Stories by tag: T20 World Cup

India will host the Men's T20 World Cup for 2021, with Australia hosting the tournament in 2022, following an ICC meeting today....

Thailand’s debut at the T20 World Cup against the West Indies at the WACA was due to start at 3pm local time....

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that a decision for both the Men's T20 World Cup in October 2020 and Women's...

If cricket is the cultural lingua franca of the British colonial project, then English remains the sport’s language of choice. Predictably and...

In case you missed it, we caught up with Norman Vanua in part two of our special with the PNG all-rounder. Open...

In case you missed it on our podcast, we caught up with PNG all-rounder Norman Vanua in part one of a two...

In part one of a two-part special for the Emerging Cricket Podcast, we catch up with PNG all-rounder Norman Vanua. In a...

In case you missed it, we caught up with T20 World Cup Media and Communications Manager, and EC Patron, Max Abbott on...

On this week's Emerging Cricket Podcast, we speak to T20 World Cup Media and Communications Manager, and...

The Thai women this week wrapped up their T20 World Cup campaign with a frustrating washout, as Sydney rain denied them their...

Our final day of training was held at the beautiful Sydney Showground Stadium on Monday. It is a sweltering...

We are coming to the end of our time at the T20 World Cup 2020. It can be a challenge to remain motivated,...

In this segment of the tour diary, we speak to Suleeporn Laomi, Thailand's ace leg-spinner and one of the country's most experienced...

Our preparation for the England game has been extensive. We have had a net session at Manuka Oval, and a center-wicket hit out at...

Dizzee Rascal's 'Dance Wiv Me' blared around Manuka Oval, but Thailand needed no invitation to be front and centre at The Big...

Sornnarin Tippoch and Harshal Pathak have said it many times in the last few days. “We have prepared well. We...

In this segment of the tour diary, we chat to Nannapat Khoncharoenkai, Thailand’s 19-year old wicket-keeper, and No. 3 batter, on the...

Wednesday’s ICC T20 World Cup warm-up match against New Zealand was the first time Thailand played a Test country from outside Asia.

We leave the Pullman Hotel at 11 AM for an International Cricket Council (ICC) ‘Cricket For Good’ Clinic. We are...

We are gradually getting used to the sheer volume of obligations and commitments required of a team participating in a world cup.

Waiting for a wet outfield to dry is one of the most frustrating experiences a cricketer can have. You spend most of the day...

We arrive at the Bupa National Cricket Centre (NCC) before 8 o'clock this morning. The NCC overlooks the picturesque Allan Border Oval,...

Mention the success of the Thailand women’s cricket team in a sports conversation and most people look at you quizzically. Even those...

Official partnership includes media support for national team at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Australia 2020 and beyondThailand Women’s captain, Sornnarin...

Despite not proceeding beyond the Asia regional finals in qualification for this year's T20 World Cup after finishing behind Singapore and Qatar,...

Whereas Part 1 charted the history of the Thailand women’s long road to World Cup qualification, in this article we talk in-depth...

40/0 after 4. Singapore had already used 4 bowlers in the first 4 overs of Namibia’s innings. They...

Laced with defining individual performances, the T20 World Cup Qualifier again proved the quality among the top teams in the emerging game.

The Netherlands 134-3 (Cooper 41, ten Doeschate 30, Vala 1-15) defeated PNG 128-8 (Siaka 39, Bau 29, Glover 3-24) by 7 wickets

Third place play-off: Ireland 135 (Balbirnie 46, Stirling 25, Smit 3-19, Williams 3-34) defeated Namibia 108 (Erasmus 51, Baard 17, Singh 3-25)...

Fourteen teams travelled to the UAE for the global qualifiers hoping to pick up one of the six places on offer at...

Netherlands (ten Doeschate 43*, Cooper 37, Young 2-39) defeated Ireland 137-9 (Stirling 29, Seelaar 3-17, van der Merwe 2-19, Klaassen 2-32) by...

Emerging Cricket's Daniel Beswick joined SportFM's Jacob Landsmeer to discuss the T20 World Cup Qualifier in UAE.In the...

Namibia 161-7 (Smit 59, Williams 45, Bilal Khan 4-19) defeated Oman 107 (Khawar Ali 41, Aqib Ilyas 18, Scholtz 3-14) by 54...

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Group B: Hong Kong 82/5 (Kinchit 25, Nizakat 21, Ajekun 1-5) defeated Nigeria 81/8 (Onkoyi 18, Aizaz 2-5, Ghazanfar 2-11) by 5...

First and foremost, here are the standings at the end of Day 9 in Group A: TeamPlayedWinsLossPointsNRRPNG54182.099Netherlands54181.891Namibia64281.08Scotland53260.55Kenya5234-0.931Singapore6234-0.765Bermuda6060-2.839

Namibia 191-8 (Erasmus 72, Kotze 36, Amjad Mahboob 3-29) defeated Singapore 104 (Param 28, Rangarajan 16, Frylinck 4-21) by 87 runs

Group A: Netherlands 206/3 (O’Dowd 58, Cooper 58, Ackermann 43*, Trott 1-31) defeated Bermuda (Leverock 31, van Meekeren 3-26, van der Merwe...

Firstly, here's the Group B table after Day 9: GROUP BTEAM MWLPTNRRIreland*64281.591Oman*54181.388UAE53260.656Canada53260.433Jersey5234-0.039Hong Kong5234-0.383Nigeria5050-4.326 And here is...

Group B: Ireland 67/2 (Obrien 32. Ajekun 1-10) defeated Nigeria 66/9 (Adedeji 19, Young 4-13, Adair 2-10) by 8 wickets with 83...

Group B: Ireland 2/110 (Stirling 58*, Balbirnie 33, Perchard 1-16) defeated Jersey 105 all out (Stevens 25, Adair 3-10, Delany 2-12) by...

PNG moved up to top of Group A with a win over the Netherlands

Group B Hong Kong 144/7 (Nizakat 46, McKechnie 40*, Ward 3-19) defeated Jersey 136/6 (Stevens 39, Bisson 30, Ehsan 2-18 ) by...

Group A: Kenya 159/3 (Karim 71*, Gandhi 50, Amjad Mahboob 2-30) defeated Singapore 157/9 (Surendran 40, Aritra 33, Oluoch 3-22, Otieno 3-29)...

Group A: Namibia 111/4 (13.1 overs, Davin 37, Leverock 3/18) defeated Bermuda 106/9 (20 overs, Okera Bascome 37, Scholtz 3/17) by six...

Group A: Namibia 159/6 (Smit 43, Erasmus 37, Davey 2-29) defeated Scotland 135/8 (Macloed 39, Berrington 23, Frylinck 2-15) by 24 runs.

Here’s our second T20WCQ special as Tim Bes & Nick being you up to speed on the ICC Men’s T20 World...

Group B: Jersey 147 all out (Ward 47, Siddique 2-34) defeated United Arab Emirates 112 all out (Mustafa 28, Carlyon 3-15) by...

Group B: Canada 159/7 (Kumar 57, Tariq 33, Abioye 2-26) defeated Nigeria 109/8 (Onwuzulike 39, Runsewe 37, Heyliger 3-16) by 50 runs.

Group B: Ireland 183/3 off 20.0 (G. Delaney 89*; Khawar Ali 1/28) defeated Oman 148/9 off 20.0 (Khawar Ali 50; Dockrell 2/24,...

UAE 118/2 (Shahzad 54, Suri 44*, Christie 2-24) defeated Hong Kong 116/7 (Nizakat 31, Kinchit 30, Mustafa 2-17) by 8 wickets with...

Ashfaq Ahmed became the fourth UAE player to be suspended in relation to the match-fixing scandal being investigated by the Anti Corruption...

Group A: Scotland 146/6 (Coetzer 54, Cross 40, Ravu 1-11) defeated Papua New Guinea 142/9 (Vanua 33, Siaka 31, Tahir 3-24) by...

Five teams remain unbeaten after Day 3. On the other side, Namibia, Hong Kong, Bermuda and Kenya face an uphill battle, all...

Oman 106/2 (Illyas 37, Maqsood 24, Shah 1-18) defeated Hong Kong 103 (Nizakat 31, Kaleem 3-14, Khawar Ali 3-24) by 8 wickets...

Papua New Guinea 197/7 (Ura 71, Vala 48, S Bau 26, Frylinck 3 -18) defeated Namibia 116 (Vala 3-19, S Bau 1-15)...

On Saturday, a bumper Day 2 of five matches gave us more pulsating cricket as the Netherlands won their second in two...

Group A: Scotland 170/6 (Sole 33, Berrington 27, Obuya 2-12) defeated Kenya (Karim 51, Gondaria 26, Berrington 3-17, Davey 2-25) 139/8 by...

Group B: UAE 129/5 (Mustafa 39, Usman 29, Adair 1-21) defeated Ireland 129 (Stirling 72, Mustafa 4-18) by five wickets with 18...

Group A: Netherlands 140/6 (ten Doeschate 59, O'Dowd 21, Frylinck 3-25) defeated Namibia 96 (William 27, Glover 3-16, van Meekeren 3-16) by...

Group B: Jersey 184/4 (Jenner 57, Greenwood 43, Daniel Ajekun 1-16) defeated Nigeria 115/7 (Oyede 39, Miles 2-21, Blampied 2-24) by 69...

Papua New Guinea 90/0 (Vala 53*, Ura 33*) defeated Bermuda 89 (Rawlins 25, Trott 19, Vanua 3-14 including a hattrick) by ten...

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 got underway under the blazing sunshine of the UAE across Abu Dhabi and Dubai...

Oman 109/3 (Ilyas 45, Kaleem 27, Raza 1-23) defeated UAE 108/9 (Usman 27, Mustafa 24, Butt 3-16) by 7 wickets with 10...

Singapore 168/6 (Chandramohan 51, Dutta 32, Davey 2-26) defeated Scotland 166/9 (Munsey 46, Macleod 44, Selladore 3-16) by 2 runs.

Ireland 154/2 (Balbirine 70*, Stirling 62, Aizaz 1-31) defeated Hong Kong 153/5 (Kinchit 79, Haroon 20, Adair 2-22) by 8 wickets with...

Emerging Cricket's Daniel Beswick joined SportFM's Jacob Landsmeer to discuss the upcoming T20 World Cup Qualifier in UAE.

After being withdrawn from the UAE squad along with two others, all three players including captain Mohammed Naveed have been provisionally suspended...

After painfully falling short of qualifying for the ICC 2019 World Cup, Ireland will be staking their claim to be one of the 6 sides to qualify for the 2020 T20 World Cup.

Since their last appearance at a major ICC event, the World T20 in 2016, Scotland have built a new reputation as being one of the strongest associate sides.

Tuesday saw the second and final round of warm-up games for the T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE. There were some...

Background Transition. Or perhaps more accurately, turmoil. These words describe the pre-tournament fortunes of two of...

Today, Pieter Seelaar, the Netherlands captain was announced as an Emerging Cricket Ambassador, just three days out from the first delivery of...

Background Shem Ngoche, vice-captain of Kenya is abandoned by all his team mates at the Wanderers Cricket Club...

Buoyed by success at World Cricket League 2 and the subsequent Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series in Lauderhill, Namibia look to cap off a barnstorming 2019 by qualifying for a World Cup in UAE, albeit in the T20 format.

Rustom Deboo hones in on one name from each of the teams competing in the UAE as players to watch out for...

Background Bermuda’s appearance in the UAE marks a welcome return to the top table of Associate cricket...

UAE, tournament hosts and highest-ranked team in Group B, has had its preparations dealt a blow on the eve of the tournament,...

Background July 28th 2019, The Indian Association ground in Singapore. The home team’s batsmen, led by...

Very few media scribes or emerging nation cricket fans are tipping Papua New Guinea to figure prominently in the ICC T20 World...

Background: Jersey took victory at the European qualifiers for the T20 World Cup back in June and claiming...

Background Of all the teams coming into this ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, no side has experienced...

A power-packed batting lineup and an experienced team of spin bowlers provide Canada’s best chance at qualifying for an ICC global event in almost a decade.

Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier - Group B. Full draw here. Group B squads here. Group matches 18 -...

Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier - Group B squads and draw. Full draw here. Group A squads here. Group...

2019 has been an amazing year for cricket in Nigeria: Their U19 beat all odds to qualify for the 2020 U19 World...

Nigeria 152/7 (20) defeated Kenya 103/10 (16) by 49 runs. Scorecard Nigeria's men might be in UAE for the...

Only days after Anshuman Rath announced he has switched allegiance to India and would therefore not be available for selection for Hong...

Incumbent Hong Kong men's captain Anshuman Rath has not been included in the squad selected for the impending T20 World Cup Qualifiers...

Thailand have continued their remarkable year in T20s by booking themselves a place in the 2020 Women's T20...

On Monday the PNG Lewas came agonisingly close to achieving the country's first ever win over a Full member - in men's...

It is January 2009. The mood at the Chiang Mai Gymkhana Club is buoyant. The Thailand men’s national team has just beaten...

As reported last week, the qualification spots from the ICC T20 World Cup Americas Regional Final – held in Bermuda – were...

Two years ago in the Netherlands Bangladesh qualified for the 2018 T20 World Cup in West Indies as winners of the global...

On Tuesday evening from Dubai the ICC confirmed that Namibia will compete in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, replacing...

After a miracle run over the past 18 months in international cricket, Nepal's luck ran out at the Asia T20 World Cup...

Singapore will play its first World Cup Qualifier in almost twenty years after thumping Nepal by 82 runs on the final day of the...

When Saad Khan Janjua—CEO of the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA)—speaks, people listen. It’s not because his name comes with an...

The familiar duo of Basant Regmi and Sandeep Lamichhane have bowled Nepal into a de-facto final tomorrow against the hosts, with the...

We currently sit at the halfway mark of the Asian T20 World Cup Qualifiers and like the recent European qualifiers, we look...

Pan-Asian emerging cricket is a relatively rare phenomenon these days. The Asian Cricket Council’s tournaments are predominantly sub-regional affairs, pitting the same geographically proximate...

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019 will be hosted in Guernsey between 15th – 20st June (Six teams - single...