Even with those credentials, two of the game’s traditional entertainers are having to go through a preliminary stage with the lower-ranked teams to earn a spot in the T20 World Cup’s main round. Jos Buttler's England squad starts its bid to become dual white-ball world champions — they want to add the T20 trophy to their 50-over World Cup title in 2019 — against Afghanistan on Oct. 22. “Ten years later it’s about trying to make it happen again for the people of the West Indies," he said. Zimbabwe won five consecutive games to top the World T20 qualifying tournament on home soil and returns to the global event for the first time since 2016. “To turn the past on its head and get a series win just before a World Cup was pretty inspiring.”RULE CHANGESTiming is everything with the new regulations introduced since the last T20 World Cup — the biggest being the in-match penalty for slow over-rates.

Source: The Herald October 14, 2022 05:33 UTC