But the cricket batsman can hit across 360 degrees, so he is not without options. He can probe holes in the fielders’ formations with low-risk singles and doubles or go big.

The 2024 T20 World Cup will be played June 1-29 at venues in the U.S. and the West Indies. Stadiums in Texas, Florida and New York will host games in the U.S.

With the 2024 T20 World Cup kicking off this weekend, here are some commonly used terms that will help you become familiar with the game. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽ ...

In the fast-paced world of T20 cricket, ... Chahar, and the Pandya brothers, showed that while batsmen may win you games, bowlers win you tournaments. (The writer is a sports columnist.

Batsmen use 'normal' cricket bats and gloves, but no-one wears pads. The game involves running on almost every delivery, and pads would make that amount of sprinting too uncomfortable and awkward.

Another fifty-plus score in the next Test match will see Mendis become the only batsman in world cricket to own this record. Courtesy of Mendis' century, Sri Lanka breached the 300-run mark on day 1.

As elite players shun the West Indies, cricket there is becoming ever more of a shambles. One of the coming generation of batsmen, Shimron Hetmyer, was dropped for the 2022 T20 World Cup after ...

Pakistan batsman Babar Azam scored a breezy 90 against Australia while Iftikhar Ahmed sparkled at the top of the order with an 83 but the 1992 world champions could not prevent a 14-run defeat in ...

Every game of the 2023 World Cup is being live streamed for free via the Hotstar mobile app (iOS and Android) in India. However, if you want to tune in on a larger screen, you'll need to pay for a ...