USA vow to play ‘fearless cricket’

The USA make their debut in the T20 World Cup against Canada on Saturday and vice-captain Aaron Jones says they are determined to play a ‘fearless’ brand of cricket.

Kilted Saffa out to upset England

SA-born Brad Wheal believes Scotland will be buoyed by a famous ODI win over England six years ago when they face their neighbours in the teams’ T20 World Cup opener in Barbados.

Cricket in uncharted territory

The first major tournament to be staged in the United States gets under way in Texas on Saturday with the opening game of the T20 World Cup.

England overwhelm Pakistan

England produced a fine all-round display as they beat Pakistan by seven wickets at The Oval on Thursday.

Watch: ‘Proteas have what it takes to win T20 World Cup’

Aiden Markram believes that once the Proteas win their first World Cup title, “quite a few could follow”.

Markram seeks another World Cup win

Aiden Markram has an advantage no other South African cricket captain has had before – he led a team to victory in a World Cup.

Buttler eager for England to learn India lessons

England captain Jos Buttler believes his squad will be better equipped to retain their T20 World Cup title after a miserable defence of their ODI crown in India last year.

Wood keen to team-up with Archer again

Mark Wood says there’s no reason why he and fellow fast bowler Jofra Archer cannot resume their 2019 World Cup-winning alliance during England’s upcoming T20 global title defence.

Struggling Nortje ‘in a perfect storm’

Proteas coach Rob Walter is backing Anrich Nortje to get back to his best at the T20 World Cup.

Nine-man Aussies win T20 World Cup warm-up

A short-handed Australia called on a national selector and backroom staff to make up the numbers in a T20 World Cup warm-up match – and still easily beat Namibia.

Marsh to stamp mark at T20 World Cup

A key goal of new T20I captain Mitchell Marsh is to keep Australia “nice and relaxed” as they strive for an unprecedented triple crown of titles across the game’s three formats.

Windies want ‘to knock it out of this world’

The West Indies’ hopes of triumphing in their home World Cup may just rest with young fast bowler Shamar Joseph.

USA ‘want to win games’ in T20 World Cup debut

The USA will make their debut in the T20 World Cup and are determined to show they can make an impact among the big boys.

Young Afghan side ‘among the favourites’

An Afghanistan side with an average age of just 25 have vowed to give audiences back home rare cause for jubilation at the T20 World Cup.

Nepali cop looks to handcuff bowlers

Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee is a 24-year-old policeman dubbed “The Tiger”, who hopes to use his record-breaking batting skills to boost his nation at the T20 World Cup.