Pallekele (Sri Lanka): Australian captain Mitchell Marsh on Friday described the team’s group-stage exit from the T20 World Cup as a “missed opportunity” but still believed he had the squad to go all the way in the tournament. Australia, one of the giants of limited-overs cricket with six ODI and one T20 World Cup title…
Pallekeele (Sri Lanka): Wounded Australia concluded what has been a wretched campaign with a nine-wicket thrashing of Oman in their inconsequential final group league fixture of the T20 World Cup here on Friday. Entering the game with only pride at stake after their shocking group-stage exit following losses to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, seasoned leg-spinner…
Formal Complaint to Justice Rao: Immediate Review of U-23 Women’s Selection By Yet Another Aggrieved Girl’s Parent I write this not as a statistic, not as a disgruntled voice in the crowd, but as a mother watching her daughter’s dreams being quietly dismantled. I write with anguish, not anger. And I write with hope —…
Pallakele (Sri Lanka): Australia will look to end one of their most calamitous World Cup campaigns on a positive note when they meet minnows Oman in their inconsequential final outing of this year’s T20 showpiece here on Friday. Australia, the limited-overs titans with six ODI and one T20I World Cup titles, were eliminated in the…
By A Parent I write this not as a critic with an agenda, not as a rival parent nursing personal disappointment, but as someone who has invested years — emotionally, financially, and morally — in Hyderabad cricket. What we are witnessing today is not an isolated controversy. It is a deepening crisis of credibility that…
Ahmedabad: Varun Chakravarthy (3/14) returned with three wickets after Shivam Dube (66) shone in the first innings as India topped Group A with a 17-run victory over the Netherlands in the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Bas de Leede top-scored with 33 as the Netherlands batters kept fighting till the end. Deciding to bat,…
New Delhi: South Africa fine-tuned their preparations for the T20 World Cup Super 8s by cruising to a six-wicket win against the United Arab Emirates in their final group game in Delhi. Set a target of 123 by the UAE, who had already been eliminated, South Africa knocked off the runs with 40 balls to…
New Delhi: Zimbabwe scripted history on Tuesday by reaching the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup for the first time in the history of the tournament. Zimbabwe qualified for the last eight of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 after their group-stage match against Ireland at the Pallekele International Stadium in Pallekele was washed…
Mumbai: Dipendra Singh Airee blazed away to an unbeaten fifty as Nepal defeated Scotland by seven wickets in their final T20 World Cup Group C clash here on Tuesday. Airee smashed 50 off 23 deliveries after Kushal Bhurtel scored a 35-ball 43 to overhaul the 171-run target with four balls to spare. Opting to bowl,…
By Vinay Rao Hyderabad cricket is no stranger to turbulence. But what it faces today is not routine turbulence. It is an institutional credibility test. The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), already battered by allegations of corruption, nepotism, administrative paralysis and internal factionalism, now stands at a defining crossroads. And the central question before it is…
