat for Pakistan. Mitchel Santner starts bowling from New Zealand

PAKISTAN VS NEW ZEALAND (2nd INNINGS)

Pakistan need 135 runs to win their second match in T20 World Cup 2021

NZ 134-8 (20 overs)

Haris to bowl last over for Pakistan

NZ 125-7 (19 overs)

Shaheen to bowl his last over

NZ 119-6 (18 overs)

Two wickets for Haris

Haris comes again

NZ 116-4 (17 overs)

Shaheen comes back

NZ 107-4 (16 overs)

Hasan continues

NZ 100-4 (15 overs)

Haris comes back

NZ 95-4 (14 overs)

13.1: Direct throw from Hasan off his delivery, Kane Williamson gets run-out

Hasan comes back

NZ 90-3 (13 overs)

Shadab continues

NZ 75-3 (12 overs)

Hafeez continues

NZ 63-3 (11 overs)

Shadab joins back

NZ 60-3 (10 overs)

9.1: James Neesham went for a big shot but didn’t connect it well, ball went straight in the hands of Fakhar Zaman. Hafeez strikes on his first ball

Hafeez comes to bowl the left-hander

NZ 56-2 (9 overs)

8.2: Imad makes comeback after receiving a sixer. Daryl Mitchel went for another one but this time caught at long-on

Imad continues

NZ 48-1 (8 overs)

Shadab joins the attack

NZ 47-1 (7 overs)

Imad joins back

NZ 42-1 (6 overs)

5.2: Martin Guptill was deceived by Haris Rauf and the ball hit his pads, went to thrash the stumps

Haris Rauf brought into attack

NZ 39-0 (5 overs)

Hasan Ali comes to bowl

NZ 21-0 (4 overs)

Imad continues

NZ 15-0 (3 overs)

Shaheen continues

NZ 7-0 (2 overs)

Imad comes into the attack

NZ 0-0 (1 over)

Maiden over from Shaheen

Shaheen to bowl first over for Pakistan

PAKISTAN VS NEW ZEALAND (1ST INNINGS)

SHARJAH: Pakistan have won the toss and decided to bowl first against New Zealand in seventh match of the T20 World Cup 2021 here at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. 

SQUADS

PAKISTAN: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi

NEW ZEALAND: Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Tim Seifert †, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult

SA chase 144 easily to give WI second consecutive defeat in T20 WC

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DUBAI: Evin Lewis provided a solid start to West Indies as they kept the upper hand initially before South Africa came back and hold the opponents at 143-8 in the sixth game of the T20 World Cup 2021.

Lewis kept his nerves calm and controlled as West Indies were losing wickets after regular intervals. A 73-runs opening partnership between Lewis and Lendl Simmons provided a steady start to the defending champions.

Lewis’s share in the partnership was major and he ended up scoring 56 runs off 35 balls with the help of three boundaries and six maximums.

Keshav Maharaj bagged his wicket in the 11th over to make a way for South Africa to come back in the game. Thereafter, West Indies suffered pressure as they kept losing wickets.

Only skipper Kieron Pollard was able to make a break with his quick 26 off 20 balls including two boundaries and a six.

Dwaine Pretorius bagged quick three wickets in the end which helped South Africa restrict West Indies to 143-8.

Maharaj took two wickets while Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada shared a wicket apiece.

TOSS

South Africa won the toss and decided to field first against West Indies in the sixth match of the T20 World Cup 2021.

More to follow…

Afghanistan thrash Scotland by 130 runs

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Afghanistan thrashed Scotland by 130 runs in their ICC T20 World Cup group stage fixture in Sharjah on Monday.

The winning side, after being sent to bat first, put on a solid batting performance and finished at 190 at the loss of four wickets thanks to a half-century by Najibullah Zadran.

The left-handed batsman made 59 off 34 deliveries with the help of five boundaries and three sixes.

Rahmanullah Gurbuz hit a four and four maximum on his way to 37-ball 46.

Opening batter Hazratullah Zazai scored 40 off 30 balls with three boundaries and as many sixes.

Safyaan Sharif picked up two wickets whereas Josh Davey and Mark Watt took a wicket each as well.

In reply, the side was dismissed for just 60 on the board in 10.2 overs. George Munsey scored 25 followed whereas Chris Greaves and skipper Kyle Coetzer made 12 and 10 respectively.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman took a five-wicket haul whereas Rashid Khan got four wickets. Naveen-ul-Haq also bagged a wicket as well.