News Former Kent and England seamer was diagnosed more than two decades ago Alan Igglesden, the former Kent and England seamer, has died at the age of 57 after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour more than two decades ago. In a statement on Monday, Kent said they were devastated to learn of Igglesden’s

Big picture Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan have not lurched from crisis to catastrophe, and are not furiously mapping out probability trees, calculating net run rates, and praying that other teams help them sneak into the next round via the back door? Is it really a World Cup if Pakistan are not

News The panel said it “was not reasonable for Azeem to have been offended” At least one Yorkshire player admitted to regularly using the term ‘P**i’ when talking to Azeem Rafiq, according to the report into racism at the club. But he was cleared of wrongdoing on the basis that it was perceived as, what

News Coach Pierre de Bruyn calls Afghanistan defeat an “icebreaker” after winning run comes to abrupt end After notching up three successive wins against Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland, Namibia couldn’t quite keep up with Afghanistan’s intensity on Sunday, losing by 62 runs. It is only going to get tougher for them as they next run

Report Hamid Hassan finished with 3 for 9 and Naveen-ul-Haq took 3 for 26 to crush Namibia Afghanistan 160 for 5 (Shahzad 45, Zazai 33, Nabi 32*, Afghan 31, Loftie-Eaton 2-21) beat Namibia 98 for 9 (Wiese 26, Hassan 3-9, Naveen 3-26) by 62 runs Two nights after running Pakistan close, Afghanistan proved their experience

Preview Both teams have flaws that they need to fix to stay in the running for a semi-final spot Big picture Very quietly, India vs New Zealand has become a classic little rivalry. It fits the biggest stages and produces some heart-stopping moments. Martin Guptill’s throw to run MS Dhoni out. Ross Taylor’s pull to

News Captain admits England “dominated us from the start” but remains confident in side’s ability Aaron Finch has insisted that Australia are “a very good team in T20 international cricket” despite their eight-wicket hammering against England in Dubai on Saturday night, but he recognised that the scale of their defeat – with 50 balls to

Report Pathum Nissanka’s 58-ball 72 and Wanindu Hasaranga’s hat-trick go in vain as Sri Lanka lose their second game South Africa’s chase veered, almost stalled, and threatened to careen off a cliff – particularly when Wanindu Hasaranga claimed a T20I hat-trick to go with the ODI one he took on debut. But, in the end,

Report The lower order dug in but Victoria wrapped up victory midway through the final session Victoria 199 (Maddinson 87, Abbott 6-38) and 3 for 290 dec (Harris 137, Handscomb 115) beat New South Wales 151 (Boland 4-34) and 134 by 204 runs Marcus Harris‘ magic touch continued at Drummoyne Oval, where the opener snaffled

News ICC promise ‘thorough investigation’ after disturbances outside Dubai Stadium The ICC have asked the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) to “undertake a thorough investigation” following crowd trouble caused by “thousands of ticketless fans” at Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Super 12s game in the men’s T20 World Cup in Dubai. The sides’ previous World Cup meeting, at