The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s T20 World Cup has been shifted from Bangladesh to UAE as the South Asian country grapples with its political crisis.
“The event was not possible in Bangladesh due to the travel advisories of some countries,” ICC has said. Bangladesh would have memorably organized the event, the Council maintained, but they regret moving it. “Now World Cup matches will be held in Dubai and Sharjah.”
The tournament will be played from October 3 to 20.
West Indies defeats Papua New Guinea by five wickets in the second match of T20 World Cup in Providence Cricket Stadium, Guyana.
West Indies won the toss and elected to field against Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea inning:
Batting first, Papua New Guinea scored 136 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. From Papua New Guinea Sese Bau was top scorer with 50 runs.
Apart from this, captain Asad Vala scored 21, Kiplin Gorgia scored 27, Charles Amini 12 and Chad Spoer scored 10 runs.
Andre Russel and Alzarri Joseph took two wicket each while Akeal Hosein, Romairo Shphered and Gudakesh Motie took 1 wickets respectively for West Indies.
West Indies inning:
Chasing the PNG’s target of 137, Rostan Chase scored 42 runs on 27 balls. Apart from this Brandon King 34, Nicholas Poorn 27 and Rovman Powell scored 15 runs for West Indies.
Captain Asad Vala took two while Alie Nao, Chad Soper and John Kariko took one wicket each for West Indies.
The upcoming match of T20 World Cup will be played between Namibia and Oman tomorrow on 5:30 am.
The schedule of International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up matches has been released, Pakistan will not participate in warm up matches due to the series against England. Four T20 matches between Pakistan and England will be played between May 22 and 30.
New Zealand and England are also not participating in warm up matches.
The warm-up matches of the World Cup will be played between May 27 and June 1. A total of 17 teams will be participating in the World Cup warm-up matches before the event.
Pakistan will leave England for America on June 1, playing its first match in the tournament against America on June 6.
The schedule of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 has been announced.
The ICC T20 World Cup in 2024 will be the ninth tournament of this format which will be hosted by the West Indies and USA. This mega event will be played from June 1 to June 29.
West Indies six and America’s three venues will host 55 total matches. The opening match of the World Cup will be between the United States of America (USA) and Canada.
The event will feature 20 teams divided into four groups of 5 each, with the top 2 from each group qualifying for the Super 8stage where the top four teams will make it to the semi-finals.
Pakistan and India have been placed in the same group for T20 and World Cup.
Group A
Pakistan, India, Ireland, USA, Canada
Group B
England Australia, Namibia, Scotland, Oman
Group C
New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea
Group D
South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal
Here is the complete schedule of the T20 World Cup 2024:
Group matches of the T20 World Cup will be played from June 1 to June 18, Super 8 stage will be played from June 19 to 24. The semi-finals will be held on June 26 and 27, while the final will be held on June 29 in Barbados.
Pakistan’s Match Schedule
In the T20 World Cup group, Pakistan will play its first match against the USA on June 6. The India-Pak World Cup match will be played on June 9 in New York. Pakistan will play the third match of the group on June 11 against Canada and the fourth match against Ireland on June 16.
It should be noted that England is the defending champion of the tournament, having defeated Pakistan in the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Pakistan lost to England in the final of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after posting up a low total. England chased down Pakistan’s 137-8 with five wickets in hand and six balls to spare.
But despite the heartbreak, much support has been extended to the Pakistani team.
Babar Azam, the captain of Team Pakistan, tweeted, “Couldn’t be more proud of my pack.”
We saw Twitterati praise the spectacular game played by our boys in green.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam addressed a pre-match conference ahead of the T20 World Cup final between Pakistan and England scheduled to be played on Sunday.
“We lost the first two matches, [but] the way we came back the last four matches, we’ve performed very well,” Azam said at his pre-match press conference.
“I’m more excited than nervous … there is pressure, no doubt. But it can only be suppressed with confidence and belief in ourselves. And for good results, it is important that one must do so.”
Acknowledging that England is a competitive team, Babar cited India’s 10-wicket thrashing at their hands as proof of their aggressive strategy.
“Our strategy is to stick to our plan and use our pace attack as our strength to win the final. Utilising the powerplay to grab as many wickets will be essential for the match,” he stated.
The T20 World Cup final between Pakistan and England is set to be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia on November 13 (Sunday).
For the first time since 1992, Pakistan and England will play each other in an ICC World Cup match. In the 1992 ICC World Cup final between the two sides, Pakistan won the cup.
The final still remains under a cloud as rain is predicted for Sunday. ICC has set aside Monday as a reserve day in case rain does not allow a full match to be played out.
The much-awaited T20 World Cup final between Pakistan and England is set to be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia on November 13 (Sunday).
As fans wait with baited breath for the clash of the titans, a bit of a dampener is developing on the horizon.
The match is expected to be washed out by rain.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology of the Australian Government, there is a 95 per cent chance that Sunday will bring showers (8 to 20 mm). To make matters worse, Monday’s outlook is the same as Sunday’s. That is bad news for the 90,000 fans expected to show up at the stadium for the clash.
Under tournament playing conditions, if the final is abandoned, no result is possible or if a Super Over cannot be completed after a tie, “the teams shall be declared joint winners”.
There is another possibility that the final could be reduced to as short as a 10-overs-a-side game, even if the reserve day is activated in case of rain. It is pertinent to mention that in the semis and final, both teams must bat for a minimum of 10 overs to constitute a game.
Whether a match is resumed in the revised conditions is the key in determining how the game would continue on Monday at 3 pm, the scheduled starting time.
Prior to this, three T20 World Cup matches at the iconic MCG have already been abandoned due to bad weather.
In the 2002 Champions Trophy tournament, both Sri Lanka and India were declared winners because the final match couldn’t be completed in the two days allocated to it due to rain.
Imran Khan, the chairman of PTI, expressed high hopes for the victory of Pakistan’s cricket team in the Twenty20 World Cup final.
“I’m confident that Pakistan has a team capable of winning the World Cup InshAllah,” Imran Khan said, speaking at Piers Morgan’s TalkTV show.
Imran Khan, who was delighted with the Men in Green’s thrilling victory, compared it to the 1992 World Cup, saying, “We overcame New Zealand in the semifinal and then we played England in the final.”
The victory has brought much-needed encouragement to the Green Shirts, who are now looking forward to the final, Khan stated with a smile. “The entire country is celebrating the success,” he said.
“I think our team looks good. I think we might just win the final.”
The group led by Babar Azam prevailed by seven wickets in the semifinals. The Men in Green easily attained the 153-run mark that the Black Caps had set for Pakistan.
Mohammad Rizwan, the wicketkeeper-batsman, and captain Babar Azam combined for a 105-run partnership. The partnership was broken when New Zealand dismissed Babar for 53 in the 12th over. Pakistan needed to make 47 runs off of 43 balls at that point.
But the Men In Green had made significant progress by that point. The scoreboard was maintained moving along by Rizwan and Mohammad Haris till the wicketkeeper went out caught at run out at 57.
The final ball of the 19th over resulted in Haris being caught at short fine leg. Pakistan won the game by seven wickets in the very next over.
Anil Kumble, a former captain of India, said on ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time Out show that Pakistan “definitely out-bowled New Zealand, they out-batted New Zealand, but most importantly, they out-fielded New Zealand, which is very, very rare.”
Tom Moody, a former all-rounder for Australia, picked up a specific moment during New Zealand’s powerplay that was a reflection of Pakistan’s level of dedication on Wednesday.
“The tone for me was set with one piece of fielding,” Moody said. “And it’s not the run-out. It’s before the run-out [of Devon Conway]. It was by Shadab [Khan], who was at mid-on, dived and stopped the ball from going for four.
“Kane Williamson played a beautiful on-drive, a straight on-drive, and he [Shadab] saved two runs. And that to me set the tone for the way they were going to operate as a team. You talk about body language but you need moments like that to lift the unit and that’s the standard that he basically said ‘this is the standard we are going to set today.”
New Zealand was limited to 38 for 2 on the powerplay as a result of Pakistan’s outstanding fielding in the circle. Shadab’s straight shot to run out Conway produced the second wicket. Pakistan eventually managed to restrict New Zealand to 152 for 8, winning with seven wickets and five balls remaining.
Kumble applauded Haris’ contribution to the match, which includes his 89 runs with a strike rate of 161.81 since joining the team to fill in for Fakhar Zaman.
“Looking at him [Haris], he looks like a free spirit,” Kumble said. “He’s not bothered about getting his eye in or what if the first ball he gets out. That’s what you want in a T20 game.”
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said that “We were put under pressure early, they bowled really well and it was thanks to an unbelievable knock from Daryl Mitchell that we got some momentum back.
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“At halfway, we thought it was a competitive total because we knew the pitch was a used surface, it was tough.
“But it’s really disappointing to not make Pakistan work harder for those runs, they were absolutely outstanding today and credit has to go to them.”
In the meantime, Shoaib Akhtar, a Pakistani fast bowler, was also overjoyed with Pakistan’s victory.
Former South African allrounder Vernon Philander joined in congratulating Pakistan for making it into the final.
Wasim Akram added his congratulations to those on the side of Pakistani team.
Irfan Pathan, an Indian all-rounder, sent a message as well, praising the Pakistani team for overcoming a near-certain elimination from the competition to reach the final.
Azam Siddique, the father of Pakistan captain Babar Azam, has extended his best wishes and prayers to his son and Pakistan team ahead of their decisive T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final against New Zealand.
Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by five wickets on Sunday to advance to the final four of the big tournament. However, defeating the Tigers would not have been enough to move the Men in Green to the next round, since they required either Zimbabwe to defeat India or the Netherlands to defeat South Africa.
On Sunday, Fortune backed Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval. The Europeans defeated the Proteas by 13 runs, paving the way for the 2009 World T20 champions.
Before the crucial encounter, the captain’s father took to his official Instagram account to wish the green shirts success.
So far, the ongoing T20 World Cup has not gone well for Babar. The hitter has struggled to score big for his team, scoring only 39 runs in five Super 12 matches.
However, with his name and track record, he cannot be counted off right away.
On Wednesday, November 9, Pakistan will face the runners-up from last year at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Moreover, on Thursday, November 10, India will face England in the second semi-final of the major event at the Adelaide Oval.