In the International League T20  tournament, the 26th match was played between Gulf Giants and MI Emirates which was won by Gulf Giants by only 5 runs. This match was a close one and interesting to watch from the spectators point of view.

James Vince from Gulf Giants made 59 runs and it was the vital runs scored by the giants captain. Jamie Smith made a not out 43 runs but he wasn’t supported by other batsmens still the bowlers help this win this match.

MI Emirates failed to score this small target. The captain Kieron Pollard made 41 runs but he alone could not win the match for this team. Almost all the bowlers took wickets from Gulf Giants while Chris Jordan took two wickets.

The AustraliaU19 team has done well and made it to the final, but that doesn't mean they will definitely win against IndiaU19. Just because of that Tom Hartley got the most wickets in a previous match doesn't mean he will be successful in the final. The Indian team also has talented players who have done well in the tournament. It's important to think about both teams strengths and weaknesses and how they have performed overall instead of just looking at past statistics. The final result will depend on how well both teams play and perform on the day of the match.

That's true and the real fact behind why South Africa did poor performance. today there was a SA20 match and Faf du Plessis,  de Kock, Keshav Maharaj, Reeza Hendricks were playing there. Actually its their board decision whom they should sent for playing. But if Cricket South Africa (CSA) send them as main players then this match might be More interesting. Although some players from south Africa like Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham performance were impressed and Neil Brand was on fire who got total 8 wickets alone. And in new Zealand, Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson were found in their full forum. I was expecting for century but Ravindra did double century in 1st innings. Kane Williamson also did double centuries but single century in each innings

I think other pacers weren't as good as Raza, Raza kept ball wicket to wicket and got few successes while other pacers bowled differently, also Australian tail-enders were surprisingly good at defending. Aussies know how to play underpressure, don't they? I mean it was last wicket and they tackled bowls good.

India has been playing real good in this tourney, unbeaten so far, let's see how they gonna tackle Aussies, or are we gonna see men's wc repeat where Aussies broke the unbeaten streak at Final.

It seems we no longer need to speculate about Messi for the World Cup 2026. Because Messi already said that he would retire to play in the World Cup, i think his statement made 2023. If he doesn't change his decision, then we won't be able to watch Messi play in the next World Cup. Maybe this decision was to end his career as a footballer who competed in the world cup as champion. If he returns to play in the World Cup, then he might not be very happy, if he fails to bring Argentina to the same performance as the previous World Cup. So, retired from playing for the World Cup after winning, will maintain a good history and memories in his career.

Yesterday Comilla Victorians won match by 34 runs against Khulna Tigers. Liton Das played so well by scoring 45 runs in just 30 balls and Will Jacks 22 (27) helped Comilla to get a decent total of 150 runs for Khulna Tigers. The man of the Match is Aamir Jamal from Comilla Victorians for his extra odionery bowling performance took fove wickets by just give 5/23 is his bowling spell and restricted All out Khulna Tigers in just 115 runs.

Australia U19 vs Pakistan U19, Semi-Final 2 is taking place and Pakistan team is already batting but not able to increase their runs much. In today's match, Pakistan team batted under a lot of pressure due to which their runs are relatively low at the moment and many wickets have also been lost. However, Australia's bowling performance today has been abysmal due to which the Pakistan team has easily come under pressure and with the runs they have accumulated, it looks like they will never win. All the batsmen who batted at the beginning of the Pakistan team played very poorly due to which the team did not increase the runs, but if any other player could have done as well as Azan Awais, it would have been possible to make a good score. In today's match Australia team seems to beat Pakistan for sure as at the moment their team score is 100 runs 33 overs 5 wickets.

It is true that the first Test match ended in a one-sided affair. It is unimaginable that South African cricket team players played so badly in first innings and second innings. South African cricket team players in the first innings game where no batsman managed to score 45+ runs. Even though David bedingham scored 87 runs in the batting of the second innings, the condition of the rest of the batsmen was similar. Throughout the game, it was as if the players of the South African cricket team were held hostage by the players of the New Zealand cricket team.

Lol! I doubt that. This second string South African side is filled with newbies who are getting bullied by the Kiwis on their turf which is what everyone expected. Am expecting a similar result in the second test too.

This is what happens when you don't pay enough attention to your team's outlook in the test format.

In the first u-19 Semi finals, Proteas seamers simply bullying the Indian top order with pace. Bouncer after after, they are all over them and not giving an inch.

That is a good sign for South Africa's cricket setup, not many exciting batters are coming but at least they will find more speedsters for the national team.

I think Gulf Giant will win this game of International League T20 series. Today, 22 nd game Sharjah Warriors team won toss and they took a chance to select first bat or bowl and Sharjah Warriors team elected field first. Gulf Giant set a very big target of 187 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. S.Hetmyer scored 53 runs in 28 balls with three 4s and four 6s.  C.Lynn scored 45 runs in 32 balls and he hitted six 4s and one 6s. S.Williams Sharjah Warriors team bowler also showed good effort in bowling and he took down 3 wickets in 4 overs with 46 runs. Sharjah Warriors team effort is not going be good and Sharjah Warriors team needs 87 runs in 24 balls. At present, Sharjah Warriors one more batsman dismissed from pitch and his name was C.Woakes and they lost this game because they don't have much batsman or balls for chase down remaining target.

New Zealand are in mood of improving there batting stats that's why the opted to bat and were still batting on day 3 stumps. Kane Williamson got centuries in both innings and New Zealand now have an extensive lead of 528 runs. Still we have 2 days of play left and there is not much chance of South Africa surviving this game, they already gave New Zealand a lead of 349 runs in first innings.
Poor show of batting from South Africa in first inning. They should have scored 300 runs in first innings to remain in the game. 45 runs from Keegan Petersen was highest innings from South Africa in first innings.

South Africa is playing right trash to be honest. Because the performance from them is not good at all. There is a big lead ahead of them and they are not being able to level. They have already lost four wickets for only 80 runs. I don't think they will actually be able to get anywhere near the total, 511 that was posted by their opponent. And there is a very big chance that they will have to play a  follow on innings. And that is definitely going to be a little frustrating for South Africa in my opinion. But of course they have the capability to make a comeback. first thing they will have to do is survive the first session of the next day.

Even this match is over for me because having 400 targets in fourth inning is surely one of the most difficult job specially while you are playing in India against spinner trio and Bumrah is also at his top with impressive performance but as we have start from the England it's looking good and positive approach by them even they lost their first wicket in Ashwin first over but still Crawley is doing good job, and we have Rehan Ahmad as nightwatchman which can make some contribution.

Tomorrow first session could be interesting between ball and bat because if we have some good runs from England then surely we can expect good entertaining end of this match but if we have early breakthrough then surely things could be one-sided for the India for coming on level against England in this series.