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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday named a 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup slated to be played in Australia. Jos Buttler would be leading the side, while opening batter Jason Roy has been dropped. Seam bowlers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood have recovered from their respective injuries and have been named in both squads for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup and the IT20 tour of Pakistan in September.
CAPE TOWN : South Africa's new Twenty20 competition is to be called SA20 with the six teams having already begun the process of recruiting and a player auction to finalise the squads to be held later this month, the league announced on Wednesday.
The league's commissioner, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, said teams would be allowed to field a maximum of four foreigners per match when the competition gets underway next year. It is to start on January 23, as South Africa make a belated entry into the increasingly lucrative T20 market, and will run for a month.
Tom Helm and Kane Richardson bowled Birmingham Phoenix to victory in their Hundred clash against Oval Invincibles.
Will Jacks bludgeoned the highest score in Hundred history to guide Oval Invincibles to their third straight victory as they beat Southern Brave by seven wickets.
Sam Curran was the match-winner as he steered Oval Invincibles to a thrilling three-wicket victory over Northern Superchargers in the afternoon sunshine at a raucous Kia Oval.
Dwayne Bravo continues to shine in the T20 format. The player on Thursday became the first bowler to claim 600 T20I wickets. The Caribbean all-rounder achieved the feat while playing for Northern Superchargers in their match against Oval Invincibles in the ongoing The Hundred tournament. Bravo dismissed Rilee Rossouw on LBW before cleaning up Sam Curran for his 600th T20 wicket. The veteran all-rounder, who is adept in varying the pace of the ball, bowled a slower delivery to get rid of Curran in the match.
Reliance Industries-owned MI Cape Town, the brand new team in the Mumbai Indians family which will take part in the inaugural edition of Cricket South Africa' T20 League, on Thursday announced the signing of 5 players ahead of the start of the season.