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Ryan Cook points to team's inexperience in night T20s but says no excuses for USA hammering

Shubham Ranjane's 48* in 24 balls powered USA to 196, and Netherlands folded for 103 in reply

Refuses to use absence of Mitchell Marsh and injury to Marcus Stoins as excuses

Opener says they focused on running hard rather than trying to hit boundaries on way to winning score

Zimbabwe allrounder joins for full season after withdrawal of Ben Dwarshuis on CA orders

The NZ T20 competition is very strong. I think it's undervalued from a strength point of view, NZ head coach said

Opener channels spirit of 2022 triumph after West Indies defeat left them with no room for error

The duo added 84 of the 85 UAE needed when they joined forces at 66 for 4 in the 151-run chase

USA made three changes by including Ali Khan, Saiteja Mukkamalla and Nosthush Kenjige

With the game to begin at 7pm local time, some models suggest heavy thundershowers before the scheduled start

Grudge match given added edge by coinciding with Six Nations clash in Edinburgh

Oman won the only previous T20 World Cup meeting between the sides, back in 2016

Seamer considered retirement after losing England deal but has committed to another season

It will be the teams' first meeting in a T20 World Cup since 2014

Australia were never really in the contest - they picked up two wickets in Zimbabwe's entire innings and lost four in their batting powerplay - and fell well short in the end

Parashar and Rohid miss out for UAE while Canada named an unchanged XI

Former New Zealand opening batter named as replacement for Richard Johnson

Paul Stirling hurt his right knee while diving to take a catch during Ireland's previous T20 World Cup game against Australia

Brendan Taylor, the Zimbabwe veteran, retired hurt in Zimbabwe's previous T20 World Cup game against Oman and was always a doubt for the Australia fixture

Brendan Taylor, the Zimbabwe veteran, has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20 World Cup because of a hamstring injury

The match had been caught in a scheduling squeeze with Hobart staging two ODIs in three days

Parag has led them before, in IPL 2025, but will take over full time now after Samson's trade to CSK

KSCA president Venkatesh Prasad said a majority of the infrastructure-related work undertaken in January were in the final stages

The allrounder was one of three candidates interviewed to take over from Alyssa Healy but lost out to Sophie Molineux

Kishan agreed with Pandya in Delhi but also credited the Namibia bowlers even though India put on 209 for their biggest win by runs at T20 World Cups

Varun said Abhishek practiced ahead of India's game against Namibia and should be available for the Pakistan game on February 15

Italy's stand-in captain pointed out that 12 of their 15 squad members work outside of cricket

Former Chief Operating Officer at the Co-Op steps up to replace Mark McCafferty

Namibia showed glimpses of what they can do, but in the end, the gulf in quality shone through

If you really nurture us, I'm telling you, there's so much talent in Associate cricket, the USA batter said

Ireland's Orla Prendergast also set to return to Trent Bridge in 2026

Namibia made two changes, bringing in Ben Shikongo and Malan Kruger

Openers seal Italian Job with stunning ten-wicket win in Mumbai

Both teams lost their opening fixtures of the 2026 T20 World Cup

The Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes allrounder played her most recent international in 2022 but could feature against India

For Italy, Campopiano replaced the injured Madsen and Jaspreet came in for Draca

Kusal Mendis chipped in with a half-century, while Maheesh Theekshana was almost impossible to score off as Oman went down by 105 runs in a one-sided T20 World Cup contest

He says playing one Test in two years doesn't help an Associate team

For PKR 86.5 million, Naseem moved from Islamabad to Rawalpindi, while Ashraf returned to Islamabad for PKR 85 million

Mitchell Marsh is unlikely to be fit for the game and Tim David isn't yet 100% of making the XI, making Australia severely undermanned ahead of the Zimbabwe contest

For Oman, Jay Odedra and Mohammad Nadeem have come in for Karan Sonavale and Shakeel Ahmed

Netherlands are favourites for the T20 World Cup contest in Chennai, especially with USA battling injury issues

Ireland's skipper hurt his knee while taking a catch before retiring hurt after running his first single having opened the batting in the unsuccessful chase against Australia

Thank god we won against Nepal the other night. Otherwise we'd be in a tricky situation, says England captain

Rutherford scored an unbeaten fifty, while Motie and Chase shared five wickets between them as England went down to West Indies at Wankhede again

Abhishek Sharma was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after being admitted for a stomach bug

The ICC said Zohaib was sent home 'due to player mental well-being and team welfare issues'

Gerhard Erasmus said the Namibia team had very little experience of playing or training under lights

Italy captain Wayne Madsen says his side has taken inspiration from the way other associates have pushed higher-ranked teams to the limit at this World Cup

Ellis and Zampa picked up four-wicket hauls each to bowl Ireland out for 115 in chase of 183