T20 World Cup: Who won the last one, and the one before that? June 29, 2024 The T20 Cricket World Cup final takes place today and there could be a new name in South Africa on the trophy. But with England the 2022 champions and Australia the winners before that, who has won each edition of the tournament? Here at City A.M. we have crunched the data and put the winners [...]
T20 Cricket World Cup: How much prize money do you get? June 28, 2024 The perk of winning the T20 Cricket World Cup is being able to call yourselves world champions, as England did in 2022 when they beat Pakistan. But for the governing bodies and chiefs will be keen on the cash teams can earn from winning matches in the Caribbean and United States. Tournament winners get $2.45m [...]
South Africa await England or India in T20 World Cup final June 27, 2024 South Africa reached their first ever T20 Cricket world Cup final this morning by thrashing Afghanistan in the Caribbean. They will take on either England or India, who play this afternoon, in Saturday’s final in Barbados. South Africa’s nine-wicket win over Jonathan Trott’s Afghanistan brings to an end an incredible run at this World Cup, [...]
Sadiq Khan ‘can’t say’ if racism would have put him off politics June 26, 2024 Sadiq Khan has said he "can't unequivocally say" whether knowing about the extent of racism he would face in politics would have put him off.
T20 World Cup: The Taliban shadow ruining great Afghanistan run June 26, 2024 When Afghanistan run out at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy Stadium to take on South Africa in the T20 Cricket World Cup tomorrow, it’ll mark a monumental moment in the history for the cricketing nation. For it will be their first semi-final in a major competition with, under former England international Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan becoming [...]
England to face India in T20 Cricket World Cup semi-finals June 24, 2024 England will take on India in the semi-finals of the T20 Cricket World Cup after Rohit Sharma, captain of the tournament favourites, knocked 92 runs off 41 balls in a 24-run win over Australia. The result means England will head to Guyana to take on India on Thursday afternoon. Having lost Virat Kohli for zero, [...]
England romp to T20 World Cup semi-finals June 23, 2024 A monstrous effort from England against the United States earned the defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions a spot in the semi-finals as they recorded a 10-wicket victory over the tournament co-hosts. Having been on the brink of a World Cup exit earlier in the tournament England – led by Matthew Mott and captained by [...]
Steven Finn: Reece Topley can play key role for England at T20 World Cup June 18, 2024 Former international bowler Steven Finn has backed Reece Topley to play a key part in England’s bid to defend their T20 Cricket World Cup title in the Caribbean. England scraped through to the Super Eight second stage of the World Cup, this year being co-hosted by the United States and West Indies, having needed to [...]
USA has cricket fever as nation looks to lay sporting foundations June 17, 2024 On social media platform X last week, mid-way through the USA’s T20 Cricket World Cup group game against tournament favourites India, one account explained the complicated scoreboard of cricket to an American using the analogy of a burger eating contest. The 20 overs represented 20 minutes to eat as many burgers as possible, and wickets [...]
IPL US franchise MI New York does deal with Accenture June 5, 2024 IT giant Accenture has stepped into the world of Major League Cricket, becoming principle partner of MI New York. The deal will see 2023 MLC champions MI New York feature Accenture on their match and training jerseys. “Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world and this is an exciting opportunity to innovate [...]