Taliban are using Afghanistan’s cricket success to their advantage – while women’s team are in exile
Celebrations after men’s World Cup heroics masked the darker reality behind an apparent sporting fairy tale
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South Africa rout Afghanistan to reach their first men’s T20 World Cup final
It was tough on Afghanistan, who were exhausted by the tense wins over Australia and Bangladesh
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England call for reserve day for India semi-final as rain hangs over Guyana
Tight scheduling at the World Cup means the match will be decided on the day even if it is washed out
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Guyana awaits England and India in T20 World Cup semi-final
Rohit Sharma’s 41-ball 92 defeats Australia to win the group and sets up a shootout with Jos Buttler’s side on the slow Providence pitch
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Watch: Chris Jordan takes four wickets in five balls at T20 World Cup – here’s how he did it
Fast bowler became the first England player to take a T20 international hat-trick, as he starred in Barbados, the island of his birth
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Australia’s T20 World Cup hopes in jeopardy after shock defeat by Afghanistan
Historic 21-run win was a first over Aussies in any form of cricket and kept nation’s own tournament hopes alive in the process
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T20 World Cup not a ‘game-changer’ for cricket in USA, but it is a start
There is little to indicate that the tournament has registered the consciousness of the American mainstream
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Watch: Pat Cummins becomes only the second Australian to take hat-trick at T20 World Cup
Cummins, who finished with 3-29, did not initially realise he had matched Brett Lee’s achievement during Australia’s win over Bangladesh
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How Phil Salt went from unreliable smasher to England ace in the pack
Salt has become one of the leading Twenty20 openers in world – as highlighted in eight-wicket win over West Indies where he hit 87 not out
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Phil Salt peppers West Indies’ boundary in Twenty20 World Cup thrashing
Victory is England’s best Twenty20 World Cup performance since they lifted trophy two years ago – and puts them on course for semi-finals
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England braced for West Indies’ fearsome threat – Akeal Hosein, the spinner who swings
Spinner made his way from difficult surroundings to become an integral part of the West Indies World Cup challenge
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Fewer sixes and wickets galore: The lessons of the T20 World Cup group stages
With 12 sides now heading home, we have learnt that pitches have neutered the sluggers and left-armers are worth their weight in gold
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Meet ‘Jomboy’: The Yankees fan turned cricket convert using baseball to call the T20 World Cup
YouTuber is helping American – and wider – audiences to understand the sport through role with ESPN
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Pat Cummins: It is against Spirit of Cricket to manipulate Scotland match to knock out England
Australians row back from suggestion they could let Scots improve their run rate to eliminate both sides’ old rivals
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Our experts pick their England XI to salvage T20 World Cup campaign
With England needing a drastic upturn in fortunes, could a change of wicketkeeper or an England T20 debut for Tom Hartley be the solution?
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Sanctions loom if Australia found to engineer England’s World Cup exit against Scotland
Josh Hazlewood says it would be in Australia’s ‘best interests’ to manipulate England’s World Cup exit – scroll down to learn how they could
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Jos Buttler: It is not s--- or bust for England just yet at T20 World Cup
England head into the games against Oman and Namibia, needing two substantial victories to keep their World Cup campaign alive
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Australia have opportunity to redeem themselves for Ashes moral failure
Mitchell Marsh’s side should atone for unscrupulous stumping of Jonny Bairstow at Lord’s by playing strongest XI against Scotland
