Virgil van Dijk deflected several questions about his looming confrontation with Lionel Messi but admitted the Netherlands would be cautious in their approach against Argentina in Friday’s World Cup quarter-final.

Australia are absolutely “buzzing” after clinching their maiden T20 World Cup title and will bring that confidence into their Ashes series against England, fast bowler Pat Cummins said on Wednesday.

Next year’s Twenty20 World Cup will be held across seven venues in Australia, officials confirmed Tuesday, with Sri Lanka and the West Indies forced to play for a place in the Super 12.

As fireworks lit up the Dubai sky after Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final and shimmering confetti rained on the jubilant Australian team, the organisers heaved a huge sigh of relief at the safe and glitzy culmination of the showpiece event.

Australia skipper Aaron Finch won six of his seven tosses on the way to his team's maiden Twenty20 World Cup trophy and admitted it played a "big part".

David Warner came into the Twenty20 World Cup after being dropped from his IPL side but finished with 289 runs and a stand out star in Australia's maiden title victory.

Australia were just being Australia: ruthless, invincible and powerful as Aaron Finch and Co gave no quarter to New Zealand on way to lifting their maiden ICC T20 World Cup title with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory in the final at the Dubai Cricket Stadium yesterday.

After the latest T20 World Cup debacle, Bangladesh are already struggling to regroup as they prepare to face a stern test in their upcoming series against Pakistan, which includes three T20Is and two Tests, later this month.

Bangladesh team will look to regain lost confidence in the upcoming series against Pakistan following a disastrous T20 World Cup campaign in UAE recently. The Tigers had notched series wins against Australia and New Zealand at home ahead of the World Cup but their preparations on slow, docile pitches left them with obvious deficiencies while their qualities proved not to be quite adequate for the challenges of a World Cup.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to give the nod to a joint USA-West Indies bid for the 2024 T20 World Cup, as a platform for cricket’s inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

Scores of England and Pakistan fans turned up for the Twenty20 World Cup final with allegiances switched for the day to Kane Williamson’s New Zealand in Sunday’s trans-Tasman contest.

It was a huge challenge for the governing body of world cricket to stage the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE while adapting to the norms of the new normal against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“ These are a great bunch of guys, great support staff, and great support around the world, especially back home. Always pumped, wanted to put on a spectacle. There were some nerves around as always in a final but great to see the guys deliver.”

Mitchell Marsh smashed an unbeaten 77 as Australia hammered New Zealand by eight wickets to clinch their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday with captain Aaron Finch describing the achievement as “huge”.

Mitchell Marsh hit an unbeaten 77 as Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets to clinch their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday.

Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali has apologised for his forgettable outing against Australia in the T20 World Cup semifinal, saying he is more disappointed than anyone else and pledged to come back stronger from this bad phase of career.

It may take some time to digest the fact that neither Australia nor New Zealand have ever lifted the ICC T20 World Cup trophy, but the world will witness either Kane Williamson or Aaron Finch walk onto the podium as a winning captain after the final in Dubai today.

“The bond that we have created must not be broken. We need to stay unified to figure out where we went wrong and where we have to improve,” Pakistan skipper Babar Azam told his teammates during a dressing room speech following their defeat to Australia in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup.

Looking back at the journey of the ICC T20 World Cup, not many would disagree that the two finalists -- New Zealand and Australia -- are the most deserving teams to lift the trophy, which for either side would be a first T20 World Cup triumph.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson believes Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final against Australia will be a clash of styles at the Dubai International Stadium. Aaron Finch’s Australia will rely on an assortment of match-winners to deliver their maiden World Cup title in this format.