England romp to T20 World Cup semi-finals June 23, 2024 A monstrous effort from England against the United States earned the defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions a spot in the semi-finals as they recorded a 10-wicket victory over the tournament co-hosts. Having been on the brink of a World Cup exit earlier in the tournament England – led by Matthew Mott and captained by [...]
WATCH: Salt’s heroic innings lead England to brink of T20 World Cup semi-finals June 20, 2024 Salt batted brilliantly in his side’s opening Super 8 match against co-hosts the West Indies in St Lucia.
Steven Finn: Reece Topley can play key role for England at T20 World Cup June 18, 2024 Former international bowler Steven Finn has backed Reece Topley to play a key part in England’s bid to defend their T20 Cricket World Cup title in the Caribbean. England scraped through to the Super Eight second stage of the World Cup, this year being co-hosted by the United States and West Indies, having needed to [...]
USA has cricket fever as nation looks to lay sporting foundations June 17, 2024 On social media platform X last week, mid-way through the USA’s T20 Cricket World Cup group game against tournament favourites India, one account explained the complicated scoreboard of cricket to an American using the analogy of a burger eating contest. The 20 overs represented 20 minutes to eat as many burgers as possible, and wickets [...]
Scotland defeat hands England spot in T20 Cricket World Cup Super Eight June 16, 2024 Defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions England breathed a huge sigh of relief over the weekend after Australia beat Scotland to hand Jos Buttler’s men a place in the Super Eight. Having drawn against Scotland, lost to Australia and beaten Oman; England needed a bumper result over Namibia to overtake Scotland in their World Cup [...]
Hazlewood: In Australia’s interest to see England knocked out June 12, 2024 Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has said it would be in his team’s “best interest” to do what they can to knock England out of the T20 Cricket World Cup. Australia beat England at the weekend to leave the defending champions needing wins against Oman today and then Namibia to have any shot at progressing [...]
Barmy Army boss: England can still win T20 Cricket World Cup June 11, 2024 Chris Millard, the managing director of England cricket’s Barmy Army, is standing next to the 9/11 World Trade Centre memorial in the heart of New York City watching India beat Pakistan in the world’s biggest cricket match. “It’s great. It is amazing, it is very good to see cricket in a new market being consumed [...]
Buttler: England cannot be consumed by World Cup permutations June 11, 2024 England cricket captain Jos Buttler has said that his side must not be “consumed” by permutations as the defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions face being dumped from the competition. Having drawn against Scotland due to the rain, England suffered a heavy loss to Australia to leave their World Cup hopes hanging by a thread. [...]
England are T20 World Cup champions. Can they defend their title? June 4, 2024 The Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, will be the backdrop when England get their T20 Cricket World Cup defence underway against Scotland on Tuesday. This year’s competition, the ninth T20 World Cup since its debut in 2007, sees the West Indies and United States play hosts as 20 teams vie for a title currently held [...]
England embrace worthwhile preparation ahead of T20 World Cup defence May 22, 2024 Often when one thinks of a major tournament and what it takes for a team to win it, buzzwords like preparation and marginal gains come to mind. Coaching gurus often hail the perfect pre-tournament environment as key to their successes. England’s apparent lack of preparation has widely been touted as a key reason for their [...]