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February 9, 2026

Pakistan agree to play India at T20 Cricket World Cup after scrapping boycott

Match to go ahead in Sri Lanka on Sunday
Government made decision after negotiations

Pakistan are poised to fulfil their T20 World Cup fixture against India on Sunday, having previously been instructed by their government to boycott the game in a move that could have cost the sport millions.

The crisis was triggered by Bangladesh withdrawing from the tournament last month – their place handed to Scotland – when a request to play their matches outside India on security grounds was rejected by the International Cricket Council.

February 9, 2026

Italy handed brutal reality check on World Cup debut — despite Aussie-born brothers’ resistance

T20 World Cup debutants Italy have had a bruising introduction to cricket’s biggest stage, suffering a crushing 73-run loss to Scotland in Kolkata that has come at a cost.

February 9, 2026

‘Working my a**e off’: Forgotten Test star hits back over status, puts Aussies on notice

Victoria’s “chameleon” hasn’t given up hope.

February 8, 2026

NEPAL! Minnow’s heartbreak as Poms survive almighty scare in final-ball thriller — T20 WC Wrap

England clung on to beat Nepal by four runs in a nerve-jangling last-ball thriller in Mumbai on Sunday and avoid one of the biggest upsets in the history of the T20 World Cup.

February 8, 2026

England hold off Nepal charge in final over to avoid T20 World Cup shock

England, 184-7, bt Nepal, 180-6, by four runs
Sam Curran bowls final over to deny minnows

England were given a major scare at the beginning of their Men’s T20 World Cup campaign, but Sam Curran held his nerve to deliver a four-run win over minnows Nepal at a raucous Wankhede Stadium.

With Nepal needing 10 from the final over to secure a famous victory in the first-ever meeting between the two sides, Curran nailed his lines and lengths to get England out of jail in a breathless contest.

Simon Burnton’s match report will follow

February 8, 2026

Big Bash star’s blistering knock sparks record chase as Kiwis avoid repeat World Cup disaster

Opener Tim Seifert struck a blistering 65 off 42 balls to lead New Zealand’s highest-ever run in a T20 World Cup as they beat Afghanistan by five wickets on Sunday.

February 8, 2026

‘Very good player’: New star rises from Premier Cricket to nearly save Victoria — Shield wrap

A heroic fourth-innings effort from debutant Dylan Brasher has tightened Victoria’s selection squeeze at the back-end of the Sheffield Shield season.

February 8, 2026

‘Not been easy’: England captain spills on ‘horrendous’ fallout from nightclub altercation

England white-ball captain Harry Brook has confessed the fallout from his nightclub altercation has been “horrendous”, hoping to put the ordeal behind him after the T20 World Cup.

February 7, 2026

Aussie injury crisis deepens as young speedster set for months on the sidelines

Australia’s injury crisis has deepened after scans confirmed that fast bowler Mahli Beardman had sustained a lumbar bone stress fracture, ruling him out for the remainder of the season.

February 7, 2026

Reigning champs avoid World Cup disaster as skipper rescues India after huge scare

A sparkling unbeaten 84 from India captain Suryakumar Yadav and three wickets from late call-up Mohammed Siraj in Mumbai helped India avoid a shock defeat to the United States as they opened their defence of the T20 World Cup.

February 7, 2026February 7, 2026

Pakistan avoid disastrous World Cup shock after 19th-over great escape against the Netherlands

Faheem Ashraf smashed an unbeaten 29 off 11 balls as Pakistan scrambled past the Netherlands by three wickets to avoid a massive shock in the curtain-raiser of the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Saturday.

February 7, 2026

Harry Brook says fallout from nightclub row has been ‘horrendous’

England T20 captain eager to move on from furore
‘It’s not been a very nice time of my life,’ he says

Harry Brook wants to draw a line under a “pretty horrendous” past few weeks when revelations about his conduct in Wellington cast doubt on his leadership as he prepares to lead England at the T20 World Cup.

More than three months on from Brook being punched by a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand, hours before captaining England, the saga took on fresh legs when the Yorkshireman claimed to have been on his own, only for the Daily Telegraph to uncover he was accompanied by Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue.

February 7, 2026

Kurtis Patterson sends reminder with career-best Sheffield Shield statement after ‘low period’

Kurtis Patterson has celebrated his 100th Sheffield Shield appearance in style after bringing up a career-best first-class score of 173 not out for NSW against South Australia.

February 7, 2026February 7, 2026

‘Brace for eight weeks’: Shock injury reveal as nasty Ashes hit leaves Marnus playing through pain

Not even a broken bone will keep Marnus Labuschagne off the cricket field.

February 6, 2026February 7, 2026

150 runs in boundaries! Sachin among India greats STUNNED by 14yo’s ‘absurd’ WC final knock

Some of India’s greatest cricketers have been left gobsmacked by the latest feat of prodigious 14-year-old batting talent Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who produced the most audaciously unthinkable innings in a final to power India to a sixth Under 19 World Cup.