England squeezed into the Tremendous 8s on the T20 World Cup to maintain their title defence alive.
Right here is all you must know forward of spherical two within the Caribbean, together with when and the place England play, the total fixture listing, and the way the format works.
Who’re these ‘Tremendous 8’ and what occurs subsequent?
Apart from England, the groups nonetheless standing are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, South Africa, USA and West Indies, with the eight sides break up into two teams of 4.
- Group 1 – India, Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh
- Group 2 – USA, West Indies, South Africa, England
Within the Tremendous 8s, both sides performs the others of their pool as soon as with the highest two in every group reaching the semi-finals.
The winners of Group 1 will play the second-placed facet in Group 2 within the semi-finals and vice versa.
Which Tremendous 8 group groups superior into was pre-determined to assist with scheduling.
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have been the three seeded groups to not qualify for the second spherical, crushed to spots by USA, Bangladesh and Afghanistan respectively.
England are nonetheless in with an opportunity of efficiently defending the T20 World Cup title they gained in Australia in 2022
When and the place do England play?
Thursday, June 20: vs West Indies – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
Friday, June 21: vs South Africa – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Sunday, June 23: vs USA – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
All instances are UK and Eire.
England scraped into the Tremendous 8s, you say?
They certain did.
A rain-off towards Scotland in Barbados – a match during which their opponents pounced on bowling and fielding errors to achieve 90-0 from 10 overs earlier than the climate had the ultimate say – was adopted by a 36-run defeat to Australia on the similar venue as they conceded a whopping 70 runs within the first 5 overs.
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Highlights of England’s win over Oman on the T20 World Cup, as they sprinted to a chase of 48 in simply 3.1 overs
Jos Buttler’s facet’s hopes of progressing into the following section have been hanging by the proverbial thread however they then dismantled Oman – razing the affiliate nation for 47 earlier than finishing the run chase in simply 19 balls to, crucially, take their internet run price above Scotland’s.
They then managed to beat the rain and Namibia in Antigua on Saturday, comfortably profitable a 10-over-a-side encounter by 41 runs on DLS after initially fearing a tournament-ending washout, earlier than consideration turned to Australia vs Scotland in St Lucia hours later.
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Highlights of England’s much-needed win over Namibia on the T20 World Cup as they triumphed by 41 runs on DLS
An Australia win and England have been by way of. Anything and so they have been out.
Buttler’s boys would have been jittery as Scotland posted 180-5, much more so when Australia wanted 89 runs from the ultimate seven overs, however the 2021 champions then went into overdrive, with Travis Head (68 off 49), Marcus Stoinis (59 off 29) and Tim David (24no off 14) taking Australia to victory with two balls to spare.
After quite a few scares, England had superior.
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Highlights from St Lucia as Australia beat Scotland by 5 wickets to eradicate their opponents from the T20 World Cup and guarantee England’s development
What’s the full Tremendous 8 fixture listing?
Voila! 👇
Wednesday June 19
- USA vs South Africa – North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Thursday June 20
- West Indies vs England – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
- Afghanistan vs India – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Friday June 21
- Australia vs Bangladesh – North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
- England vs South Africa – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Saturday June 22
- West Indies vs USA – Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
- India vs Bangladesh – North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Sunday June 23
- Afghanistan vs Australia – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
- USA vs England – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Monday June 24
- West Indies vs South Africa – North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
- Australia vs India – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 25
- Afghanistan vs Bangladesh – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
How can I comply with the motion throughout Sky Sports activities?
Each recreation is stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket, whereas there will even be stay blogs of all 3.30pm fixtures throughout skysports.com and the Sky Sports activities App.
Sky Sports activities’ digital platforms will even present match experiences, response, evaluation and video highlights.
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Forward of England vs Namibia Sky Sports activities’ Nasser Hussain, Eoin Morgan and Ian Ward have been soaked by the Antigua rain
When are the semi-finals and ultimate?
Thursday June 27
- Semi-final #1 – Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
- Semi-final #2 – Windfall, Guyana (3.30pm)
Saturday June 29
- Remaining – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
If India attain the final 4, they’ll play within the second semi-final as that’s at a extra pleasant time (8pm India) for his or her nation’s TV viewers than the primary semi-final (6am India).
Catch each match from the T20 World Cup, together with the ultimate in Barbados on Saturday June 29, stay on Sky Sports activities.
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