๐๐ Darren Lehmann: England players do not play enough county cricket
Back to some cricket. The English County Championship starts in a few days - 3rd April, Good Friday - but the IPL 2026 started yesterday. The first match I’m going to watch has just started - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders ๐
T20 World Cup Final - India beat New Zealand by 96 runs.
New Zealand 88-5 after 10 overs, so everything is going India’s way.
India 255-5 set New Zealand 256 to win. Not a good final over for New Zealand. Almost a repeat of the England semi-final but I don’t think New Zealand’s batting is as good. We’ll see.
New Zealand pulling it back a bit - India 211-4 after 17 overs.
India past 200 with 5 overs to go …
India 92-0 after the 6 over powerplay ๐
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final ๐
New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India
India batting first and making a very strong start: 82-0 after 5.2 overs!
India beat England by 7 runs. England finish on 246-7.
So it will be a New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final on Sunday ๐
England need 30 off the final over …
222-6 after 18.3 - Sam Curran out for 18.
Jacob Bethell passes 100 runs! 102 off 45 balls. England 222-5 after 18.2 overs.
England also lose a wicket in their 2nd over. Phil Salt out for 5 to Hardik Pandya. Brook in early at 3.
India finish their innings on 253-6. Some incredible batting ๐
Sanju Samson out for 89 off 42 balls ๐
India 119-2 after 10 overs ๐ณ
First wicket to Will Jacks - Abhishek Sharma out for 9 in the 2nd over.
And Harry Brook just dropped Sanju Samson in the 3rd - a straightforward catch ๐๐
England win the toss and opt to field first against India.
Yesterday New Zealand beat South Africa to reach the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final on Sunday.
Today at 13:30 GMT it’s the second semi-final, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
India best West Indies by 5 wickets. Great innings by Sanju Samson.
West Indies set India a target of 196 to win.
T20 World Cup ๐
India v West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Final game of the Super 8s stage. The winner will progress to a semi-final against England on Thursday.
South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup.
South Africa win by 76 runs!
Sri Lanka all out for 95 runs after 16.3 overs. England win by 51 runs. Disappointing batting by both teams though ๐ข
England 146-9 after 20 overs.
England 68-4 after 10 overs
T20 World Cup ๐ - Super 8s stage
Sri Lanka ๐ฑ๐ฐ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England in Pallekele
Sri Lanka won the toss and field first
Yesterday’s Super 8 match between Pakistan and New Zealand in Colombo was completely washed out ๐
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets
England beat Italy by 24 runs. That was too close, some impressive and ambitious batting by Italy.
But this victory confirms England’s progression to the Super 8s stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Italy 114-4 after 12 overs. Some quick scoring by J. Mosca and Manenti.
๐๐ From jaffas to the corridor of uncertainty โ revel in cricketโs rich language of bowling
Archer takes 2 wickets in the first over. Italy ๐ฎ๐น 1-2 ๐
No need to panic ๐ฑ
England set Italy a target of 203 to win, scoring 202-7. Jacks not out on 53 off 22 balls.
Only just noticed this result from Friday 13th …
Australia ๐ฆ๐บ 146 all out (19.3) v Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ 169-2 (20.0)
Zimbabwe win by 23 runs
Australia face Sri Lanka later today
Jacks hitting a few sixes - on 31 off 13 balls - but Curran caught for 25. England 160-6 after 17 overs. Should now get to a defendable total.
Brook and Banton didn’t stay in. England 114-5 after 14 overs. Curran and Jacks now trying to build a decent score.
England v Italy in the T20 World Cup ๐
England are 67-3 after 7.3 overs ๐ซข
Buttler, Salt and Bethell dismissed. Banton and Brook really need to stay in!
India beat Pakistan by 61 runs and progress to the Super 8s stage.
India set Pakistan a target of 176 to win.
India 127-4 after 15 overs. Slowed down a lot after the dismissal of Ishan Kishan.
India 92-2 after 10 overs.
Ishan Kishan scored 77 off 40 balls for India before being bowled by Saim Ayub. Batting first, India are now 88-2 after 8.4 overs.
Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, playing in Colombo.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
T20 World Cup ๐
England win by 5 wickets - 155-5 after 18.2 overs.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 86-4 after 10.4 overs. Brook out cheaply for 4.
England 82-3 after 10 overs, chasing 153.
England 13-2 after 2 overs!
Two very early wickets - Salt gone for 2, Buttler for 3
Scotland’s innings ends after 19.4 overs. They were all out for 152 runs.
At one stage it didn’t look like they were going to get to 150.
The England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ T20 World Cup match is currently underway at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. England won the toss and chose to bowl first ๐
Scotland are 90-3 after 10 overs.
West Indies beat England by 30 runs in the T20 World Cup. England all out for 166 after 19 overs.
England v West Indies in the T20 World Cup. England won the toss and chose to bowl first. West Indies scored 196/6 after their 20 overs.
Nepal very nearly beat England ๐ซฃ๐
England win by 4 runs ๐
Nepal 125-3 after 15 overs need 60 off 30 balls ๐ฌ
England finish their innings on 184-7.
Banton out for 2. England 57-3 after 6.1 overs ๐
Buttler out for 26. But England now 43-2 after 4.3 overs ๐
Salt out for 1! England 5-1 in the second over ๐ค
Salt and Buttler opening the batting.
England’s first T20 World Cup game about to start. England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ณ๐ตNepal. England won the toss and chose to bat first ๐
The T20 World Cup has started. Some early listening to some of Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands. Netherlands all out for 147, Pakistan about to start their innings.
England all out for 311. India Under-19sย win the U19 World Cup Final by 100 runs.
U19 World Cup Final. Just seen England lose 3 wickets in a few minutes - theyโre now 192-7, and now need 220 runs from 26 overs ๐ซค
ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Final ๐
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India
India batted first and have set England a target of 412 to win.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi - 14 years old - scored 175 from 80 balls to become the tournament’s leading run scorer.
The Analyst T20 World Cup Preview ๐
ICC Under-19 Menโs Cricket World Cup Final is tomorrow - England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India in Harare ๐
ICC Menโs T20 World Cup starts in India and Sri Lanka early Saturday ๐
A first First Class century for Jacob Bethell ๐
103 off 162 balls.
The Ashes, 5th Test Day 4, SCG ๐
๐๐ Hugh Morris โ a tribute
Australia v England, Fourth Test, Day One
England win the toss and choose to bowl first.
Third Ashes Test, Adelaide Oval, day 5.
Australia won by 82 runs, to lead the five-match series 3-0
Stumps Day 4
England 207-6 need another 228 runs.
Crawley stumped by Carey for 85. 194-6.
Nathan Lyon bowls Ben Stokes for 5 ๐ข
England 193-5 still need another 242 runs.
Brook out for 30 off 56.
Australia v England - 3rd Test, Day 4
Late start from me today - up at 5am. And missed a lot of action.
England took the last 6 of Australiaโs wickets for 38 runs, setting themselves a second innings target of 435 to win the match (which would be a record Test run chase).
Then England lost 3 wickets. Duckett for 4, Pope for 17 and then Root for 39, all to Pat Cummins.
I woke up just in time to hear Rootโs dismissal on TMS which left England 109-3.
Now watching on TNT Sports and England are 131-3 after 37 overs. Crawley on 52 and Brook 7.
304 more runs needed to win ๐๐
England all out for 286 trail by 85 runs.
Stokes out for 83. England 274-9 trailing by 97.
And a half-century for Jofra Archer ๐ฎ๐
50 from 97.
His first Test 50.
Ben Stokes gets his half-century - off 159 balls
Australia v England - 3rd Test, Day 3
Stokes and Archer still batting โฆ
Stumps Day 2
England finish the day on 213-8, trailing Australia by 158 runs.
Australia all out for 371.
Australia v England - 3rd Test, Day 2
Stumps Day 1. Australia 326-8.
Australia v England - 3rd Test, Day 1
Australia win the toss and choose to bat.
Australia’s Steve Smith ruled out of the Test with illness - Usman Khawaja replaces him.
Australia win The Ashes 2nd Test on Day 4 by 8 wickets. They go 2-0 up in the series ๐
Atkinson also gets Labuschagne. Steve Smith steps up.
Head out to Atkinson, Australia one wicket down but now need 24 to win.
Dinner taken with Austalia on 33-0, needing only 32 more runs to win.
Carse gone for 7. England all out for 241. Australia need only 65 runs to win the 2nd Testโฆ
Atkinson caught. 231-9 ๐ข
Stokes out! Still on 50. 227-8.
50 for Ben Stokes - off 148 balls.