2021/22

Big picture It's Gqeberha, with a hard click at the start and a gutteral "gha" at the end, that's the venue for the last dance of the South African summer. Where, you ask? The place with the oldest cricket ground in the country but the…

A one-off T20I at the end of the tour does not come with a huge amount of context, but if the last two ODIs are anything to go by, the atmosphere in Lahore should at least be terrific with the game starting after the heat of the day has…

Big pictureSuper Over, anyone?By the time England and New Zealand take the field for another World Cup encounter, 850 days will have elapsed since the craziest contest of the lot. Plenty has happened since that extraordinary day at Lord's…

Big pictureSo a dead rubber it is, for India. Both groups in the Super 12s came down to hitting the eight-points mark eventually and India's losses in the first two games had made their early exit all but a foregone conclusion. The last day…

PreviewScotland, meanwhile, have endured a disappointing Super 12s journey and will want to close out in styleBig picture There is a meme doing the rounds in Pakistan wherewith a man sits stylishly smoking a cigarette, observing a wide…

Big pictureAfghanistan might already be one of the most popular choices globally for cricket fans' second-favourite international team, but when they take the field on Sunday, they'll have more supporters rooting for them than ever before.…

PreviewTo put themselves in a comfortable position, they need a big win against red-hot England - so they have a better NRR than Australia Big pictureThere are no quarterfinals at this T20 World Cup but South Africa have found themselves in…

PreviewWest Indies are eliminated but could still cause problems for the contenders - South Africa will certainly hope they doBig pictureGroup 1 now looks significantly different than it did a couple of days ago. Australia hold the aces in…

Big pictureRoyal Challengers Bangalore need to win their next two and hope Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by a certain margin, and then… Rings a bell? It should. For Virat Kohli at least. Used to dealing with a lot of those…

Fantasy TipsFantasy tips for the T20 World Cup game between India and ScotlandMatch 37: India vs Scotland, DubaiFantasy XI: Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, George Munsey, Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Jasprit Bumrah,…