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☆ India to host Afghanistan for T20 series in January
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - South Africa v Afghanistan - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - November 10, 2023 The Afghanistan players line up before the match REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - India will host Afghanistan for three Twenty20s in January, the first time the two sides will meet in a multi-match white-ball series, the Afghanistan Cricket Board said late on Tuesday. The series will begin on Jan. 11 in Mohali before moving to Indore for a match on Jan. 14. The final match will be in Bengaluru on Jan. 17. Afghanistan were once considered World Cup minnows, having won just one game in their two previous campaigns. India lost Sunday's 50-overs World Cup final to Australia by six wickets in Ahmedabad.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Amit Dave, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Robert Birsel Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Afghanistan Cricket Board, India, Thomson Locations: South Africa, Afghanistan, Ahmedabad, India, Mohali, Indore, Bengaluru, Jan, Australia

☆ Australia's Warner withdrawn from T20 series against India
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Final - India v Australia - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - November 19, 2023 Australia's David Warner walks after losing his wicket, caught out by India's Virat Kohli off the bowling of Mohammed Shami REUTERS/Andrew Boyers Acquire Licensing RightsMELBOURNE, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Australia opener David Warner has been withdrawn from the Twenty20 series against India after starring at the 50-over World Cup. The lefthander was Australia's leading scorer with 535 runs at an average of 48.63 during their run to a sixth World Cup title in India. "Selectors decided Warner would return home on the back of a successful yet demanding World Cup campaign," Cricket Australia said in a statement on Tuesday. Emerging Western Australian all-rounder Aaron Hardie has replaced Warner in the squad after making his ODI and T20 International debuts during the recent tour of South Africa. Just seven of Australia's World Cup-winning squad will play the T20s, while head coach Andrew McDonald will also skip the series, handing the reins to stand-in Andre Borovec.

Persons: Narendra Modi, David Warner, India's Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Boyers, Warner, Aaron Hardie, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, Kane Richardson, Spencer Johnson, Andrew McDonald, Andre Borovec, Ian Ransom, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Narendra, Mohammed Shami REUTERS, Rights MELBOURNE, India, Cricket Australia, Warner, Sydney Cricket, Pakistan, Thomson Locations: India, Australia, Ahmedabad, Australian, South Africa, Melbourne

☆ REVIEW Cricket-One-day format revived as Australia gatecrash India's World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It was a remarkable journey for Australia, who began their campaign with back-to-back defeats yet still finished with the 50-overs World Cup in their arms for the sixth time. Shakib had already caused controversy over his appeal that led to Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews becoming the first player in international cricket to be 'timed-out'. Cummins, for one, had no doubts about the stature of the original World Cup. "I think it's the pinnacle of international cricket," said Cummins, who was part of Australia's victorious 2015 squad. "The whole cricket world stops with this World Cup."

Persons: Narendra Modi, Adnan Abidi, Cummins, Travis, Jos Buttler, Jonathan Trott, Australia's Glenn Maxwell, Babar Azam, Shakib Al Hasan's, Shakib, Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews, Mathews, Buttler, Anurag Dahiya, Mark Twain's, Amlan Chakraborty, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Narendra, Australia, ICC Cricket World, REUTERS, Rights, India, The, West Indies, Sri, WORLD, International Cricket Council, ICC, T20, Pakistan, Thomson Locations: India, Australia, Ahmedabad, Rights AHMEDABAD, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia's, Dharamsala, New Delhi

☆ Australia pick up the pace before India showdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Australia head into their World Cup decider against India with all pieces in place following a devastating return to form of their vaunted pace attack in the South Africa semi-final. "It's probably not been the tournament I would have liked from the get-go," Starc told reporters. "It's huge, and the bigger the game the more important it becomes," said Hazlewood of capturing early wickets. Australia beat England in Ahmedabad on a pitch which Hazlewood described as good "without being an absolute flat track". He said he expected similar for the final but was confident Australia's quicks would be able to deal with any conditions.

Persons: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood, legspinner Adam Zampa, India's peerless, It's, Pace, Aaron Finch's, Glenn Maxwell, Australia's quicks, Zealand's pacemen, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, We've, they've, we've, Ian Ransom Organizations: India, United Arab Emirates, UAE, New, Australia, England, Thomson Locations: Australia, South Africa, Kolkata, New Zealand, Mumbai ., India, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Melbourne

☆ Too nice? That's the New Zealand way, says Mitchell
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former Australia all-rounder Simon O'Donnell slammed the Black Caps for their lack of competitive instinct but Mitchell, who scored a 119-ball 134 in New Zealand's response, said the approach would not change. "I think that's something we really pride ourselves on as Black Caps and as New Zealanders. "It's something that we're really proud of, so we'll just keep being Black Caps and doing what we're doing." New Zealand next travel to Bangladesh for a two-test series starting on Nov. 28 and Mitchell said the disappointment of their semi-final exit at the World Cup would not have any impact on their performance. "(After) the T20 World Cup final we played a couple of years ago, we had a T20 in India about 48 hours after that so we're used to it.

Persons: Daryl Mitchell, India's Virat Kohli, Kohli, Simon O'Donnell, Mitchell, we're, We'll, Nick Mulvenney, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Black Caps, Former, Caps, Black, Mumbai, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, New, Former Australia, New Zealanders, Zealand, Bangladesh, India, Sydney

☆ Babar Azam steps down as Pakistan captain after World Cup exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Babar Azam stepped down as Pakistan's cricket captain on Wednesday, days after a group stage exit from the World Cup. Azam captained Pakistan in all three formats starting October 2019, and led them to number one in ICC One Day International (ODI) rankings for the first time in May. Pakistan slid from the spot after finishing fourth in Asia Cup and fifth in the World Cup. Batsman Shan Masood has been announced by the PCB as the new test captain while pacer Shaheen Afridi will be the T20 captain. Azam is ranked by ICC as a top five batsman in all three formats, and is Pakistan's most successful captain in T20 Internationals with 42 wins.

Persons: Babar Azam, Azam, Morne Morkel, Babar, Shan Masood, Shaheen Afridi, Chiranjit, Christian Radnedge Organizations: ICC, Asia, Pakistan Cricket Board, Thomson Locations: Pakistan, Bengaluru

☆ Australia's Warner wants to play on in white-ball internationals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"My goal is still to set my sights on playing the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean (next June) first. And I think from there, I'll probably decide what I'm going to do with white-ball cricket. Warner, Australia's leading run-scorer at the World Cup with 499 runs from nine innings, said he would not accept a central Cricket Australia contract next year, preferring to play on as a freelancer. That's something that becomes a pain in the backside as well, especially at the stage of my career I'm at." "You don't get told anything," Warner said.

Persons: David Warner, Brad Hogg, Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik, I'm, you've, Warner, Australia's, Nick Mulvenney, Peter Rutherford Organizations: South, Cricket Australia, Warner, Pakistan, Sydney Cricket, Thomson Locations: KOLKATA, Australia, South Africa, Kolkata, Caribbean, Sydney

☆ Australia feeling 2021 vibes ahead of South Africa semi-final: Maxwell
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KOLKATA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Australia head into Thursday's World Cup semi-final against South Africa with the same excitement in the dressing room that propelled them to their maiden triumph in the T20 World Cup in 2021, Glenn Maxwell said. Maxwell was part of Aaron Finch's groundbreaking squad in the United Arab Emirates in 2021 and scored an unbeaten 28 in the final against New Zealand. "The excitement of that match has given us a whole new belief going forward," Maxwell said in an interview with Australian broadcaster Fox Sports. "It reminded me of the T20 World Cup in 2021. "The feeling around the group was energetic, electric, exciting and everyone felt they were heading towards the same end goal.

Persons: Glenn Maxwell, Maxwell, Aaron Finch's, cramp, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, We’ve, I've, I’ve, Ian Ransom, Peter Rutherford Organizations: South, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Fox Sports, Afghanistan, Thomson Locations: KOLKATA, Australia, South Africa, Afghanistan, Melbourne

☆ Cummins unsure of future as Australia ODI skipper, eyes IPL return
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KOLKATA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Pat Cummins is unsure whether he will continue as Australia's one-day international captain after the World Cup but is looking to return to the Indian Premier League (IPL) next season in preparation for the Twenty20 showpiece. Test skipper Cummins, who will lead Australia into their semi-final against South Africa on Thursday, took on the ODI role with an eye firmly on the World Cup when Aaron Finch retired from the format last year. Probably like we've done in the past, at times white-ball cricket is going to have to shift so we fully focus on test cricket. "I feel like I've been managed really well and looked after, albeit in a really, really busy year where you don't really want to give up any cricket." "I feel like I haven't played a heap of T20 cricket and in some ways I feel like I haven't played my best T20 cricket for a little while," Cummins added.

Persons: Pat Cummins, Cummins, Aaron Finch, paceman, Andrew McDonald, George, Andrew, I've, Finch, Mitch Marsh, I'm, Nick Mulvenney, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Indian Premier League, Twenty20, South, IPL, Thomson Locations: KOLKATA, Australia, South Africa, Kolkata, Caribbean, U.S, Sydney

☆ 'It's over': England coach Mott throws in towel on World Cup hopes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The only team below them is the Netherlands, the sole non-test playing nation at the 10-team World Cup. Mott did not want to say if it was the end of an era for their ODI team but he admitted it was a missed opportunity after winning the T20 World Cup last year. "For us, every time you play a World Cup you know it could be your last ... they don't come along very often," Mott added. "In the last 12 to 18 months we've done well in the T20 World Cup and we've bombed out here. "A T20 World Cup is the next thing on the agenda (in June 2024), from an ICC events point of view.

Persons: Matthew Mott, Thursday's, Jos Buttler, Mott, I'm, We've, haven't, I've, we've, Rohith Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: BBC, ICC, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Sri Lanka, England, Netherlands, Bengaluru

☆ Cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash, baseball-softball make 2028 Games cut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball had also been proposed by LA Games organisers for inclusion and received approval at an IOC meeting in Mumbai. The LA Games proposal is for a six-team Twenty20 cricket tournament for men and women. The tournament is played in the same T20 format that the game will feature in during the LA 2028 games. Flag football is a non-contact format of American football played by teams of five. American football last featured as a demonstration sport in 1932 LA Games.

Persons: Niharika Kulkarni, Sudipto Ganguly, Karolos, Toby Chopra, Peter Rutherford Organizations: International Olympic Committee, 141st IOC, REUTERS, Rights, Los Angeles Games, Lacrosse, LA, IOC, Games, Cricket, Twenty20, Indian Premier League cricket, Olympic, Paris Games, Summer, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, Rights MUMBAI, Tokyo, Paris

☆ Buttler demands England show character after huge Afghanistan setback
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Buttler said the Afghanistan result was a "big setback". "We’ve got to show a lot of character, a lot of resilience within the team and most of all a lot of belief. Buttler conceded the England brain trust had misread the pitch and the conditions, retaining an extra seamer after seeing India beat Afghanistan at the same Arun Jaitley Stadium last week with a similar attack. "The conditions didn’t play quite as we thought they would ... The wicket didn’t play exactly how we thought it would play and the dew didn’t come in as much as we thought as well."

Persons: Arun Jaitley, Jos Buttler, Afghanistan's Naveen, Ul, Haq, Andrew Boyers, Buttler, We’ve, haven’t, Chris Woakes's, Woakes, Ian Ransom, Lincoln Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Haq REUTERS, New Zealand, England, South, Thomson Locations: England, Afghanistan, New Delhi, India, DELHI, Australia, South Africa, Melbourne

☆ Esports made their 'tense and exciting' debut at this year's Asian Games
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Esports, or professional video gaming, were an official sport at the Asian Games for the first time. AdvertisementAdvertisementEsports, or competitive video gaming, debuted as an official event at this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China that concluded earlier this month. Due to the event's popularity, esports tickets were sold on a lottery basis, with more than five million entering the ballot, according to Hangzhou Asian Games data. We're excited to see the landscape of esports events around the world expand," said John Robinson, president of US esport organization 100 Thieves. The Olympic Esports Series is "a global virtual and simulated sports competition created by the IOC, and in collaboration with International Federations and game publishers."

Persons: —, esports, Chris Liu, Liu, Esports, JADE GAO, John Robinson, Kim Gwanwoo, WANG ZHAO, Matt Woods, AFK, Grant Rousseau, " Rousseau Organizations: Asian Games, of, EA Sports FC Online, Singapore, Service, Professional, EA Sports FC, South Korea, Team Malaysia, China, Xinhua News Agency, South, Associated Press, Fighter, Getty, Olympic, IOC, International Federations, Guardian, Team Falcons Locations: Hangzhou, China, Thailand, Wuxi, esports, Asia, Pacific, US, South Korea, AFP, Los Angeles

☆ Winless Australia struggling to read World Cup wickets, says Cummins
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LUCKNOW, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Australia are struggling to read the wickets at the World Cup in India and are adapting to the conditions "on the fly", skipper Pat Cummins said on Sunday as the five-times champions look for their first win of the tournament. Australia are ninth in the standings after they were beaten by India and South Africa in Chennai and Lucknow, respectively. But Cummins said playing a T20 game was very different from the one-day international format. "It's a tricky one, ODI cricket compared to T20s - played over half the game in daylight, half at night," Cummins told reporters. Australia have lost their last four World Cup games stretching back to the 2019 edition.

Persons: Pat Cummins, Cummins, it's, you've, I've, haven't, We've, we've, You've, Rohith Nair, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Australia, Indian Premier League, India, South, Cummins, Australian, Thomson Locations: LUCKNOW, Australia, India, South Africa, Chennai, Lucknow, Sri Lanka, Delhi, Bengaluru

Quite a few of the hospitals have seen a sudden influx of patients booked in for check-ups involving a night's stay to coincide with the most anticipated match of the World Cup. The Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association has discouraged its members from accommodating such fans. India and Pakistan head into the showdown having both won their opening two matches at the tournament. The city has been declared a 'no-drone zone' on Saturday, and 11,000 security personnel will be deployed for the high-profile match, Ahmedabad police commissioner GS Malik said. On their first tour of India since the 2016 T20 World Cup, Pakistan were accorded a warm welcome in Hyderabad, where they played their first two matches.

Persons: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi, Amit Dave, Tushar Patel, Bharat Gadhavi, Hemish Patel, Patel, Airfare, Narendra Modi, Donald Trump, Anthony Albanese, GS Malik, Shaheen Afridi, Jasprit, Liyakat Khan, Samiya, Hasan Ali, Khan, Amlan Chakraborty, Ken Ferris Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Pakistan cricket team, India, India REUTERS, Ahmedabad Medical Association, Reuters, Nursing Homes Association, THREE, Control, BCCI, Australia, Pakistan, Asia, Indian Express, Thomson Locations: Ahmedabad, India, DELHI, AHMEDABAD, Pakistan, Indian, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Sri Lanka, New Delhi

☆ Cummins banks on all-rounders to bring Australia World Cup glory
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Australia picked up their first 50-overs title in 1987 before winning three in a row from 1999 to 2007. "I think we had a really strong run in the early 2000s," Cummins told reporters on Wednesday. With their fiery attack, formidable batting and electric fielding, Australia set the benchmark in 50-overs cricket during that era but reigning champions England have replaced them as the dominant limited-overs side, also winning the T20 World Cup in Australia last year. Cummins, in his first World Cup as Australia captain, is one of several frontline players returning from injuries but the 30-year-old says Australia have what it takes to win in India -- an abundance of all-rounders. Australia will begin their World Cup campaign against hosts India in Chennai on Sunday.

Persons: Pat Cummins, Cummins, we've, Mitchell Marsh, David Warner's, Travis Head, We've, everyone's, Amlan Chakraborty, Peter Rutherford Organizations: New Zealand, England, Australia, Thomson Locations: AHMEDABAD, India, Australia, New, South Africa, Chennai, Ahmedabad

☆ Stokes doubtful for England's World Cup opener, Brook may debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

England sacrificed opener Jason Roy to accommodate Brook, who has been marked out as a future superstar of the game because of his explosive batting. "We'll make the right call here - if he's not fit to play, he's not fit to play," Buttler said. Brook, an automatic pick in England's test side and part of their T20 World Cup winning team last year, is likely to be the beneficiary of circumstances. The start of his international career has been outstanding in T20 cricket and in the test format," Buttler said. We know from test cricket, he can play big innings.

Persons: Harry Brook, Matthew Childs, Harry Brook's, Ben Stokes, Jason Roy, Stokes, Jos Buttler, He's, Buttler, Narendra Modi, he's, It's, Harry, Amlan Chakraborty, Christian Radnedge Organizations: New Zealand, Rights, New, Narendra, Thomson Locations: England, New, London, Britain, Rights AHMEDABAD, India, Thursday's, New Zealand, Ahmedabad, New Delhi

☆ Biryani on plate and boundary length on mind for Pakistan's Babar
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Babar's men were accorded a warm welcome in Hyderabad in what is their first tour of India since the T20 World Cup in 2016. Babar and his team mates were surprised by the support they received since landing in Hyderabad, where they played both their warm-up matches. They will launch their bid for a second 50-overs World Cup title at the same southern Indian city against the Netherlands on Friday. Babar's concerns are understandable considering Pakistan's bowling lost considerable sting after speedster Naseem Shah was ruled out of the World Cup with a shoulder injury. "It's more or less the same team playing the last three years together, and I think bowling remains our strength," added Babar.

Persons: Babar Azam's, Babar, It's, Hyderabad's, Shadab Khan, gorging, biryani, speedster Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Amlan Chakraborty, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Thomson Locations: AHMEDABAD, India, Hyderabad, Pakistan, Indian, Netherlands, Ahmedabad

☆ Onus on Pakistan batters to paper over bowling cracks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pace spearhead Naseem Shah injured his bowling shoulder against India and was ruled him of the World Cup disrupting his potent new-ball partnership with Shaheen Afridi. Although this is not the first time Pakistan would enter a World Cup looking slightly unsettled, they will have their work cut out in India. Thanks to a soured political relationship between the Asian neighbours, bilateral cricket remains suspended between India and Pakistan, who meet only in multi-team events. Pakistan last toured India for the T20 World Cup in 2016 and their players do not feature in the Indian Premier League either. Pakistan begin their campaign against the Netherlands on Oct. 6 and face India in a soldout Oct. 14 game in Ahmedabad.

Persons: Babar Azam, Pace, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Afridi, Shadab Khan, Babar, Amlan Chakraborty, Ed Osmond Organizations: Asia, India, Indian Premier League, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Chennai, Netherlands, Ahmedabad, New Delhi

☆ Mongolian cricket takes step back as records tumble in loss to Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANGZHOU, China, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The windswept nation of Mongolia has rarely been known for cricket but now has a place in the record books after suffering the biggest defeat in T20 internationals through a 273-run hiding by Nepal at the Asian Games on Wednesday. His batting partner Dipendra Singh Airee also came off with the record for the fastest fifty in T20 internationals, reaching the milestone in nine balls in his unbeaten 52 which included eight sixes. Mongolia were dismissed for 41, the biggest contribution from 23 extras, including 16 wides by the Nepali bowlers. The north Asians will have a chance to atone when they play the Maldives in their second match on Thursday. Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kushal Malla, strode, South Africa's David Miller, India's Rohit Sharma, Wickramasekara, Dipendra Singh Airee, Mongolia's, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ian Ransom, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Asian Games, Zhejiang University of Technology, South, Thomson Locations: HANGZHOU, China, Mongolia, Nepal, Hangzhou, Czech, Afghanistan, Ireland, West Indies, South Africa, Maldives

☆ Sri Lanka omit injured Hasaranga and Chameera for World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

COLOMBO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Dasun Shanaka will lead a depleted Sri Lanka at the 50-overs World Cup in India after fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera and all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga were left out of the 15-member squad on Tuesday. Chameera sustained a pectoral muscle injury during the Lanka Premier League last month, while Hasaranga picked up a hamstring injury that kept him out of the Asia Cup where Sri Lanka lost to India in the final. "Wanindu Hasaranga has not been included in the 15-member squad as the player is still in the process of recovering from an injury," Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. Sri Lanka have called up leg-spinning all-rounder Dushan Hemantha, while Chamika Karunaratne will be the travelling reserve player. The team leaves for India later on Tuesday and begin their World Cup campaign against South Africa on Oct. 7.

Persons: Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chameera, Hasaranga, Hemantha, Chamika, Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Pathum, Dimuth, Sadeera, Charith, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan, Maheesh, Dunith, Kasun, Matheesha, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan, Amlan Chakraborty, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Lanka Premier League, Asia, Sri, Sri Lanka Cricket, South, Thomson Locations: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, New Delhi

☆ Unfamiliar Indian conditions not a worry for Pakistan, says Babar
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Babar Azam does not think lack of familiarity with Indian conditions would hurt their bid for a second 50-overs World Cup title as they embark on a rare tour of the neighbouring country on Tuesday. Bilateral cricket remains suspended between the neighbours, thanks to their soured political relations, and the last time Pakistan toured India was for the T20 World Cup in 2016. It's a big honour for me and our effort would be to perform well and bring home the World Cup." The difficulty in securing visa for India tour means Pakistan would not get much support from the stands either but Babar was not perturbed. Pakistan will play two warmup matches in Hyderabad before beginning their World Cup campaign with an Oct. 6 match against the Netherlands.

Persons: Babar Azam, Babar, Amlan Chakraborty, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Bilateral, Indian Premier League, Thomson Locations: LAHORE, Pakistan, India, Dubai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Netherlands, New Delhi

☆ New York City Loses Contentious Bid for Cricket Stadium to Long Island
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | More About Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A contentious plan backed by Mayor Eric Adams for the International Cricket Council to build a temporary, 34,000-seat stadium in a Bronx park is dead, following heated opposition from local elected officials and some amateur cricket players. The stadium was to host part of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup next June. The venue will instead be built in Eisenhower Park in Nassau County on Long Island. The news was confirmed by an Adams administration official and in a draft news release reviewed by The New York Times. It was announced publicly by the International Cricket Council Wednesday morning.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams Organizations: International Cricket Council, ICC, York, The New York Times, International Cricket, Wednesday Locations: Bronx, Eisenhower Park, Nassau County, Long, City

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