New Zealand Sport News

Australia Mull Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis Selection After Injury Rules Out Reserve Keeper Josh Inglis

Defending champions Australia are mulling the inclusion of gun allrounder Cameron Green and seamer Nathan Ellis in the T20 World Cup squad to replace injured reserve wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis, head coach Andrew McDonald has said. The 27-year-old Inglis sustained an injury in a freak accident while playing golf when his six-iron snapped and cut his hand open at the New South Wales Club in La Perouse.

T20 World Cup: Middle order sorted, Pakistan eye second World Cup title

Sorting out a misfiring middle order was top of skipper Babar Azam's to-do list heading into a tri-series in New Zealand as the burden of scoring runs had fallen on him and vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan. Babar can now breathe a bit easier after Mohammad Nawaz, Haider Ali and Iftikhar Ahmed came good in New Zealand, where they beat the hosts in Friday's final.

Sachin Tendulkar Picks Four Semi-Finalists For T20 World Cup. Pakistan Is One Of Them

Starting this weekend, the focus of all cricket fans will be on the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. While defending champions and hosts Australia will be looking to give another great performance, the likes of India, Pakistan and other big teams will pose a strong challenge. India cricket great Sachin Tendulkar has picked his four semi-finalists for the marquee event's 2022 edition. He also picked two dark horses for the event who can go far in the tournament.

Cricket-India need a lot of things to go their way to win World Cup: Rohit

MELBOURNE : India begin the T20 World Cup in Australia as one of the favourites but captain Rohit Sharma says a lot of things will have to fall into place if they are to win the title.

Cricket-Middle order sorted, Pakistan eye second T20 World Cup title

(Reuters) - For a side used to tumultuous build-ups Pakistan look unusually settled ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia, where they launch their bid for a second title with a Super 12 showdown against arch-rivals India on Sunday.

Cricket-Bridesmaid Black Caps look to go one better

SYDNEY : New Zealand looked destined to fly into every tournament a little under the radar but having reached the Twenty20 World Cup final last year, a golden generation of Black Caps can only improve by lifting the title in Melbourne next month.

Afridi sends signal with toe-crusher before rain plays spoilsport

MELBOURNE: Heavy rain in Brisbane poured cold water on the final batches of warm-up matches ahead of the T20 World Cup but a fit-again Shaheen Afridi's trademark arms-aloft celebration lifted spirits in the Pakistan camp on Wednesday (Oct 19).

Russell left out of Scotland squad as Ritchie named captain