World cricket league: Cricket News & Match Updates

United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates (UAE) head coach Lalchand Rajput has called on the cricketing world to sit up and take notice of the performance of associate nations in the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup, insisting that they have more than earned the right to be taken seriously on the global stage.

Royal Netherlands Cricket Board: The Netherlands putting up a spirited performance before going down to a three-wicket loss to Pakistan in the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup opening game in Colombo encapsulated a broader truth about Dutch cricket: punching above their weight while operating with tied hands behind their back.

T20 World Cup: The 2024 men’s T20 World Cup will kick off with a North American derby between co-hosts USA and Canada at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. Co-incidentally, the two teams played the first ever international cricket match, way back in 1844, and will mark their debut in the showpiece event in a clash against each other.

T20I Tri: The Netherlands men’s cricket team is scheduled to play bilateral ODIs and a T20I Tri-series in February and March against Namibia and host country Nepal. “These three countries have qualified for the T20 World Cup, which will be held in the United States and the Caribbean in June 2024,” said a statement released by the Netherlands Cricket Board on Friday.

Cricket World Cup: Netherlands’ veteran left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe believes India are going to be a very tough team to beat as the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup approaches its business end. His comments come after Netherlands ended their campaign with a 160-run loss to India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.