Congratulations to England on becoming T20 world champions for the second time.  England has become only the second team to win the T20 world cup more than once after winning the 2022 T20 world cup. England is currently the best team in white ball cricket. The brand of cricket they play is just admirable. England's aggressive brand of cricket has made them one of the most dangerous teams in the world and they transition this bold brand into their test game. Going forward, they will be one of the most hazardous sides across all three formats.  The final was mostly dominated by England as they won the toss and chose to bowl 1st. Pakistan had a decent start and looked good until the 11th over and then fell away as England's bowlers squeezed the run flow Pakistan's middle order was not up to the task as they could only manage to post 137-8 in their 20 overs. Overall Pakistan's batting was poor today as they struggled to get away from the England bowlers. The turning point i...

  The T20 world cup is in its closing stages as we have only one semifinal and the final left before a new champion is crowned. Pakistan has qualified for the final. India and England play the second semifinal tomorrow to decide who will join Pakistan in the final.  Pakistan made a tremendous comeback in the tournament after it looked like they were the first team out in the super twelves at one stage.  They are now in the final of the 2022 T20 world cup. Pakistan has peaked at the right time, and it looks like it will be tough to stop them in the final.  India and England will not be concentrating on Pakistan, yet they will be looking to first win tomorrow's semifinal and make their place in the final alongside Pakistan before shifting their focus to the final.  England goes into the semifinal with 2 injury concerns as Mark Wood and Dawid Malan are both not guaranteed to be fit in time for the semifinal encounter. This could see Phil Salt come in for Dawid Mala...

  The T20 world cup 2022 has been one of the most exciting tournaments in a long time. Teams played excellent cricket in this tournament. Rain has spoiled a few encounters, but the matches have been full of entertainment this year. The 2 groups are wide open, and anyone can make the semifinals, not only the semifinals but direct qualification to the next T20 world cup in 2024 is also up for grabs. Twelve teams will gain direct qualification for the 2024 T20 world cup. The top 8 teams from the Super 12 alongside host West Indies and USA will gain qualifications for the 2024 event. Rankings will decide the last 2 spots. The teams that fail to make this cut will go into regional qualifications and play a qualifier to qualify for the 2024 event.  New Zealand is currently top group 1 and looks favourite to seal one semifinal spot. The other spot is open, and England/Ireland/Australia can claim that spot as Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have fallen behind in the race due to their net ru...

The T20 world cup in Australia has gotten on the way and there have been quite a few surprises with the biggest one being West Indies getting eliminated in the qualifier round. Ireland and Sri Lanka joined Group 1 from the qualifiers, while the Netherlands and Zimbabwe joined Group 2.  The Super 12 has seen New Zealand thrash host Australia in the opening match. In the second match, Afghanistan stretched England to a close encounter, but they didn't have enough runs on the board and England won in the end.  The third match saw Sri Lanka beat Ireland in a low-scoring encounter.  The 4th match was the biggest rivalry in Cricket India vs Pakistan. This match is going to go down as the match of the tournament as it was Kohli one man show assisted by Pandya that helped India win the game.   The 5th match saw Bangladesh beat the Netherlands in a very close encounter and the 6th match was a no result due to rain. There was a 9-over game played but not enough overs were...

  The T20 world cup Starts this Sunday will the qualifying round matches as 8 teams battle it out for the last 4 spots in the Super 12. Today we look at Group A and B from the qualifiers round and see who is the favourite in the top 2 of each group. The Netherlands in my opinion is one of the 2 favourites to make the top 2 in Group A. This Netherlands side is experienced and also has players who are familiar with the conditions in Australia as they have played domestic or club cricket in Australia. The most experienced will be Tom Cooper who plays for South Australia in the Australian domestic circuit. The Netherlands will also count on the experience of Van der Merwe who has played a lot of his cricket in South Africa whose conditions are very similar to Australian conditions. The Netherlands will also be boosted by the return of Klaasen and Van der Gugten to the bowling department. In the batting, the return of Colin Ackermann and Steve Myburgh will give them a more dangerous l...

  The Asia cup has come to an end and Sri Lanka have deservedly become champions of Asia for the 6th time. This Asia cup was entertaining as a lot of games went down to the wire and we got to see so good hard-fought cricket.  Sri Lanka pulled off the greatest of comebacks as they fought back after being thrashed by Afghanistan in the opening game of the Asia cup to win all their remaining matches and secure their 6th Asia cup title. This will be a big confidence boost for Sri Lanka as they still have to qualify for the World T20.   The favourites to win Pakistan and India have disappointed at different stages as they failed to capitalize on crucial moments during the tournament this ended in India crashing out in the super 4 and Pakistan falling 1step short as they ended the tournament as runners-up.  Afghanistan who were given more of a chance to win the tournament than Sri Lanka failed to capitalize on the early momentum they built as they lost all three super...

  England won the test series 2-1 after an excellent performance in the last test at the oval to win the final test by nine wickets.  Well done to England, who played better cricket throughout the series and came out on top at the end of the series. a well-deserved series win for them.  Proteas have a lot of questions regarding their batting department and players from the test squad who are not part of white ball teams in the next few months should use this break to go away and refresh their minds and look to use the SA domestic first class to gain some confidence before the tour to Australia.  Proteas have a lot of work to do when it comes to batting and hope to see them working on those problems and improving before the next series.  The series for Proteas was lost due to lack of runs on the board as the bowlers were superb throughout the series but the batsman never played their part apart from the first test where proteas scored 326 that too with assistance...