Craig Kieswetter

Out-of-favour Indian left-arm spinner Murali Kartik returned with magical figures of six for 61 to help his side Somerset beat Warwickshire by nine wickets in the County Division Championship at Taunton.

England cricket team chief Ashley Giles has forecast a significant delay to the home series against the West Indies in June should the coronavirus relent sufficiently to allow the three Tests to go ahead.

The England and Wales Cricket Board on Saturday awarded incremental 12-month central contracts to Ravi Bopara, Jade Dernbach and Craig Kieswetter for their performances in the recent season.

Remembering England's maiden T20 World Cup win, former pacer Ryan Sidebottom on Saturday said that as a kid he had always dreamt of playing cricket and winning something special like the World Cup is what dreams are made of.

Phil Salt lived in Barbados for five years after moving to the island as a 10-year-old and was there in the stands when England won the 2010 T20 World Cup. He eventually moved back to England and as an emerging player was eligible to play for the West Indies as well.

Andy Flower believes his side's win against Australia in T20 WC reflects a "shift in balance of power" between the two teams ahead of the Ashes.

West Indies were 127 for five off 23 overs in reply to England's 288 for six, a deficit of 161 runs, when rain stopped play in the first ODI on Saturday.

As the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 begins on Saturday across venues in India and Sri Lanka, the tournament marks another chapter in a competition that began 19 years ago. From its first edition in South Africa in 2007 to the 2024 event in the USA and Caribbean, the T20 World Cup has seen the format grow in scale and reach.

Rajasthan Royals and England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler feels that players should accept a commentator's opinion if they are being criticised because they are just doing their job, and that acceptance should be an integral part of any cricketer's career.

England and New Zealand have crossed paths in the World T20s four times and the record is currently locked at two wins each. TOI takes a look at what transpired on those four occasions.

England's five-run thrilling win is their joint-third narrowest victory in terms of runs vs India in ODIs - the smallest being by one run at Cuttack on December 27, 1984.

India secured their second T20 World Cup title in 2024, defeating South Africa in a thrilling final. This victory ended an 11-year drought and added to their inaugural win in 2007. The tournament has seen six different champions across nine editions, with a curious trend of host nations never winning the title.

In their four meetings at the World T20, England have never been able to beat West Indies so far.

TOI Sports takes a look at what transpired in the previous editions of the tournament.

Twenty20 cricket was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board for inter-county cricket in 2003 to boost the game's popularity, especially amongst youngsters. And it won't be an understatement to say that T20 cricket has taken the world by storm, after being viewed suspiciously in the beginning.