Chris Silverwood, head coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team, has resigned after the team’s poor performance in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka Cricket Board confirmed that Chris Silverwood has resigned from his position citing personal reasons.
“Being an international coach requires a lot of time away and I have decided to step down after detailed consultations with family and close friends. Now is the time to spend some time with my family.”
Sri Lanka won one match out of three while one match was washed out.
Sri Lanka’s batting consultant Mahela Jayawardene also resigned yesterday.
In the Euro Cup 2024, second-tier team Georgia surprised everyone by defeating Portugal 0-2.
With this win, Georgia also booked a place in the last 16, the former Soviet Republic of Georgia’s first appearance at a major world event and achieved a historic victory by defeating favorites Portugal.
On behalf of Georgia, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored in the second minute of the match to give the team the lead, in the 57th minute of the match, Georges Mikautadze scored a penalty goal and strengthened the lead of the team.
Portugal had already advanced to the next round as group winners.
Portugal rested all 8 key players in this match and replaced them with other players sitting on the bench.
In the first semi-final of T20 World Cup, South Africa qualified for the final for the first time by defeating Afghanistan after a one-sided match by 9 wickets.
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first against Protease.
First inning:
The entire Afghanistan team was bowled out for just 56 runs in 11.5 overs.
On behalf of Afghanistan, only Azmatullah Umarzai has managed to score 10 runs, Rehmanullah Garbaz, Muhammad Nabi and Noor Ahmad scored zero.
Ibrahim Zadran 2, Gulbuddin Naib 9, Ningyalia Kharote 2, Karim Jannat 8, Rashid Khan 8 and Naveen ul Haq scored 2 runs.
On behalf of South Africa, Marco Johnson and Tabriz Shamsi took 3, 3 wickets while Rabada and Enrique Nokia took 2, 2 wickets.
Second inning:
South African batsman Quinton de Kock, who came to open the innings against Afghanistan, returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs.
South Africa’s Reza Hendricks played an unbeaten innings of 29 and captain Adrian Markram played a not out innings of 23 runs to take their team to the final.
Fazl Haq Farooqui took the only wicket of the innings for Afghanistan.
Today, the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup will be played between India and England at 7.30 pm in Providence, the final of the event will be played in Bridgetown on Saturday, June 29.
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has accused India of ball-tampering during the Super Eight match against Australia.
During a talk show on Samaa News on Monday, Inzamam said, “Arshdeep Singh was getting reverse swing in the 15th over. It doesn’t make sense to me because he doesn’t have the pace and bowling action that Bumrah has. I think the ball was being tampered with before the 15th over.”
Sitting with Inzamam on the talk show, former Test cricketer Salim Malik agreed with the allegations. “Such allegations if proven, could tarnish the integrity of the game. This is a serious matter that needs a thorough investigation. The ICC should not allow these things to slip under its radar,” he remarked.
Inzamam urged the ICC to open its eyes and investigate the alleged misconduct. He expressed dismay at the lack of vigilance on the part of cricket’s governing body, stressing the need for strict scrutiny and fairness in the game.
Australian cricket team captain Mitchel Marsh has said that Gulbudin Naib’s injury was very funny. “I have never seen such a funny thing on the cricket field before. I had tears in my eyes from laughing,” he said.
He went on to state that ultimately, it didn’t affect the game. “We can laugh about the injury, and it was amazing. There were many twists in the match. We wanted to play more in the tournament.”
On the defeat against Afghanistan, he said, “Some things are out of your hands, and we have ourselves to blame. We were shocked when the last wicket fell.”
What is the matter of ‘Fake Injury’?
In pursuit of Afghanistan’s target of 116 runs, during Bangladesh’s innings, the Afghan team took the sixth and seventh wickets at the score of 80 of the Bengal team in the 11th over.
In the next over, when the Bangladesh team was just two runs behind the DLS method score, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott signaled to his players to slow down the match so the rain would stop. In this case, the Bengal team was behind the score across the DLS method.
After Jonathan Trott signaled to the team, Afghanistan fielder Gulbudin Naib, standing at slip in the 12th over, lay down on the ground, indicating severe pain in his leg. Team members then called for help from the support staff and took him off the field.
The match was stopped during this time. As soon as Gulbudin was taken off the field, it started raining, and the pitch was covered, but the rain did not last long, and the match resumed.
As soon as the match started, after a few moments, surprisingly, Gulbdin, who was not able to walk some time ago, also returned to the field, bowled the 15th over of the match, and took the wicket.
However, Afghanistan then qualified for the T20 World Cup semi-finals by defeating Bangladesh by eight runs.
Fans called Gulbudin Naib’s injury fake. According to (ICC), it is an offence to deliberately waste time on the part of the batting or bowling team during a match.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former Test cricketer Muhammad Wasim as the head coach of the national women’s cricket team.
According to PCB, the coaching staff of the women’s team has also been changed.
Former Test cricketer Abdul Rehman will be the spin bowling coach and Junaid Khan will be the assistant coach, while Hanif Malik will be the fielding coach and Hina Munawar will be the women’s team manager.
Muhammad Wasim has previously served as the Chairman of the National Selection Committee from 2020 to 2022.
A women’s team camp has been set up in Karachi to prepare for the Asia Cup. Up to 28 players will participate in the four-day camp, while teo practice matches will also be played.
The Women’s Asia Cup will be held from July 19 to 28 in Dambulla, Sri Lanka where Pakistan will play their first match against India on July 19.
World football organization International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has fallen in love with Pakistani music, specifically an Arif Lohar song.
FIFA used the song Tenu Moj Karawan, sung by the legendary Arif Lohar, to mark the birthday of world famous footballer Lionel Messi.
Arif’s song was used along with highlights of Messi’s spectacular performance over the years.
Australian left-handed batsman David Warner has retired from all formats of international cricket.
The match against India on June 23 was David Warner’s last after his team was eliminated from the T20 World Cup.
The final of the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 was the last match Warner’s ODI career. He played the final test match of his career against Pakistan in January this year.
The batsman represented his country in 112 Tests, 162 ODIs, and 110 T20 internationals. He scored 8786 runs in Tests, 6932 in ODIs, and 3277 in T20 cricket.
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan became became the first bowler to take 150 T20I wickets in less than 100 matches. He acheived this milestone in 92 matches.
Earlier, Tim Southee of New Zealand had completed 150 wickets in 118 matches.
Only two players have taken 150 wickets in the history of T20 Internationals so far. Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh needs one wicket to cross this milestone.
Forecast of rain in Guyana during the T20 World Cup semi-final match between India and England has put the crucial game in jeopardy.
Rain has been predicted in Guyana from morning to 4 pm on June 27. There is no reserve day for the scheduled semi-finals, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) has allowed 250 minutes of extra time for the semi-final match. India will qualify for the final in case of a washout based on its first-place finish in Super 8 Group.
The ICC held India’s semi-final in Guyana keeping in mind the Indian market. The match will start at 7:30 am local time, which is 7:30 pm in India.
The official time of the match is 10:30 am to 1:40 pm, but due to rain, the game will continue till 5:50 pm in extra time.
However, there is a reserve day for the first semi-final in Trinidad, which will have 60 minutes of extra time on the scheduled day for the semi-final. Only 190 minutes will be allowed on the reserve day, and there will be no additional time.
