Forget grounds and nets and training. If you want to break records in cricket, get hooked on Instagram. It certainly did the trick for Dewald Brevis who took the world by storm on Monday, cracking 162 off 57 balls in a T20 game in South Africa. The 19-year old batter’s shots bear a striking resemblance

Australia 179 for 5 (Finch 63, McCarthy 3-29) beat Ireland 137 (Tucker 71*, Maxwell 2-14) by 42 runs The margin of victory will suggest the defending champions have got their campaign back on track. But it was a less-than-perfect performance from Australia as they beat Ireland by 42 runs to join New Zealand on five

While not yet certain, it feels as though this group is becoming a race for the second semi-final spot after New Zealand made a further statement with their big win over Sri Lanka. If that is indeed the case, then Australia and Ireland are firmly in that tussle. It may have felt unlikely that these

Bangladesh were celebrating, the players had left the field, Blessing Muzarabani had taken his pads off. This T20 World Cup threw up another extraordinary finish as the players were called back onto the field at the Gabba to re-bowl the final delivery after TV replays had shown that wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan had taken the last

After their close defeats to India and Zimbabwe, Pakistan were left needing to win their remaining two matches and also hoping that India do them a favour by beating South Africa. Both Afridi and Shadab Khan said they were not thinking too much about the other results, and that the first two matches could have

Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to bat first against Zimbabwe in Brisbane, hoping the team would take advantage of a dry pitch. His opposite number Craig Ervine said Zimbabwe would have preferred to bat first, too. The two teams made one change each, both giving an idea

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka has backed his young team to again show their fighting qualities and push for a semi-final place at the T20 World Cup despite the heavy defeat against New Zealand at the SCG. Shanaka admitted that their fielding effort had been a deciding factor – Glenn Phillips was dropped twice, including

The joke among Bangladesh fans, particularly in the past eight years, is that their team schedules a series against Zimbabwe whenever they are out of form. But that overlooks the fact that it is the cricket boards – and not the teams themselves – that schedule series against each other. And in that respect, the

Kieron Pollard has described West Indies’ failure to make the Super 12s of the 2022 T20 World Cup as a “sad day” for Caribbean cricket. The former captain, who retired in April, said he was both “surprised” and disappointed at West Indies’ exit and agreed that head coach Phil Simmons will now come under pressure

West Indies’ white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran has vowed to use the hurt of his team’s first-round exit at the T20 World Cup as “motivation” to bounce back strongly. After suffering defeats against Scotland and then Ireland, West Indies failed to make the T20 World Cup proper for the first time. “Obviously, we don’t know what