Courtesy a fine fifty from Brian Bennett and excellent spells from Blessing Muzarabani and Brad Evans, Zimbabwe repeated their heroics of 2007 T20 WC against Australia, keeping their win percentage to 100 pc against 2021 champions in the marquee tournament. With this win, their second, th
Zimbabwe pulled off the biggest upset of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, defeating mighty Australia by 23 runs in match 19 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
This is the second time that the African nation has beaten Australia in a T20 World Cup match. The first was when Australia lost their group stage match against Zimbabwe in the 2007 edition.
In the previous edition, held in the West Indies and the USA, Australia was eliminated in the Super Eight stage. The current squad is a healthy mix of youth and experience. Even the younger/fringe players within the side have more than enough T20 experience under their belt to lock horns aga
Ponting, one of the finest Australian captains of all time who led the team to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 and 2007 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 and 2009, was speaking on the latest episode of ICC Review. Australia, the 2021 edition's champions, have a very shaky record in T20 World
Short, a two-time Big Bash League (BBL) 'Player of the Tournament' and Adelaide Strikers skipper, has been in a fine form for his franchise in the ongoing BBL season. So far, he has cracked two half-centuries against Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars and picked up three wickets.
Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav praised Jasprit Bumrah's influence on the team after clinching the T20 series against Australia 2-1, highlighting his experience and leadership.
Speaking at the post-match presentation, David said, "Hard to predict what the pitch is going to be like in the World Cup where obviously I think we're either split between Sri Lanka and India and sometimes maybe the Indian team change the pitch depending on who they're playing. So it'll be
Australia captain Alyssa Healy admitted that Jess Jonassen still has a chance to force her way into their 15-player squad for the Women's T20 World Cup.
Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez showered praise on Team India's leadership in the T20 World Cup and said that the Men in Blue deserve to win the marquee event
Rohit Sharma's swashbuckling 92 followed by Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav's influential spells along with Axar Patel's one-handed stunner sealed a 24-run win for India against Australia and sealed their berth in the semi-final of the ongoing T20 World Cup.
During the Men in Blue's final Super Eights match against Australia, the Indian skipper was on a mission mode to exorcise the demons of a 50-over World Cup final loss on November 19 last year at home against Australia, as he pummeled Australia's feared bowling line-up of Pat Cummins, Mitchel