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T20 WC: West Indies win toss, elect to field first against Scotland

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HOBART: West Indies won the toss and elected to field first against Scotland in the third match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, here on Monday. 

Playing XIs: 

West Indies: Kyle Mayers, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Shamarh Brooks, Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Obed McCoy

Scotland: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Matthew Cross, Richie Berrington (c), Calum MacLeod, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Mark Watt, Josh Davey, Brad Wheal, Safyaan Sharif

T20 World Cup: Shaheen available for warm-up game against England

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BRISBANE: Pakistan’s main strike bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is ready to get back into action tomorrow after three-month hiatus since he faced a knee in Sri Lanka. 

According to the details, the left-arm pacer will be available for the national team’s first warm-up match of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup against England on Monday (tomorrow).

Meanwhile, left-handed batter Fakhar Zaman will undergo further rehabilitation and is likely to be rested for tomorrow’s warm-up.

Both players joined the national team in Brisbane on Saturday after completing their rehabilitation in London.

Pakistan will take on England in their first warm-up match before locking horns with Afghanistan on October 19 (Wednesday). The Green Shirts will start their T20 World Cup campaign with a blockbuster clash against arch-rivals India on October 23 at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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T20 World Cup: UAE win toss, opt to bat first against Netherlands

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GEELONG: United Arab Emirates (UAE) won the toss and elected to bat first against the Netherlands in the second match of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup first round.

Playing XIs:

UAE: Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Muhammad Waseem, Chirag Suri, Vriitya, Aravind (wk), Basil  Hameed, Zawar Farid, Aryan Lakra, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c/wk), Max O’Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren

 

Pakistan to begin T20 World Cup 2022 journey tomorrow

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CHRISTCHURCH: After a resounding win in the Tri-series final here on Friday, the national cricket team are scheduled to depart for Brisbane tomorrow, except team’s skipper Babar Azam, to participate in ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

The Green Shirts will be aiming to lift the title for the second time – 13 years after winning their maiden T20 World Cup in 2009.

According to the details shared by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Pakistan skipper Babar will leave for Melbourne today to join the captains of other participating teams of the tournament for the official trophy shoot and pre-tournament press conference tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Pakistani contingent will take a flight from Christchurch tomorrow and will land in Brisbane, Australia on the same day.

Shaheen Shah Afridi and Fakhar Zaman will join the team in Brisbane tomorrow. The two cricketers had just completed their rehabilitation in London. Dr Javed will accompany them and serve as the team’s second physio during the event.

Pakistan’s batting mentor Matthew Hayden will also join the team once they arrive in Brisbane.

The Green Shirt will start its World Cup campaign on October 23 with a blockbuster clash against arch-rivals India at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The team will leave for Melbourne after playing two warm-up games in Brisbane against England and Afghanistan on October 17 and 19, respectively.

READ: Nawaz, Haider shine as Pakistan beat New Zealand to seal T20 tri-series

 

West Indies, Scotland triumph on Day 1 of ICC T20 WC warm-ups

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MELBOURNE: The ICC T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up matches kicked off here as West Indies outclassed United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 17 runs, while Scotland emerged victorious over the Netherlands by 18 runs in the second match.

West Indies, batting first on the invitation of UAE captain Chundangapoyil Rizwan, finished at 152/9 in the allotted 20 overs, thanks to a brilliant fourth-wicket partnership between King and Pooran.

West Indies endured a fierce challenge from a gritty UAE side as they put up a fantastic bowling display against the two-time world champions, led by Junaid Siddique’s 4-0-13-5 spell.

King’s 64 and skipper Pooran’s 46 helped the Caribbean team to 152/9 in their 20 overs.

Set to chase 153, UAE fell 17 runs short of victory as they finished at 135/6 in their quota of 20 overs despite a magnificent knock of 69 from Muhammad Waseem.

The opening batter held his ground firm while the side was losing wickets at regular intervals which prohibited them from amassing the total.

Zawar Farid played an excellent cameo of 29* off 14 towards the end of their innings, putting on an excellent stand of 53 runs with Waseem. But that came too late in the innings.

In the second match of the day, Scotland outclassed the Netherlands by 18 runs at the same venue.

Batting first, Scotland accumulated 15/1 in 20 overs, at the back of Richie Berrington’s 41 and Michael Leask’s 37.

The rest of the batters, on the other hand, also made handy contributions and bolstered their side to put on a defendable total.

Dutch bowlers Brandon Glover and Bas de Leede put on a show with the ball for their side, picking up three wickets each.

Scotland then put on a disciplined bowling performance in the run chase and restricted the Netherlands to 133/7, winning the match by 18 runs.

Max O’Dowd top-scored for the Netherlands with 43, whereas Brad Wheal was the pick of the Scotland bowlers with figures of 2/24 to his name.

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England drops Jason Roy from T20 World Cup squad

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LONDON: Star opener Jason Roy has been sidelined from the team as England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup scheduled from October 16 to November 13 in Australia. 

Jos Buttler will lead the team in his first global tournament as captain, after assuming charge of the England team from Eoin Morgan, who retired from international cricket earlier this year.

Phil Salt has been brought into the squad to replace Roy, who is currently experiencing a slump with the bat in the shortest format as he managed only 206 runs averaging 18.72 in the last 11 T20Is.

Pacers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood have also been named in both squads for the T20 World Cup and T20I tour of Pakistan. Meanwhile, Chris Jordan and Liam Livingstone have been rested for the tour due to injuries, they will join the team in Australia for T20I mega event.

England T20 World Cup squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, and Mark Wood.

Travelling Reserves: Tymal Mills, Liam Dawson, and Richard Gleeson

READ: Moeen, Buttler to lead England on T20I tour of Pakistan

‘I go to Sarfaraz for advice as captain’ Babar Azam

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LAHORE: Pakistan’s captain in all three formats, Babar Azam praised captaincy advice from Champions Trophy 2017 winning skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed. 

In Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s ceremony to honor cricketers, Babar said he goes to Sarfaraz for captaincy advice anytime.

“As a captain, I learned a lot from Saifi Bhai. I always go to him for captaincy advice because I know his experience as a skipper. He knows the game very well and is always there to support me,” he shared.

Babar once again called ‘Pakistan victory against India in T20 World Cup’ as a highlight for him in 2021.

“The highlight for me in 2021 was our victory against India. I am happy with how our players performed like a unit. We didn’t take pressure against them,” he said.

Pakistan beat India for the first time in ICC World Cup that too by 10 wickets.

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‘It was great working with Pakistani players’ Philander

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DHAKA: Pakistan’s former bowling consultant Vernon Philander shared his experience of working with Pakistani bowlers. 

In a video released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Philander said Pakistani bowlers responded so well to him throughout the T20 World Cup and Bangladesh tour.

“I have really enjoyed my time with the Pakistan team. The players have responded me so well and it was worth working with them in the mega event and Bangladesh tour,” he said.

“It was great to know some of the greatest bowling talents in Pakistan. I have tried to share my experience with them and also to learn from them. Unfortunately, we lost in the T20 WC semi-final but we played some really good cricket,” he added.

It must be noted here that PCB chairman Ramiz Raja appointed Philander and Matthew Wade bowling and batting consultants respectively for the mega event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Pakistanis take supportive stance for Hasan Ali

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KARACHI: Pakistanis came out in numbers to support national fast bowler Hasan Ali who was blamed for dropping an important catch in the T20 World Cup semi-final against Australia. 

Hasan dropped a catch of Matthew Wade off Shaheen Shah Afridi in the 19th over which cost Pakistan qualification into the final of the mega event.

Cricket fans in the country showed full support to the national cricketer in his tough phase.

Pakistan remained unbeaten in the group stage of the extravaganza. The Green Shirts also beat their arch-rivals India for the first time in any World Cup that too by 10 wickets.

READ: Australia beat Pakistan to qualify for T20 WC final

Australia beat Pakistan to qualify for T20 WC final

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Australia won by five wickets to qualify for T20 World Cup final

AUS 177-5 (19 overs)

Shaheen bowls

AUS 155-5 (18 overs)

Hasan to bowl his last over

AUS 140-5 (17 overs)

Haris to bowl

AUS 127-5 (16 overs)

Hasan comes back

AUS 115-5 (15 overs)

Shaheen to bowl his last spell

AUS 109-5 (14 overs)

Haris comes back

AUS 103-5 (13 overs)

Shadab bowls his last over

AUS 95-4 (12 overs)

Imad bowls his third over

AUS 92-4 (11 overs)

Shadab comes again

AUS 89-3 (10 overs)

Hasan comes back

AUS 80-3 (9 overs)

Shadab continues

AUS 70-2 (8 overs)

Mohammad Hafeez to bowl

AUS 57-2 (7 overs)

Shadab Khan comes to bowl

AUS 52-1 (6 overs)

Hasan Ali has been given his first over

AUS 44-1 (5 overs)

Haris Rauf comes in

AUS 30-1 (4 overs)

Imad continues

AUS 13-1 (3 overs)

Shaheen continues

AUS 6-1 (2 overs)

Imad Wasim comes to bowl

AUS 1-1 (1 over)

David Warner to face Shaheen Shah Afridi

Pakistan vs Australia (2nd innings)

Australia need 177 runs to qualify for T20 World Cup’s final

Starc (2-38)

Rizwan (67)

Fakhar (55*)

PAK 176-4 (20 overs)

Starc to bowl last over

PAK 161-3 (19 overs)

Cummins to bowl second last over

PAK 158-2 (18 overs)

Starc to bowl his third over

PAK 143-1 (17 overs)

Hazlewood comes back

PAK 122-1 (16 overs)

Zampa comes to bowl his fourth

PAK 117-1 (15 overs)

Cummins joins again

PAK 106-1 (14 overs)

Hazlewood joins Starc from the other end

PAK 92-1 (13 overs)

Starc comes to bowl again

PAK 89-1 (12 overs)

Zampa continues from the other end

PAK 75-1 (11 overs)

Maxwell continues

PAK 71-1 (10 overs)

Zampa bowls again

PAK 68-0 (9 overs)

Maxwell comes back

PAK 62-0 (8 overs)

Mitchell Marsh comes with the ball

PAK 51-0 (7 overs)

Adam Zampa comes to bowl

PAK 47-0 (6 overs)

Cummins continues

PAK 38-0 (5 overs)

Hazlewood comes again

PAK 29-0 (4 overs)

Pat Cummins joins the attack

PAK 21-0 (3 overs)

Glenn Maxwell comes to bowl

PAK 11-0 (2 overs)

Josh Hazlewood bowls from the other end

PAK 6-0 (1 over)

Mohammad Rizwan faces Mitchell Starc to start the proceedings in second T20 World Cup semi-final

Pakistan vs Australia (1st innings)

DUBAI: Australia has won the toss and decided to bowl first against Pakistan in the second T20 World Cup 2021 semi-final here at Dubai International Stadium on Thursday. 

Australia David Warner, Aaron Finch (capt), Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf