Page 27 - Pakistan Link - November 19, 2021

SPORTS NOVEMBER 19, 2021 – PAKISTAN LINK – P27
NOVEMBER 19, 2021 - PAKISTAN LINK
SPORTS
Australia beat New Zealand by eight Kane Williamson to sit out India T20s

wickets to win T20 World Cup NEW DELHI: New Zealand captain tel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra,
Mitchell Santner, Will Somerville,
Kane Williamson will skip the three-
Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wag-
game Twenty20 series against India
ries that starts this month, the team
Ish Sodhi for 17 runs in one over with this week to prepare for the Test se- ner, Will Young.
just a single to Marsh. said on Tuesday.
He smoked Jimmy Neesham for The first T20 game will be played
a six to raise his third half-century of on Wednesday in Jaipur, India, three
the tournament but soon fell to Boult. days after New Zealand’s World Cup
Warner, with 289 runs in to- final loss on Sunday. New Zealand
tal, ended second behind Pakistan’s said it has decided to allow William-
Babar Azam (303) in the tourna- son to prepare for the two red-ball
ment’s batting chart. matches with the Test squad.
Earlier Williamson, who was Tim Southee will captain the T20
dropped on 21, started cautiously but side. The first Test begins in Kanpur
once settled, took on the opposition on Nov 25 and the second Test starts
bowling to reach his first half-century in Mumbai on Dec 3.
of the tournament. Twenty20 squad: Tim Southee
He finished with 10 fours and (captain), Todd Astle, Trent Boult,
three sixes in his 48-ball blitz to lift Mark Chapman, Lockie Ferguson,
New Zealand from 57-1 in 10. The Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Adam
Kiwis initially struggled and lost Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesh-
Daryl Mitchell caught behind for 11 am, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner,
The new T20 world champions 2021. off Hazlewood. Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi.
Opening batsman Martin Guptill New Zealand Test squad: Kane
DUBAI: Mitchell Marsh smashed an crucial toss won by Aaron Finch as failed to get quick runs despite his Williamson (captain), Tom Blundell,
unbeaten 77 as Australia hammered teams chasing have won all but one three boundaries and a 48-run sec- Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl
New Zealand by eight wickets to game at the venue. ond-wicket stand with Williamson. Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Pa-
clinch their maiden Twenty20 World Australia, whose previous best Williamson survived a spill by
Cup title on Sunday. was a runners-up finish in 2010, came Hazlewood in the deep with the ball Seven venues confirmed for T20
Chasing 173 for victory, Australia into this edition’s semi-final with one popping out of the fielder’s hand to
depended on a 92-run second-wicket loss to England and beat Pakistan in find the boundary. Pace spearhead World Cup 2022 in Australia
stand between David Warner, who the final-four clash with a chase of Mitchell Starc was the bowler.
made 53, and Marsh to achieve their 177. Australia fast bowler Josh Ha- The captain hit back with two
target with seven balls to spare in zlewood returned figures of 3-16 and more fours off left-arm quick Starc MELBOURNE: Next year’s Twen- ment, our sights are now firmly set
Dubai. Warner became Trent Boult’s leg-spinner Adam Zampa had 1-26. who was taken for 60 runs from his ty20 World Cup will be held across on planning for the 2022 event,” said
second wicket but Marsh kept up the Australia suffered an early blow four overs, to get some momentum seven venues in Australia, officials International Cricket Council head of
charge to power Australia home to in their chase when Finch departed into the innings. confirmed on Tuesday, with Sri Lan- events Chris Tetley.
their long-awaited T20 crown and for five off Boult as a largely neutral Zampa sent Guptill trudging back ka and the West Indies forced to play Hosts Australia will be defend-
add to their five 50-over World Cup but not packed-to-capacity crowd to the dugout after the opener’s 35- for a place in the Super 12. ing champions after hammering New
trophies. roared. But the left-right batting pair ball 28 but Williamson kept up the The tournament, which was sup- Zealand by eight wickets in Dubai on
Glenn Maxwell, who made 28, of Warner and Marsh combined to charge with two sixes off Maxwell. posed to be held Down Under in 2020 Sunday, with both of this year’s final-
joined Marsh, who hit six fours and take apart the bowling with fours and Williamson again picked out but was pushed back two years due ists automatically qualifying for the
four sixes in his 50-ball knock, to put sixes galore. Starc to smash four fours and one six to the coronavirus, will take place be- Super 12 stage along with Afghani-
on 66 runs and hit the winning bound- Marsh hit Adam Milne for one in a 22-run 16th over and put on 68 tween October 16 and November 13. stan, Bangladesh, England, India, Pa-
ary as the Aussies came charging in six and two fours on his first three with Glenn Phillips, who made 18. A total of 45 matches will be con- kistan and South Africa who are the
to celebrate the triumph. balls of the knock to signal his ruth- Hazlewood returned in his final tested across Adelaide, Brisbane, Gee- eight highest-ranked teams.
Skipper Kane Williamson hit less intent. over to break the stand with Phillips’ long, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sri Lanka and the West Indies
a valiant 85 in New Zealand’s 172- Warner also kept up his punish- wicket and then got Williamson out Sydney, with the final under lights at will play the preliminary round with
4 after being invited to bat first in a ing act as he hammered leg-spinner with a leg-cutter. the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Syd- Namibia, Scotland and four other
ney and Adelaide will host the semis.
countries to be determined through
Pakistan to host 2025 Champions Bangladesh rest “Following the success of the ICC two qualifying tournaments — in
Oman in February and in Zimbabwe
Women’s T20 World Cup in 2020 [in
Trophy, announces ICC Mushfiqur Rahim Australia] and a two-year postpone- in June-July, 2022.
LONDON: Pakistan will be hosting a to take the sport global and that is for Pakistan Recovered Rizwan eyes more
world tournament for the first time in now reflected in this schedule. Twenty20s
nearly three decades when the Cham- By allocating a major global glory in Bangladesh
pions Trophy comes to its shores in event to Pakistan, the ICC has ex- DHAKA: Bangladesh will rest bats-
2025. In another first, the USA will pressed complete confidence and man Mushfiqur Rahim for the three- DHAKA: Pakistan wicket-keeper/ ty20 World Cup in the UAE where he
also host a global cricket competition faith in our management, and oper- match Twenty20 international series batsman Mohammad Rizwan said on top-scored with 67 in the semi-final
- the T20 World Cup in June 2024 - ational capabilities and skills,” PCB against Pakistan starting in Dhaka Monday he was feeling well after a against Australia.
alongside the West Indies. chairman Ramiz Raja said soon after on Friday. Mushfiqur was under fire spell in intensive care for a chest in- He finished the tournament with
Those two are part of the eight the announcement. He added that the for his below-par performance in the fection and would begin training for a 281 runs, the third-highest among all
new men’s tournaments that feature in 2025 event will be a “boon for mil- recent Twenty20 World Cup, having series in Bangladesh. batsmen, despite missing out on the
the ICC’s next commercial cycle from lions of home fans” who will watch scored just one half-century in eight Rizwan made a miraculous re- final after Pakistan’s heartbreaking
2024-31. That’s two ODI World Cups, their “favourite international players matches. Bangladesh had a dismal covery last week after two days in five-wicket loss to the eventual win-
four T20 World Cups and two editions from close quarters.” tournament, where they lost to Scot- hospital to turn in a headline-grab- ners in Dubai.
of the Champions Trophy, which the The other significant decision was land in the qualifiers and failed to win bing performance in the ICC Twen- His exploits in the tournament
ICC had decided to bring back. to appoint the USA as a co-host for a single game in the Super-12 phase. took his tally to 1,033 in 2021, mak-
On Monday, the ICC Board final- the 2024 T20 World Cup. This, it is They were forced to make at ing him the first man to score over
ised the venues for the eight events learned, is part of a strategic move by least six changes to the squad for the 1,000 runs in a calendar year in
based on the recommendations of a the ICC, which has identified Ameri- upcoming series, with all-rounders Twenty20 Internationals.
working group which shortlisted the ca as a strong market for growing the Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad “I’m happy that I have scored the
hosting countries based on the bids game. It also makes plain their keen- Saifuddin ruled out due to injury. most runs in the calendar year. But
that had been put forward earlier ness to get on the Olympics roster. The Batsmen Liton Das and Soumya I’m more delighted that I was able to
this year. ESPNcricinfo has learned experience of hosting a major event in Sarkar have been dropped for the secure this record for my country,”
that there were 28 proposals from 17 the USA, where the 2028 Games are series against the World Cup semi-fi- Rizwan told reporters in Dhaka.
countries, including the 14 hosts. due to be held, will only help in the nalists, as well as fast bowler Rubel Rizwan, who scored 1,743 runs in
This working group was led by push for cricket’s inclusion. Hossain. Those recalled to the side all Twenty20s in 2021, also a calen-
former New Zealand fast bowler The ICC once again acknowl- include batsman Najmul Hossain dar year record, now has the chance
Martin Snedden, who is chairman edged India as its key commercial Shanto and leg spinner Aminul Is- to add a few more runs to his tally
of the NZC and its representative on driver and allotted three global tour- lam Biplob. There were also maid- as Pakistan take on Bangladesh in a
the ICC Board. Former India captain naments to it. They will co-host the en T20 call-ups for Under-19 World three-match series starting on Friday
and current BCCI president Sourav 2026 T20 World Cup along with Sri Cup-winning captain Akbar Ali — a in Dhaka.
Ganguly, Cricket West Indies’ presi- Lanka, then host the 2029 Champi- wicketkeeper — batsmen Saif Has- He struggled in the early years of
dent Ricky Skerritt and former PCB ons Trophy and then join hands with san and Yasir Ali Chowdhury, and his T20 International career averaging
chairman Ehsan Mani were also part Bangladesh for the ODI World Cup pace bowler Shohidul Islam. just four runs in 2016 and 14.80 in
of this working group. in October-November 2031. Mahmudullah Riyad was re- 2019. But he showed promise in 2020
The latest global events cycle is India are also scheduled to host the tained as captain despite the poor by scoring his maiden fifty against
in complete contrast to the previous 2023 ODI World Cup, the last global World Cup performance. New Zealand in December before re-
one (2017-23) where the Big Three - event in the current FTP cycle. Ten The second and third Twenty20 alising his full potential this year.
India, England and Australia - split a teams will do battle for that trophy but internationals against Bangladesh The second and third T20 Inter-
majority of the hosting rights among from 2027 onwards the tournament will be held on November 20 and 22 nationals against Bangladesh will be
themselves. It has been seven years will expand to include 14 and will wit- in Dhaka. held on Nov 20 and 22, also in Dhaka.
since a world tournament has taken ness the revival of the Super 6s format, The matches will be day-night The matches will be day-night
place anywhere outside of those three where the top three teams, from two games, with fans returning to the gal- games, with fans returning to the gal-
countries. But with the exponential groups of seven, will play each other lery in Bangladesh for the first time lery in Bangladesh for the first time
growth of T20 cricket, the ICC wants for a spot in the knockouts. since March 2020. since March 2020.

www.Pakistanlink.com
www.PakistanLink.com