So the ECB have dumped the Friends Provident Trophy, England’s 50-over domestic competition, from next season onwards. There will still be a 40-over thrash, mainly played on Sundays, along with tweaks to the Twenty20 Cup. More here.
More excitingly, England will host Pakistan and Australia next summer. Before that, there will be two Tests and three [...]
So Zimbabwe have beaten both Australia and Pakistan in the warm up matches - does it really matter?With T20 cricket, you can never say. Even Afghanistan stand a chance!I just got my head around the different groups and the seedings and was surprised to see Australia seeded 9th.Then I remembered how they had exited the last World T20 in the first round. Back then they had a tough group; this time i...
Bangladesh almost gave Pakistan a few heart attacks last night, but Australia made sure that the defending champions do not get knocked out in Round 1 of the World T20.More than Pakistan’s chances of advancing in the 20-20 world cup, I was concerned about Waqar Younis. The last time Pakistan got knocked out of a world cup in the West Indies, the coach did not make it back home.Fortunately, t...
England have now qualified for the final, having thrashed the Lankans soundly. Australia are almost certain to join them, unless Pakistan decide they want to be in their third successive final and step it up massively. It won’t be easy, the Aussie pace attack has breathed fire all tournament with no signs of letting up. All the batsmen (even Clarke) have played their parts perfectly to boot....
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