ICC T20 Mens World Cup 2021

The tournament starts on Sunday with 2 matches.

First up is Oman v Papua New Guinea

Followed by

Bangladesh v Scotland

England Squad
Morgan©
Ali
Bairstow
Billings
Buttler
T Curran
Jordan
Livingstone
Malan
Mills
Rashid
Roy
Willey
Woakes
Wood
* Travelling Reserves
Dawson * Vince * Topley *

16 teams are taking part over 45 matches. The 8 top ranked teams advance straight through into the Super 12s Stage, with the initial 4 teams in each group (1 & 2), plus the 4 teams that qualify from round 1 (group A & B), top 2 from each group which consists of 4 teams. All group will play a round robin format.
The top 2 teams from Group 1 & 2 will contest the Semi - Finals, 1st place in Group 1 will play 2nd from Group 2, 1st place from Group 2 will play 2nd from Group 1. Winners of each Semi to contest the Final. Both Semi - Finals & Final have a reserve day.

(15-10-2021 11:57 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  16 teams are taking part over 45 matches. The 8 top ranked teams advance straight through into the Super 12s Stage, with the initial 4 teams in each group (1 & 2), plus the 4 teams that qualify from round 1 (group A & B), top 2 from each group which consists of 4 teams. All group will play a round robin format.
The top 2 teams from Group 1 & 2 will contest the Semi - Finals, 1st place in Group 1 will play 2nd from Group 2, 1st place from Group 2 will play 2nd from Group 1. Winners of each Semi to contest the Final. Both Semi - Finals & Final have a reserve day.

Exactly!! And yet, the ICC seem to find it difficult to add two - yes just two - more nations to the world cup proper?? 4 X 4 groups?? I know matches are longer, but more than one per day - problem solved surely??

May tune in - but have no real enthusiasm other than to see how new nations get on as a bench mark for their longer term inclusion in the sport at world events!!

Group 1
England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, plus, Group A winner, & Group b Runner-up.

Group 2
India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, plus Group B winner, & Group A Runner-up.

Group A
Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Namibia

Group B
Bangladesh, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland

England Fixtures
Sat 23 Oct 3pm vs West Indies - Dubai
Wed 27 Oct 11am vs Group B runner-up Abu Dhabi
Sat 30 Oct 3pm vs Australia - Dubai
Mon 1st Nov 2pm vs Group A winners - Sharjah
Sat 6 Nov 2pm vs South Africa - Sharjah

Semi-Final 1 - Wed Nov 10th 2pm - Abu Dhabi - (Winner Group 1 vs Runner-up Group 2)
Semi-Final 2 - Thurs Nov 11th 2pm - Abu Dhabi - (Winner Group 2 vs Runner-up Group 1 )

Final - Sun Nov 14th 2pm - Dubai

Oman v Papua New Guinea

Oman won toss and field

PNG: 129/9 - Vala 56. Maqsood 4-20 (20 overs)

Oman: 131/0 - Singh 73no, Sulehri 50no. (13.4 overs)

Oman won by 10 wkts

Bangladesh v Scotland

Bangladesh won toss and field

Scotland: 140/9 - Greaves 45. Hasan 3-19
(20 overs)

Bangladesh: 134/7 - Mushfiqur 38. Wheal 3-24 (20 overs)

Scotland won by 6 runs

(17-10-2021 16:05 )Snooks Wrote:  Bangladesh v Scotland

Bangladesh won toss and field

Scotland: 140/9 - Greaves 45. Hasan 3-19
(20 overs)

Bangladesh in bat

decent recovery from the scots! Probably still not enough though, unless Bangladesh implode as they had a tendency to do in the past!!

Scotland won by 6 runs!!

Now THAT is a great result for Scotland!! I'm rerally pleassed for them!!
I think it was important they won this one so that they have something to build on for next game which isn't easy.

Well done Scotland!!