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Kevin Pietersen suffered another worrying failure as England drew their tour match with Bangladesh A. Having made only 49 runs in six previous innings on tour, he made 20 but was bowled attempting a sweep shot. Read More

Australia tied their high-scoring Twenty20 International against New Zealand before losing a remarkable match in a one-over playoff in Christchurch. Man-of-the-match Brendon McCullum smashed a memorable 116 not out in New Zealand's 6-214, the equal-sixth highest team score in T20 Internationals and the highest conceded by Australia. Read More
Australia's four-man pace attack has bowled New Zealand out for 118 in their opening Twenty20 International at Wellington's Westpac Stadium. Opening bowlers Shaun Tait (2-21) and Dirk Nannes (2-22) took two wickets each, combining superbly with Mitchell Johnson who claimed 3-19 and fired-up all-rounder Shane Watson who finished with 2-23. Read More
Whirlwind paceman Shaun Tait quickly extinguished any hope the West Indies had of winning their Twenty20 cricket clash against Australia at Bellerive Oval on Sunday. The tourists limped to 8-141 in reply to Australia's 8-179 after the Aussies struggled in the middle of their innings. Read More

An unbroken stand of 112 between Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan saw England beat world champions Pakistan by seven wickets in the Twenty20 international. Read More

Afghanistan earned the right to take on the leading cricket nations at the ICC World Twenty20 by reaching the final of the qualifying event in Dubai. Read More

Ireland are one win away from clinching a place in the ICC World Twenty20 after beating the United Arab Emirates by 22 runs in their latest qualifying match. Read More

As a boy in an Afghan refugee camp on the border with Pakistan, Hamid Hassan liked to watch American films. His favourite was Rocky, a rags-toriches boxing story that inspired Hassan and his Afghanistan team to deliver a knockout blow to the United States in a World Twenty20 qualifying match in Dubai yesterday. Read More

Ireland stayed on course for the ICC World Twenty20 by dumping Scotland out of the qualifiers in Dubai on Thursday. Scotland needed to win in under 15 overs to have a chance of staying in the competition but the Irish won by 37 runs to progress to the Super Fours. Read More

Ireland boosted their chances of qualifying for the ICC World Twenty20 by beating the United States by 78 runs in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Read More

Scotland are on the brink of failing to reach the ICC World Twenty20 after losing to Afghanistan by 14 runs in their second group qualifier. The Scots lost their opening pool game to the USA on Tuesday and must now hope that Ireland beat the Americans to keep their own hopes alive in Abu Dhabi. Read More