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BRISBANE: England openers Jos Buttler and Alex Hales laid a solid foundation with a half-century each before the pacers led them to a convincing 20-run victory over New Zealand to keep their hopes intact for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final qualification.

Set to chase 180, New Zealand fell 20 runs short despite a blistering 62-run knock from Glenn Phillips.

The side had a dismal start to the run chase as they lost their openers – Devon Conway (3) and Finn Allen (13) – for a paltry score of 28/2 in five overs.

Following the early setback, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and Glenn Phillips scripted the recovery with an anchoring 91-run partnership for the third wicket.

Williamson, however, was finding it hard to score at a rapid pace unlike his partner Phillips, and as a result, fell to Ben Stokes’ slower delivery while attempting to glide. He scored a run-a-ball 40 including three boundaries.

New Zealand’s batting lineup then began to crumble as James Neesham (6) and Daryl Mitchell fell in the 16th and 17th overs respectively, causing their side to slip to 131/5.

England’s young pacer Sam Curran, who bowled a magnificent final over, struck the gold for his side in the 18th as he undid Phillips to put his side in the commanding position.

Phillips top-scored for New Zealand with 62 off just 36 deliveries with the help of four boundaries and three sixes.

Curran and Chris Woakes bagged two wickets each, while Mark Wood and Stokes made one scalp each.

England, batting first after winning the toss, amassed a decent total of 179/6 in their quota of 20 overs, thanks to brilliant half-centuries from Buttler and Hales.

In a must-win game, the English openers chipped in and laid a solid foundation for a defendable total with a magnificent 81-run partnership.

Hales remained the core aggressor of the 62-ball stand and brought up his 11th T20I half-century.

His stay at the crease, however, remained brief and fell in the 11th over, soon after amassing the landmark. He scored 52 off 40 deliveries with the help of seven boundaries and a six.

England skipper Buttler, on the other hand, stood firm and stitched brief partnerships with Moeen Ali (5), Liam Livingstone (20), and Harry Brook (7) and took his side past the 160-run mark in the 19th over.

The right-handed batter then fell in the same over, courtesy of a brilliant piece of fielding by Tim Southee and Kane Williamson.

He top-scored for the side with a terrific 73 off just 47 balls, laced with seven boundaries and two sixes.

Lockie Ferguson bagged two wickets for New Zealand but was expensive, while Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi struck out a batter each.

PERTH: South African batters David Miller and Aiden Markram smashed a half-century each to power their side to chase down the 134-run target and sealed a tense five-wicket victory over India in the Super12s fixture of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

South Africa’s win over India exerted a major dent in Pakistan’s chances to make their way to the semi-final of the mega event despite defeating the Netherlands earlier in the second match of the tripleheader.

Set to chase 134, South Africa were off to a tense start as the side lost three wickets for just 24 runs inside the power-play.

Following the early attack launched by the Indian pacers, Markram and Miller stitched a gritty 76-run partnership for the fourth wicket and anchored the run chase.

Markram scored 52 off 41 balls with the help of six boundaries and a six before falling victim to Hardik Pandya in the 16th over.

Miller remained unaffected by Markram’s dismissal and powered his side to complete a tense final-over run chase.

He top-scored for his side with an unbeaten knock of 59 in just 46 deliveries, laced with four boundaries and three sixes.

For India, Arshdeep Singh bagged two wickets, while Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Pandya struck out a batter each.

Batting first after winning the toss, India had a poor start to their innings as they lost half of the side for just 49 runs as captain Rohit Sharma (15), KL Rahul (9), Virat Kohli (12), Deepak Hooda (0) and Hardik Pandya (2) perished cheaply as right-arm pacer Lungi Ngidi wreaked havoc in his opening spell.

Following the slump, Yadav stood up for his team and embarked on recovery for his side as he stitched a fighting 52-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Dinesh Karthik.

Yadav was the main aggressor of the gritty stand and scored the majority of the runs.

Left-arm pacer Wayne Parnell then brought an end to Karthik’s struggling knock as he struck in the 16th over to provide his side with a much-needed breakthrough. The wicketkeeper batter could score six off 15 deliveries.

The Indian batting tail then crumbled against the strong South African bowling attack as their key batter Yadav, too, fell in the 19th over.

Yadav top-scored with a magnificent 68-run knock in just 40 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and three boundaries.

Ngidi led the bowling attack for South Africa courtesy of his astounding bowling figures of 4/29, while Parnell returned with 3/15.

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PAK 95/4 (13.5 Overs)

Glover replaces van Beek

PAK 86/3 (14 Overs)

van Meekeren comes back

PAK 83/2 (12 Overs)

van Beek replaces Klaassen

PAK 80/2 (11 Overs)

Roelof van der Merwe comes to bowl his first

PAK 73/2 (10 Overs)

Klaassen replaces Glover

PAK 68/2 (9 Overs)

Logan van Beek comes in

PAK 62/2 (8 Overs)

Glover replaces van Meekeren

PAK 53/1 (7 Overs)

Tim Pringle comes into the attack

PAK 41/1 (6 Overs)

van Meekeren continues

PAK 35/1 (5 Overs)

Brandon Glover replaces Klaassen

PAK 31/1 (4 Overs)

van Meekeren continues

PAK 26/1 (3 Overs)

Klaassen continues

PAK 16/1 (2 Overs)

Paul van Meekeren comes to bowl from the other end

PAK 11/0 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to bat. Fred Klaassen to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs NETHERLANDS (2nd INNING)

Pakistan bowlers displayed a combined effort to reduce the Netherlands to a paltry 91/9 in the first innings of the 29th match of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

NED 91/0 (20 Overs)

Naseem to bowl the final over

NED 86/8 (19 Overs)

Wasim Jr to bowl his last

NED 79/6 (18 Overs)

Shaheen comes to bowl his last

NED 74/6 (17 Overs)

Haris replaces Shadab

NED 72/5 (16 Overs)

Naseem comes back

NED 68/4 (15 Overs)

Shadab replaces Wasim Jr

NED 59/3 (14 Overs)

Shaheen comes back

NED 53/3 (13 Overs)

Wasim Jr replaces Nawaz

NED 49/3 (12 Overs)

Haris comes back into the attack

NED 43/3 (11 Overs)

Shadab comes again

NED 34/3 (10 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NED 28/3 (9 Overs)

8.1: Turning into the pads with the batter missing any bat on it. LBW appeal and given OUT!

Shadab continues

NED 26/2 (8 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz joins Shadab

NED 21/2 (7 Overs)

6.1: A genuine half-tracker on off. Turns away slightly, and Cooper looks to capitalise. Rocks back to pull, but its been hit straight to deep midwicket who is well inside the boundary line.

Shadab Khan comes in after power-play

NED 19/1 (6 Overs)

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

NED 18/1 (5 Overs)

Mohammad Wasim Jr replaces Shaheen

NED 12/1 (4 Overs)

Naseem continues to bowl from the other end

NED 9/1 (3 Overs)

2.2: Going short to Myburgh, who gets troubled by the bounce. The pull gets a top edge, and Wasim at fine leg runs in to take a simple one.

Shaheen continues

NED 3/0 (2 Overs)

Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end

NED 2/0 (1 Over)

Max O’Dowd and Stephan Myburgh come out to bat for the Netherlands. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs NETHERLANDS (1st INNING)

PERTH: Netherlands have won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the all-important Super 12s clash of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.

Netherlands: Max O’Dowd, Stephan Myburgh, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Colin Ackerman, Scott Edwards (c), Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Pringle, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren, Brandon Glover

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 1, Pakistan 1, Netherlands 0

FORM GUIDE

Pakistan: L, L, W, W, L
Netherlands: L, L, L, W, W

SYDNEY: New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12s fixture on Saturday.

PLAYING XIs

New Zealand XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

Sri Lanka XI: Kusal Mendis (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 19, New Zealand 19, Sri Lanka 8, No Result 1

FORM GUIDE

New Zealand: NR, W, L, W, W
Sri Lanka: L, W, W, W, L

PERTH: Pakistan will resume their expedition for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 semifinal berth today as they take on Zimbabwe in one of the three Super 12s Group 2 matches today at Optus Stadium here.

Pakistan, fresh from the anguishment of witnessing the vital two points slipping away on Sunday when they collided with arch-rivals India at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Zimbabwe, on the other hand, would be concerned about the thrashing they received from South Africa a day later, but also relieved to have come away with a point.

Pakistan’s frustrating defeat at the hands of India raised concerns about whether the team should have gone with four pacers and one spinner, which might result in them bringing Mohammad Wasim Jr into the lineup.

It is, however, more likely that the team would still recruit both their full-time spinners Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz in the Playing XI, whereas, the inclusion of a pacer can allow Babar Azam to have more options in the bowling department.

The bowling would be a major concern for Zimbabwe, consequently, from the thrashing, they endured in their first Super 12s match against South Africa.
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Pakistan would be heavily relying on their openers – Babar and Mohammad Rizwan – to fire in a must-win match, while their failure in the high-octane match against India turned to be a blessing in disguise as their middle-order chipped in on the big stage.

Their pace attack has been the key for them since this year’s Asia Cup, while their ace pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s underwhelming return might be a concern for them.

Zimbabwe, however, has been heavily relying on their all-rounder Sikandar Raza, while Wessley Madhvere’s brilliance in the last game could be a major confidence booster for their batting lineup.

Their pace attack paid them well in the tournament thus far, especially Blessing Muzarabani, whose height and the extra bounce on most Australian surfaces was always going to be a trump card for Zimbabwe.

The weather has been a concern for most of the teams in the ongoing World Cup, however, the weather forecast claims that only a five per cent chance of rain is expected here today.

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 17, Pakistan 16, Zimbabwe 1

HOBART: South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock’s quickfire knock of 18-ball 47 not out went in vain as their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12s fixture against Zimbabwe was called off due to uninterrupted rain.

Set to chase 80 in nine overs, South African opener de Kock launched an attack on the Zimbabwean bowlers from the very first over and set the foundation of the run chase as he scored 23 runs in the first over.

The rain then interrupted once again in the second over consequently causing the target to be revised as 64 in seven overs.

The wicketkeeper batter continued to charge the Zimbabwean bowlers and led his side to 51/0 in just three overs but the rain intervened again, forcing the match to be called off.

Quinton de Kock remained unbeaten with his blistering 47 off 18, laced with eight boundaries and a six, while his opening partner Temba Bavuma could face only two deliveries and scored as many runs.

Zimbabwean all-rounder scripted an astonishing fight for his team after a dreadful start and bolstered the side to put on a commendable total after the contest was reduced to nine overs per side.

Batting first, Zimbabwe suffered an enthralling attack from the South African pace attack which halted them to 19/4 in the fourth over.

Following the slump, Madhevere and Milton Shumba stitched a valiant fifth-wicket partnership and added 60 runs in just 32 deliveries.

Shumba who played the anchoring role with a 20-ball 18 fell on the final delivery of the innings to Anrich Nortje.

Madhevere, on the other hand, top-scored for Zimbabwe with an unbeaten 35 off just 18 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six.

Lungi Ngidi led the South African bowling attack with two wickets while Wayne Parnell and Nortje struck out a batter each.

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HOBART: Zimbabwe have won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the Super 12s Group 2 fixture of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

The rain, however, has intervened and consequently delayed the proceedings.

South Africa XI: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi

Zimbabwe: Regis Chakabva (wk), Craig Ervine (c), Wessly Madhevere, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani

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MELBOURNE: Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya held their nerves strong to steer India to a thrilling victory by four wickets in a nerve-wracking clash against arch-rivals Pakistan of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, here on Sunday.

IND 160/4 (20 Overs)

Nawaz to bowl the final over

IND 144/4 (19 Overs)

Haris comes to bowl his last

IND 129/4 (18 Overs)

Shaheen comes to bowl his last

IND 112/4 (17 Overs)

Naseem comes to bowl his last

IND 106/4 (16 Overs)

Haris comes back

IND 100/4 (15 Overs)

Naseem comes back into the attack

IND 90/4 (14 Overs)

Shadab comes to bowl his last

IND 83/4 (13 Overs)

Shaheen comes back into the attack

IND 74/4 (12 Overs)

Nawaz comes to bowl his third

IND 54/4 (11 Overs)

Shadab comes again

IND 45/4 (10 Overs)

Nawaz continues

IND 41/4 (9 Overs)

Shadab continues

IND 38/4 (8 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack

IND 33/4 (7 Overs)

6.1: Axar sets off for a single that’s never there and is sent back… have Pakistan made a mess of this? It’s been sent upstairs. Rizwan fumbled the throw with Axar short of his ground, but what broke the stumps: ball or gloves? Kettleborough has made a decision… he says ball!

Shadab comes to bowl after the powerplay

IND 31/3 (6 Overs)

5.3: Back of a length, hostile line, and cramps SKY for room as he looks for his release shot, attempting to steer down to third with an open face. Instead, he can only feather through to Rizwan.

Haris continues

IND 22/2 (5 Overs)

Naseem replaces Shaheen

IND 17/2 (4 Overs)

3.2: Just a fraction full of a good length, and Rohit’s feet were footed to the crease. He poked tentatively, playing away from his body, and a thickish edge flew quickly to Iftikhar.

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

IND 10/1 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

IND 7/1 (2 Overs)

1.5: Just short of a good length, Rahul was looking to steer it away with soft hands and an open face. But he could only manage to inside-edge into his back pad, and then onto the stumps.

Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end

IND 5/0 (1 Over)

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul come out to open the innings for India. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (2nd INNINGS)

Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed starred with glittering half-centuries to save the day for Pakistan after initial setbacks as Pakistan managed a respectable 160-run target against arch-rivals India in the high-voltage ICC T20 World Cup 2022, here on Sunday.

PAK 159/7 (20 Overs)

Kumar to bowl the final over

PAK 149/7 (19 Overs)

Arshdeep continues

PAK 135/7 (18 Overs)

Shami replaces Pandya

PAK 125/7 (17 Overs)

16.4: Asif looks to duck, it doesn’t get up as much as he expects, and he ends up having to get his bat up to protect his face, and ends up gloving the ball behind to DK/

Arshdeep comes back

PAK 116/6 (16 Overs)

15.5: Nawaz is looking to create room, and Pandya bowls a short-of-length ball at his body. Tries to run it down past short third, who has just moved into the circle, and the extra bounce ensures he only manages to glove it to the keeper.

Pandya comes to bowl his last

PAK 106/5 (15 Overs)

Ashwin comes again

PAK 99/5 (14 Overs)

13.6: Angling into middle and leg, so there’s very little room to work with either. Clears his front leg, goes hard with that diagonal bat, and hits it straight down the throat of deep midwicket.

13.2: Shadab looks to take it on. Clears his front leg to slog over the on side, but it’s a hard thing to do against this sort of length. Goes with a diagonal bat, slices it a little, and only succeeds in launching it straight to long-on.

Pandya replaces Axar

PAK 96/3 (13 Overs)

12.2: Full, with late tail into the right-hander. Again, Iftikhar looks to punch down the ground without getting forward, just clears his front leg and throws a straight bat at the ball, and this time the ball sneaks past his inside edge to thud into his back leg.

Shami comes back

PAK 91/2 (12 Overs)

Axar Patel comes into the attack

PAK 70/2 (11 Overs)

Ashwin continues

PAK 60/2 (10 Overs)

Pandya replaces Shami

PAK 50/2 (9 Overs)

Ravichandran Ashwin replaces Pandya

PAK 44/2 (8 Overs)

Shami continues

PAK 41/2 (7 Overs)

Hardik Pandya comes into the attack

PAK 32/2 (6 Overs)

Mohammed Shami comes to bowl his first

PAK 24/2 (5 Overs)

Kumar comes again

PAK 15/2 (4 Overs)

3.6: Arshdeep drops short, Rizwan takes on the hook shot but is rushed for pace by the extra bounce. Fine leg is set deep on the rope and completes a straightforward catch.

Arshdeep continues from the other end

PAK 10/1 (3 Overs)

Kumar continues

PAK 6/1 (2 Overs)

1.1: Full, swinging into the pads. Babar was looking to work it away with a roll of the wrists but it skidded into his shin. Ultra-Edge confirms no bat involved. Pitched in line, impact in line, hitting leg stump three-quarters of the way up! Babar trudges off.

Arshdeep Singh to bowl from the other end

PAK 1/0 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to open the innings for Pakistan. Bhuveneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (1st INNING)

MELBOURNE: India won the toss and elected to bowl first in the high-voltage clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Group 2 match of the Super round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2022, here at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Playing XIs:

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, R Ashwin Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,  Arshdeep Singh

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 11, India 8, Pakistan 3

PERTH: England’s left-arm pacer Sam Curran picked up his maiden five-wicket haul before batters held their nerves calm to seal a commanding victory over Afghanistan in the Group 1 fixture of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

Set to chase a mere 113, England cruised to victory in the 19th over with five wickets to spare.

Afghanistan bowlers kept things tight for the English batters but Liam Livingstone hung on and guided his side to glory with a sensible knock of 29.

The right-handed batter faced 21 deliveries and smashed three boundaries in the course of his match-winning knock.

English captain Jos Buttler (18), experienced opener Alex Hales (19) and Dawid Malan (19) also made significant contributions.

For Afghanistan, Mohammad Nabi, Fareed Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Fazalhaq Farooqi struck out a batter each.

Afghanistan, batting first on the invitation of England captain Jos Buttler, stumbled for a skimpy 112 in the 20th over.

Ibrahim Zadran and Usman Ghani put on a brief fight in the middle as they stitched a 27-run partnership for the third wicket to anchor the innings.

Curran, however, dampened their efforts as he castled Ghani in the 12th over to break the budding partnership. Ibrahim remained the top-scorer for Afghanistan as he scored a run-a-ball 32.

Following his dismissal, Afghanistan then ran into a frustrating collapse and could not recover. Usman, who was the other notable run-getter also walked back in the final over.

He scored a gritty 30 off as many deliveries, while no support from the other end, resulted in Afghanistan, bowling out for a below-par total.

Curran led the bowling attack for England as he picked up five wickets for 10 runs, while Mark Wood and Ben Stokes bagged two each.

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MELBOURNE: India’s captain Rohit Sharma claimed that his side is ready for a shorter game as well if the rain interrupts the most-talked clash of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 between Pakistan and India on Sunday.

Rohit, while addressing the pre-match press conference here, Rohit emphasised the need to acclimatize to the circumstances if rain disrupts a game.

“I’ve been hearing about Melbourne weather for a while now, and it keeps changing,” Sharma said. “You don’t really know what is going to happen tomorrow. The things that are in our control, we’ll try and control that.

“We need to come here thinking that it’s a 40-over game. We will be ready for that. If the situation demands that it’s a shorter game, we will be ready for that, as well. A lot of the guys have played such kinds of games before.

“Luckily, we played one game in India against Australia which was an eight-over game. I don’t think it’s going to make much of a difference, but we just certainly need to come here very well prepared.”

Rohit then replied to a query regarding whether the Indian cricket team should tour Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023, saying the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) will make a decision.

“The BCCI will decide whether India will tour Pakistan for Asia Cup or not. We are just focusing on our match tomorrow,” he said.

On a question regarding the unavailability of their ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah and top all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit insisted that the Indian team is strong enough to cope with the challenge.

“The bowlers, who have come with us in the World Cup, have played enough matches,” Rohit said.

The Indian captain then went on to respond to a query regarding India’s inability to win the ICC tournament and stated that he takes it as a challenge.

“India not winning the ICC tournament is not a pressure but a challenge,” he concluded.

It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan will start their T20 World Cup campaign on Sunday (October 23) as they take on their traditional rivals India.

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