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The United States of America (USA) became the first team to be penalised five runs under the new stop-clock rules in their T20 World Cup 2024 loss to India on Wednesday but coach Stuart Law insisted it “did not affect the outcome of the game”.

The sanction has been introduced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in an effort to speed up play. A team is penalised if after two warnings they still take more than a minute between overs.

On Wednesday, the USA were penalised at the start of the 16th over and instead of needing 35 runs off 30 balls to reach their 111-run target, India’s task became 30 off 30 deliveries instead.

“We had a few warnings in earlier games, and it’s something we do talk about to get through faster between the overs,” said former Australian international Law.

“We’re only a fledgling team. There’s plenty to learn. There’s not just the cricket aspect of the game of cricket, but there’s also the other intricacies that need to be embedded. It’s a rule that’s only just come in.

“A lot of our players wouldn’t have heard about it before we played in the Bangladesh series or the Canada series earlier this year.”

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Despite the penalty, Law said the five-run sanction would not have impacted the outcome of the Group A clash.

India won by seven wickets with a comfortable 10 balls to spare to qualify for the second round Super Eights.

“Five runs wasn’t going to affect the outcome of the game,” added Law. “The players know the rule, but it’s something that if you haven’t played with it for a long time, it’s very difficult to have it embedded in your brain.”

Law said he has no issue with the new regulation if it helps speed up passages of play.

“There needs to be a pace of play. I think if you’re dragging games out that should last three and a half hours, they’re going for four and a half hours, that’s a bit much.

“I don’t see it as a bad thing, I see it as a good thing. The game continues to move. When momentum is with you, you want to keep that momentum running quicker and put the opposition under pressure that way.”

Despite the defeat, the United States will still qualify for the second round with a win or even a no-result in their final group game against Ireland on Friday.

READ: “That’s in our best interest” Hazlewood on England’s elimination

TAROUBA: New Zealand have won the toss and chose to bowl first against the co-host West Indies in the 26th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here at Brian Lara Stadium on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs

West Indies: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie

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New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

READ: “That’s in our best interest” Hazlewood on England’s elimination

Australia’s right-arm speedster Josh Hazlewood on Tuesday, stated that eliminating defending champions England from the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 would be “in our best interests as well as probably everyone else”.

Former champions Australia blew away Namibia by nine wickets as they chased down the modest 72-run target in 5.4 overs to qualify for the Super 8s with one game to spare.

Australia will face Scotland in their last group-stage fixture which could decide England’s fate in the T20 World Cup 2024 even if they manage to beat Oman and Namibia in their remaining group matches.

Meanwhile, Josh Hazlewood, who returned brilliant figures of 2/18 in his side’s statement victory over Namibia, hinted at the possibility of exploiting England’s difficulty in the tournament in the post-match press conference.

“In this tournament, you potentially come up against England at some stage again and they’re probably one of the top few teams on their day,” stated Hazlewood.

“We’ve had some real struggles against them in T20 cricket, so if we can get them out of the tournament, that’s in our best interest as well as probably everyone else’s I think.

“It will be interesting to see, never really been in this position before as a team I don’t think.

“Whether we have discussions or not, or we just try and play again the way we played tonight, that will be up to people, not me.”

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Josh Hazlewood was then pressed to reveal what would Australia’s tactics be to knock England out of the tournament.

“Not too sure really. Whether you get close and just knock it around, drag it out.

“There are a few options there, but to take confidence from winning and winning well, I think that’s almost more important than potentially trying to knock someone else out.

“They [England] have still got a lot to do on their behalf as well. So, I think it will become clearer the closer we get to that sort of stuff.”

It is worth mentioning that reigning champions England are in a tough situation, pertaining to their qualification to the Super 8s stage of the T20 World Cup as they are fourth in Group B with just one point in two matches.

The defending champions had their campaign opener against Scotland washed out before they succumbed to a 36-run defeat against arch-rivals Australia.

READ: India avoid USA scare to reach T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8s

NEW YORK: Arshdeep Singh’s four-fer, followed by Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten half-century led India to a hard-fought victory over the United States of America (USA) in the 25th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

The seven-wicket victory propelled India to the Super 8s of the ongoing mega event.

India had to make hard yards to chase down the 111-run target as the USA bowlers bowled tightly.

The former champions got off to an unwanted start to the run-chase as they lost both their openers Virat Kohli (0) and Rohit Sharma (3) inside three overs with just 15 runs on the board.

Following the early debacle, Suryakumar Yadav joined Rishabh Pant in the middle and the two combined to anchor the run chase.

Pant and Yadav added 29 runs for the third wicket before the former was cleaned up by Ali Khan in the eighth over.

Yadav then stitched a match-winning partnership with Shivam Dube and steered India over the line in the penultimate over.

Suryakumar Yadav top-scored for India with an unbeaten 50 off 49 deliveries while Dube made a 35-ball 31 not out.

Saurabh Netravalkar was the pick of the bowlers for the USA with two wickets while Ali Khan took one.

Sent into bat first, the USA could only accumulate 110/8 in the allotted 20 overs despite Nitish Kumar’s brisk 27 in the middle.

The co-hosts had a disastrous start to their innings as their opener Shayan Jahangir (0) and wicketkeeper batter Andries Gous (2) fell victim to Arshdeep in the first delivery of the innings.

In-form Aaron Jones then briefly stabilized the proceedings with a cautious third-wicket partnership with Steven Taylor.

The duo added 22 runs for the third wicket until Jones perished in the eighth over after scoring 11 off 22 deliveries with the help of a six.

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Taylor then joined forces with Nitish Kumar and the pair added a further 31 runs to the USA total before the former finally departed in the 12th over.

Steven Taylor scored 24 off 30 deliveries, laced up with two sixes.

Kumar then knitted a brief one-sided partnership with Corey Anderson before Arshdeep Singh struck again for India to dent USA’s march.

He remained the top scorer for the USA with 27 off 23 deliveries, featuring two fours and a six.

Following his dismissal, Anderson (15), Harmeet Singh (10) and Shadley van Schalkwyk (11*) added valuable runs to the home side’s total at the backend.

Arshdeep Singh spearheaded India’s bowling charge with exceptional figures of 4/9 in his four overs, followed by Hardik Pandya, who bagged two wickets.

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel chipped in with a wicket.

The seven-wicket victory strengthened India’s grip at the summit of Group A of the T20 World Cup 2024 with six points in three matches while USA remained second with four points in as many matches.

READ: Pakistan players on the rise in ICC Men’s T20I Rankings

NEW YORK: India have won the toss and chose to bowl first against the co-host United States of America (USA) in the 25th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

PLAYING XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.

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USA: Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir, Andries Gous, Nitish Kumar, Aaron Jones (c), Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Jasdeep Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan.

READ: Pakistan players on the rise in ICC Men’s T20I Rankings

Former New Zealand cricketer and renowned commentator Simon Doull came out in support of Pakistan following their seven-wicket victory over Canada in the must-win ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 clash.

Former champions Pakistan, who were on the verge of an early exit, chased down a modest 107-run target against Canada in 17.3 overs and for the loss of three wickets.

Despite finally tasting their first triumph in the ongoing mega event, the 2009 champions were criticized for not chasing down the target in fewer overs.

According to the details, if Pakistan had chased down the total in around 14 overs then they would have gone past the United States of America (USA) in terms of net run-rate.

But Simon Doull backed Babar Azam-led side and asserted that the tricky conditions made it tough to score freely.

“We did see some aggressive intent [from Pakistan] but that pitch is very difficult to play anything across the line and to get the timing right down the ground. First and foremost, the two points were the big key for them and don’t have any periods where you let Canada back in the game and give your wickets away,” Doull said.

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Doull further said that chasing down the total with 15 balls to spare would decently uplift the team’s net run-rate while India’s comfortable win over the USA will also help them.

“They still did it with 15 balls to spare which will do their run-rate a bit of good and India can help them with a comfortable win over the USA,” stated Doull.

“Then Pakistan and USA might be on a similar sort of situation as far as run-rate is concerned by the end of tomorrow,” he added.

Pakistan next face Ireland in their final group-stage fixture on June 16 while the USA will compete against India and Ireland in their next fixtures.

If the host nation manage to win one more game then Pakistan’s journey in the T20 World Cup 2024 would be over.

Pakistan are third in the Group A standings with two points in three matches while the USA are second with four points in two matches.

READ: Pakistan squad reaches Florida ahead of Ireland clash

The Pakistan men’s cricket team on Wednesday reached Florida from New York to play their final group match against Ireland in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

The team will take a break and rest in their hotel today, meanwhile training schedule will be announced in due course.

Pakistan are scheduled to face Ireland on June 16 at Central Broward Park Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida. However, there is a 47% chance of rain on that day.

For the unversed, Pakistan registered their first victory in the T20 World Cup 2024 yesterday against Canada.

Set to chase 107, Pakistan amassed the total for the loss of three wickets and 15 balls to spare, courtesy of an anchoring second-wicket partnership between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.

The seven-wicket victory propelled Pakistan to third in Group A standings of the T20 World Cup 2024 with two points in three matches while Canada slipped to fourth due to an inferior net run rate.

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Pakistan’s new opening pair of Saim Ayub (6) and Rizwan failed to give them a decent start as the left-handed batter perished in the fifth over with just 20 runs on the board.

Babar then joined Rizwan in the middle and the duo anchored the run chase with a gutsy partnership.

They added 63 runs for the second wicket before Babar fell prey to Dilon Heyliger in the 15th over. He scored a run-a-ball 33 with the help of one boundary and a six.

Rizwan partnered briefly with Fakhar Zaman, who scored just four and perished on the second delivery of the 18th over with just three more required.

Usman Khan then hit the winning runs for Pakistan when he guided one towards the midwicket region for a couple.

Mohammad Rizwan remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with an unbeaten 53 off as many deliveries, hitting three boundaries and a six.

Dilon Heyliger led the bowling charge for Canada with 2/18 while Jeremy Gordon made one scalp.

READ: New Zealand coach talks about team changes ahead of West Indies clash

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan set an unwanted record during his side’s seven-wicket victory over Canada during the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here on Tuesday.

Set to chase 107, Pakistan amassed the total for the loss of three wickets and 15 balls to spare, courtesy of an anchoring half-century by Rizwan.

The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 53 off as many deliveries, hitting three boundaries and a six. This was the first half-century by any batter from Pakistan in the ongoing tournament.

However, Rizwan took 52 balls to reach his half-century, which is the slowest in the history of the T20 World Cup.

The record was previously held by South Africa’s David Miller who scored a half-century in 50 balls against the Netherlands recently at the same venue.

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Rizwan opened the innings for Pakistan with Saim Ayub (6), however, they failed to give the Green Shirts a decent start as the latter perished in the fifth over with just 20 runs on the board.

Skipper Babar Azam then joined Rizwan in the middle and the duo anchored the run chase with a gutsy partnership. They added 63 runs for the second wicket before Babar fell prey to Dilon Heyliger in the 15th over.

He scored a run-a-ball 33 with the help of one boundary and a six.

Mohammad Rizwan partnered briefly with Fakhar Zaman, who scored just four and perished on the second delivery of the 18th over with just three more required.

Usman Khan then hit the winning runs for Pakistan when he guided one towards the midwicket region for a couple.

READ: T20 World Cup 2024: Australia decimate Namibia to qualify for Super Eight stage

Coach Gary Stead said his New Zealand team have held “honest conversations” ahead of a do-or-die clash against the West Indies at the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

A stunning loss to Afghanistan in their opening game means the beaten 2021 finalists must win their remaining three pool matches to advance.

That starts with co-hosts the West Indies at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on Wednesday.

“This is essentially like a knockout game. We have got to give it everything we can,” Stead told New Zealand media on a video call. “We have to win three games. We have to win them well.”

New Zealand were well beaten by Afghanistan, by 84 runs, for their first defeat to Afghanistan in T20I cricket.

Stead said he may tinker with his line-up but will resist making vast changes.

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“I think one of the dangers is if you chop and change too much, then it looks like you are panicking a wee bit,” he said. “We had some pretty honest conversations around the performance.”

“It’s a new game. The danger is you take what happened in the last game and bring it into this one.

“Our challenge is to pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off and make sure the next performance is something that we should be proud of.”

The West Indies survived a scare of their own in their opening game when they laboured to a five-wicket win over Papua New Guinea. However, they thrashed Uganda in their second Group C game.

Stead said New Zealand must subdue the West Indies’ hard-hitting batsmen.

“They’re a team that can be unpredictable,” he said. “They have a lot of power through their batting order, they are boundary-hitters.”

“Our plans around how we nullify that will go a long way to how the game might play out.”

READ: T20 World Cup 2024: Australia decimate Namibia to qualify for Super Eight stage

ANTIGUA: Australia registered a crushing nine-wicket victory over Namibia to qualify for the Super Eight stage of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here on Tuesday.

Chasing a modest target of 72, Australia gave a dominant batting performance as they achieved the total in 5.4 overs.

David Warner gave his side a fiery start with an eight-ball 20, which featured three boundaries and one six before David Weise got him out.

However, Travis Head and skipper Mitchell Marsh carried on the momentum, ending the game inside the powerplay.

Head scored 34 off 17 with the help of five boundaries and two sixes, while Marsh scored a nine-ball 18, laced with three boundaries and one six.

Earlier, Australia opted to bowl and wreaked havoc against the Namibian batting line-up with three quick wickets in 4.1 overs with 15 runs on the board.

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The early onslaught prompted Namibia to play cautiously as they scored only six runs in the next 21 balls and lost two wickets in the process.

Namibia’s captain Gerhard Erasmus kept rotating strike amid falling wickets before switching gears during the 29-run stand with Jack Brassell (2).

Erasmus top-scored for his side with a 43-ball 36, which featured four boundaries and one six.

Marcus Stoinis dismissed Erasmus as well as last-man Ben Shikongo to wrap up Namibia’s innings at 72 runs in 17 overs.

For Australia, Zampa topped the bowling charts with the figures of 4-12, while Stoinis and Josh Hazlewood bagged two wickets each.

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