New Zealand win the Toss and opt to field - one change for them with Jacob Duffy replacing Cole McConchie, India unchanged. A huge Poweplay from India sees Sanju Samsun and Abhishek Sharma post 92 - relief for Abhishek who has had a miserable tournament to date, but he falls to Ravindra's first ball having completed his half-century. Samson and Kishan continue to plunder runs - Lockie Ferguson's two overs costing 48 as they reach 191 at the fourteen over drinks break. Two full-tosses from Jimmy Neesham brings the wickets of both set batters and a first ball bouncer to Yadav sees him caught at deep square! New Zealand do well in overs 16-19 but Shivam Dube takes 24 off Neesham's last. A big chase for the Kiwis but it looked like being much worse at one stage. Dube drops Finn Allen in Arshdeep's opening over, premature celebrations for the wicket having started while the ball was in the air, but little damage done as he's caught at long-on in Axar Patel's first over. A second for Axar as he bowls Glenn Phillips - Powerplay over with the score 51-3. Chapman chops on to Pandya and Seifert holes out at deep mid-wicket off Chakravarthy. Game over before ten overs are on the board it seems. Bumrah back in the sixteenth to clean up the tail, yorkers accounting for Neesham and then Henry first ball. India not prepared to risk an over from Dube at this stage, throw the ball to Abhishek and he obliges with the final wicket. TV coverage immediately switches to MS Dhoni and Jay Shah hugging each other in the V-VIP area - all's well that ends well.

New Zealand win the Toss and opt to field - one change for them with Jacob Duffy replacing Cole McConchie, India unchanged. A huge Poweplay from India sees Sanju Samsun and Abhishek Sharma post 92 - relief for Abhishek who has had a miserable tournament to date, but he falls to Ravindra's first ball having completed his half-century. Samson and Kishan continue to plunder runs - Lockie Ferguson's two overs costing 48 as they reach 191 at the fourteen over drinks break. Two full-tosses from Jimmy Neesham brings the wickets of both set batters and a first ball bouncer to Yadav sees him caught at deep square! New Zealand do well in overs 16-19 but Shivam Dube takes 24 off Neesham's last. A big chase for the Kiwis but it looked like being much worse at one stage. Dube drops Finn Allen in Arshdeep's opening over, premature celebrations for the wicket having started while the ball was in the air, but little damage done as he's caught at long-on in Axar Patel's first over. A second for Axar as he bowls Glenn Phillips - Powerplay over with the score 51-3. Chapman chops on to Pandya and Seifert holes out at deep mid-wicket off Chakravarthy. Game over before ten overs are on the board it seems. Bumrah back in the sixteenth to clean up the tail, yorkers accounting for Neesham and then Henry first ball. India not prepared to risk an over from Dube at this stage, throw the ball to Abhishek and he obliges with the final wicket. TV coverage immediately switches to MS Dhoni and Jay Shah hugging each other in the V-VIP area - all's well that ends well.

Dropped by Harry Brook when only fifteen Sanju Samson certainly made England pay, adding 97 with Ishan Kishan and hitting 7 sixes and 4 fours in a 42 ball innings of 89. Spin marginally the most successful form of attack as the pace attack was hammered to all parts and beyond, Curran’s four overs costing 53 and Archer’s 61. An uncharacteristically sloppy fielding display by England, Brook’s drop not the only one in addition to a number of misfields. England lose Salt, Brook and Buttler inside the Powerplay, already an air of desperation about their batting, Buttler in particular looking as if he was trying to hit himself into some form. Bethell posts a half-century off 19 balls (3x4, 5x6) a mixture of classic and outrageously unorthodox shots, lots more needed. Unbelievably England ahead of the rate at the drinks break. Sixty-one required off the final 4 overs is a big ask - at least one 'big over' required. Bumrah bowls his final over for just 6 and that might just be the difference. Century for Bethell off 45 balls but he's not getting a lot of the strike in these last few overs. Curran held on the rope in the nineteenth to leave 30 required off the final over. And it will be Dube!!!! Bethell can't get back for the second run - beaten by Pandya's throw from long-off. India scored 36 off the final two overs of their innings while Archer can only manage three maximums off Dube as his over costs 22.

Strong favourites going into this game unbeaten, it took a seventy-three run partnership between Marco Jansen and Tristan Stubbs to rescue South Africa for a perilous 77-5 at the halfway stage. Jansen finished not out having completed his half-century in 29 balls (2x4, 5x6), his side adding 92 runs in the second ten overs. In the chase Kiwi openers Finn Allen and Tim Seifert set off at the gallop, a Bosch over costing 22 ending the Powerplay at 84-0. Their partnership was worth 117 before Seifert was bowled, but the start they had given their side was decisive. In the end it turned into a total demolition by Finn Allen, who started the twelfth over 76*, and finished the match 5 balls later with a 33 ball century! Jansen the unlucky bowler 4, 4, 6, 6, 4. The old Victor Sylvester, “Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow”, for those who are old enough to remember ‘Come Dancing’. Sensational innings - next stop Sunday’s Final. Before the game New Zealand said they fancied their chances against anyone in a one-off match. On today's showing who could argue with that.

Zimbabwe opt to bat and lose both openers in the Powerplay. Just the opening over of spin from slow left-armer George Linde before the pace quartet of Maphaka, Ngidi, Nortje and Bosch took over on a pitch that offers something for them. A counter-attacking half-century from skipper Sikandar Raza off 29 balls (5x4, 3x6) takes his side to 102 at the drinks break. His partnership of 39 for the sixth wicket with Clive Madande the biggest of the innings. South Africa lose De Kock in the first over of the chase, gone without scoring edging behind off who else but Raza. A second for Raza in his next as Markram gets a 'shooter'. Brevis and Miller add exactly 50 before Miller steers Muzarabani to Myers at short third last ball of the tenth over - 93/4 with 61 required off the second 10 overs. George Linde and Tristan Stubbs retain South Africa's unbeaten record, their unbroken sixth wicket partnership worth 53, setting up a meeting with New Zealand in the first semi-final on Wednesday.

That India were scheduled in the final Group match of the tournament knowing exactly what they have to do to make the semis will come as no surprise to anyone. But today it's a simple case of winner takes all with both sides having suffered defeats at the hands of South Africa. The Toss goes India's way on a ground where the perceived wisdom is to chase, no surprise then that they ask the Windies to bat first. Shai Hope and Roston Chase post 45 in the Powerplay - before their partnership ends at 68 in the ninth over. Two wickets in an over from Bumrah removes Hetmyer and Chase - Windies will have to start over again, and it's a late surge from Jason Holder and Rovman Powell who add an unbeaten 76 for the fifth wicket that takes the Windies to what they hope is a defendable total given that India's highest successful chase in WC T20s is 173. The usual agressive start to the chase from India but it costs the wickets of Abhishek and Kishan inside five overs. India well ahead at the half-way stage - it's looking as if the Windies will have to bowl them out to win from here, and Motie dropping a c&b from Yadav won't help. Joseph has him caught next over but his second goes for 17. Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma take India to the drinks break needing 60 from the final 6 overs. Not a problem the way things are going at the moment. Twenty-five needed off the final three overs for a game against England on Thursday. Two boundaries in Joseph's ninteenth over means that it's only 7 required off the final over from Shepherd - SIX first ball and the scores are tied - FOUR off the second and game over.

Even a win today may not be enough for Pakistan to overhaul New Zealand on NRR and claim a semi-final place. They have been asked to bat by Sri Lanka who having lost their last three games are playing only for pride. A dream start for Pakistan with openers Farhan and Zaman posting 102 at the halfway stage and reaching 150 at the fourteen over drinks break. New Zealand's loss to England yesterday unlocked the door to qualification for Pakistan and Farhan and Zaman kicking it in with a partnership worth 176, Farhan going on to complete his century in 59 balls (9x4, 5x6). From 198-2 at the end of the eighteenth over, six wickets fall for just 12 runs, small relief for Sri Lanka and perhaps for New Zealand also, as now 148 runs for Sri Lanka will see the KIwis through to the semis. Pakistan battle away nibbling out wickets but Pavan Rathnayake is looking like New Zealand's saviour heading into the drinks break. He goes to his half century with two sixes off Shadab Khan and next over New Zealand's place in the semi-final is assured. Rathnayake is caught off Shaheen Shah Afridi trying to clear long-off and with him goes any hopes Sri Lanka had of an unlikely chase with 46 needed off the last 2 overs. Shanaka reduces that to 28 off the last over with 18 off Shahdab. Shaheen Shah to bowl - FOUR, SIX, SIX, SIX, dot, dot - two wide deliveries outside the off stump and Pakistan escape. Two balls that on another day would have been called Wide. Great game!

Advantage New Zealand as they get to bat first at the Premadasa in Colombo. Traditionally the venue takes spin and chasing is the tougher option - time will tell today. A win for New Zealand will seal a semi-final spot alongside England but even a narrow defeat could still be enough to keep them ahead of Pakistan on NRR. Lots of seam movement in Archer's first over with Tim Seifert instantly reviewing a caught behind decision, not lbw either. Spin for both Dawson and Rashid who has Seifert stumped in his first over. Finn Allen follows in the next over flicking Jacks to deep mid wicket - 84/2 at the halfway stage. Rehan Ahmed has a wicket with his first ball - a long hop pulled by Ravindra to Bethell at midwicket. Another stumping off Rashid first ball after the drinks break sees the end of Mark Chapman. All five spinners in the England lineup getting their chance and proving to be an effective option stifling any second half charge by the Kiwis. Sixteen overs of spin with just three from Archer and one from Curran. England openers Salt and Buttler gone in the first two overs, wickets for Henry and Ferguson. Brook and Bethell add 48 before Brook lofts Phillips' first ball to long off. A stunning diving catch sees Bethell depart, Ravindra with another first over wicket. Curran and Banton add 47 to take England to 97-4 at the drinks break. Curran out on the resumption, a second wicket for Rachin Ravindra who makes it three as Banton holes out in the deep. Two sixes and two boundaries off Phillips' eighteenth over that costs 22 runs keeps England in the game. Rehan Ahmed has hit 18 off 6 leaving England just 5 from the last for a 'back from the dead' win.

An eventful opening over with Shai Hope hitting two sixes off Maharaj, the second carried over the rope by Dewald Brevis. But he's out in the next over from Rabada to a de Kock catch - Hetmyer dropped on 0 and then caught at short mid-wicket in the same over! Ngidi is hit for consecutive boundaries by Brandon King only to edge the next ball to de Kock and Chase chops on in the same over. A bit of a recovery sees Holder and Shepherd add 26 up to the drinks break - South Africa have missed 4 or 5 chances so far so it could have been a lot worse for the Windies. The Holder-Shepherd partnership ends off the penultimate ball of the innings - 88 runs that the Windies hope will give them a defendable total after that terrible stsrt. No such problems for the South African opening pair Aiden Markram and Quinton de Kock who race to 95 in 8 overs before de Kock holes out tamely at long-on. Ryan Rickleton joins his captain and runs continue to flow. Only 22 more needed at the 14 over drinks break and all over first ball of the sixteenth. That was an absolute mauling for the Windies who see their NRR slashed with India the beneficiaries.

Huge Powerplay from India who post 80 for the loss of Sanju Samson with Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan intent on attack. A life on 26 for Kishan as Musekiwa adds another drop to his collection. India 109-1 at the halfway stage with Abhishek completing his fifty off 26 (3x4, 4x6). Kishan gone 4,6 and out - a catch to backward point off Sikandar Raza, but that only brings Yadev to the crease and the runs continue to flow. Sharma and Yadav depart but the score is already past 170 with five overs remaining. 'Fill your boots' time for everyone lucky enough to get to the crease in India's highest T20WC total. Pandya with 6, 6, off the final two deliveries brings up his half-century - Carnage! Zimbabwe openers Bennett and Marumani survive the Powerplay albeit with a dropped catch by Rinku, but their 44 runs is far below the required rate. A half-century for Brian Bennett and the hundred on the board when drinks are taken after 14 overs. Shivan Dube trundles into the attack and it's 2, 6, 4, 4, wide, 0, nb for not hitting the cut strip! wide, wide, 6, that's a 10 ball over costing 26 - having seen him do something similar in previous games how this guy continues to get a bowl is beyond me! Sanity returns with Arshdeep and he removes Raza and Burl in his over. Dube returns for the final over - BEAMER! luckily high over the batter's head. Bouncer -signalled Wide, SIX, wicket - a wider and slower ball edged to the keeper. 1-35 from his 9 deliveries so far. Single, Six, Four. That's 1-46 off 2 overs!

Both Kiwi openers gone in the first five overs - Finn Allen to Theekshana's first ball and Tim Seifert to Chameera's second. Two wickets in the twelfth over for Theekshana, Ravindra cutting to backward point and Chapman's defensive shot beaten by the spin. A struggle for the Kiwis mid innings but a partnership of 84 from Mitch Santner and Cole McConchie doubled the score from a precarious 84-6. Matt Henry silenced the Premadasa crowd with a wicket first ball of the chase and another first ball of his second over. The powerplay ends with only 20 runs on the board, Sri Lanka struggling to get any momentum going. Another first delivery wicket as Kusal Mendis is stumped off Rachin Ravindra.and another stumping - wicket, wide, wicket! Huge spin on offer here and a third in his second over for Ravindra. Sri Lanka struggle to 71-6 at Drinks, Ravindra finishes with four wickets and Sri Lanka lose another in front of their fans. Tough to chase at the Premadasa is the perceived wisdom and it certainly was that tonight.

In opener Sahibzada Farhan Pakistan have the tournament's leading run-scorer while England's best Jacob Bethell sits at eighteenth in the list. Thoughts seem to be that chasing in Pallekele is the more difficult option - time will tell. Farhan gets to his half-century last ball before the 14 over Drinks break. Pakistan had reached 122 for the loss of only 3 wickets before Farhan fell lbw to Jamie Overton. A wicket for Rashid and two in two balls from Liam Dawson ended Pakistan's hopes of anything approaching 200 but a few blows from Shadab Khan in the final overs gives them something to defend. Shaheen Shah has Salt caught behind first ball and a second in his next over as an under-edge from Buttler just carries to keeper Usman Khan. Drop!! - Bethell on 7, top-edges a sweep to short fine where Tariq juggles and grasses the chance. Relief for Tariq as Bethell adds only a single before he swings Shaheen to deep square. It's all about Brook it seems as Tariq has Banton caught behind with his first delivery. England 82-4 at the halfway stage - on course so long as Brook is there I guess. He's still there at the 14 over drinks break - 79* with 48 needed off the last 6 overs. Afridi back to bowl the seventeenth, can't wait any longer, but it's only a run-a-ball now required. Launched over extra for 6 by Brook and a boundary to long off gives him his century - 50 balls (10x4, 4x6) Bowled next ball but the job is surely done, single handedly by England's skipper. Madness!! Two wickets in the nineteenth from Mohammad Nawaz leaves England somehow needing three off the final over. Archer pulls the first ball to the boundary and blows out his cheeks in relief. Only three double figure scores in that effort by England - just about enough.

Six and Out! Brandon King hooks Richard Ngarava straight to Tashinga Musekiwa at Long Leg - but he drops Hetmyer, again hooking, off Muzarambani next over and he gets a long long death stare from skipper Sikandar Raza. No mistake from Brian Bennett as he clings onto a running diving boundary line catch to remove Shai Hope in Brad Evans' first over. Hetmyer rockets to his half century with 3 sixes off Raza (19 balls 4x4, 5x6) dropped when he was only 9 he's certainly making them pay for that lapse. Well, well it's 1 out of 3 for Musekiwa as he again drops Hetmyer, now on 70, the bowler, Brad Evans doesn't look surprised I have to say. 150 on the board after Myers' thirteenth over goes for 19. The Drinks break does the trick for Zimbabwe or rather Brian Bennett does it again with another boundary line sprint and sliding catch to finally remove Hetmyer. Powell hooks Muzarambani to Musekiwa at deep square, his success rate leaps to 50%. The runs keep coming in the final overs - huge chase for Zimbabwe. An early wicket for Matthew Forde and a double wicket maiden from Akeal Hosein in his second over gives the Windies a dream start. Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie rips out Raza and then Musekiwa first ball, a day to forget for him. Some fun from Brad Evans hitting Jason Holder for consecutive sixes and Joseph for three more in the next - top scorer batting at 8. But the end is inevitable, huge power in the Windies batting lineup when it comes off and with spin in the Mumbai pitch a threat with the ball as well.

England lose two wickets in the Powerplay with Buttler lbw playing a reverse sweep and Jacob Bethell slicing Theekshana's first delivery to point. Tom Banton hits to mid off and is run out by the direct hit before Wellalage has Brook lbw last ball of the tenth over. Fifty for Phil Salt off 36 balls who has decided attack is the best form of defence. Chameera back in the side today and has Curran caught at long-on in his first over prompting the drinks break to be taken a few balls early at 94-5. Salt's attacking innings ends tamely at long-off, a third wicket for Wellalage. All going wrong for England and Sri Lanka doubtless delighted that their target is below 150. Nissanka hits successive boundaries off Archer only to pick out the lone leg side boundary fielder next ball. Spin at the other end from Jacks and Mendis chips a simple catch back to him and Rathnayake charges and skies to cover next ball!! It looks like this may not be straightforward chase for the hosts after all. This game could be as good as over before the end of the Powerplay - with a second wicket for Archer and a third for Jacks and Sri Lanka in the mire at 34-5. Another caught and bowled this time to Liam Dawson removes Kamindu Mendis before Hementha hits his wicket swinging at a short Overton delivery. The final three wickets all go down swinging, two to Rashid and another for Liam Dawson. A case of the spinners outspun today as Will Jacks picks up the POTM for that opening spell that rocked the hosts.

A ninety-seven run partnership for the fourth wicket between Dewald Brevis and David Miller dragged South Africa back into the game after a nightmare start. Wickets for Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh in their opening overs saw the departure of De Kock, Markram and Rickleton with only 20 runs on the board. Miller would finish with 63 off 35 balls (7x4, 3x6) before Tristan Stubbs (44 off 24, 1x4, 3x6) hit the last two balls of the innings for maximums to give South Africa a total to defend. Great start to that defence, in the first over Kishan slices Markram to point and in the second Tilak edges Jansen to De Kock. A second wicket for Jansen who dismisses Abhishek Sharma for 15 and two in seven balls from Corbin Bosch sees Sundar and Yadev depart, India 57- 5 at the halfway stage. Three boundary catches by Stubbs off Keshav Maharaj in the over after the drinks break - amazing stuff! A few big blows from Dube cheers the crowd - he only bowls on one side of the wicket and he bats the same way - not too many on the 'posh side' as they say. Well to be fair he did actually sky one to cover and was dropped! Ngidi bowls his four overs for 15 runs - excellent at at time when batters were trying to force the pace. With eight down Dube is trying to farm the strike but he steers Jansen to backward square and Bumrah chips to extra next ball. Ground almost empty before the handshakes begin.

Pakistan won the Toss and elected to bat but the heavens opened delaying the scheduled start. Whole ground under covers as is usual in Sri Lanka . Unfortunately late evening downpours can also be usual. No change in the conditions and overs being lost since 2.40pm. Lots of time left for some sort of game to take place but mopping up will take quite a chunk out of that, the latest start for a 5 over game is 4.46pm apparently, but the decision to abandon the game was taken an hour before that. One point each in a damp start to the Super 8s stage.

Instant success for Australia, a wicket with the first delivery but it should have been two, Glenn Maxwell spilling a straightforward catch at second slip in the same over. Nathan Ellis has the second in his first, a Karan Sonavale defensive prod finding its way onto the stumps. Full and straight from Bartlett accounts for Jatinder Singh who is bowled through the gate. A wicket in each of his first two overs for Adam Zampa leaves Oman 73-5 at the half-way stage. Wickets for Stoinis and Maxwell before the 14 overs drinks break, and another for the Big Show, Waseem Ali straight after as Oman pass 100. Two wickets with the first two balls of Zampa's final over wraps the innings up. Huge escape for Mitch Marsh in the first over as Oman don't review an lbw which they assumed was edged - in fact it was a classic 'pad-first' and smashing the leg-stump. He tees off and posts his half-century off the final ball of the Powerplay - 53* off 26. Travis Head is out with just a dozen runs required. Caught and Bowled Shakeel Ahmed hardly does it justice, a skier that he held at mid wicket jostling for it with keeper Jatinder Singh. Australia romp to the win inside ten overs, Marsh ends 64* off 33 (7x4, 4x6), Inglis sealing the win with a boundary.

Shai Hope's innings the standout performance on a day when his side stuttered their way to a below par total at Eden Gardens. The Windies skipper with 6x4s and 4x6s in his 46 ball stay adding 64 with Roston Chase for the third wicket. Italy happy to have contained the Windies as well as they did, two wickets for Ben Manenti's off spin and two for the legspin/googlies of Crishan Kalugamage. Azurri openers the Mosca brothers boh out inside the first three overs, Justin for just 2 and Anthony for 19 (1x6, 2x6), a wicket each for Matthew Forde and Akeal Hoseain. The Powerplay finishes at 37-3, a second wicket for Forde as Syed Naqvi slices a catch off Forde to point. Windies nibble out Harry Manenti cheaply to be favourites at the halfway stage - JJ Smuts and Grant Stewart follow likewise, so all on Ben Manenti now it would seem. with the required rate now over twelve an over. Shamar Joseph mops up the tail as Italy lost their last five wickets for 20 runs in 3 overs. Their thrilling losing chase against England and ten wicket win over Nepal now distant memories as they will once again have to hit the qualification trail.

Teams out early for the lineup to allow time for the Sri Lankan anrthem, which at 2 min 40 sec must be the longest in any sport. A dead rubber, in so much as both teams have qualified for the Super 8s, but of course match practice is the best practice and both sides will hope to take advantage of their time in the middle today. A flying start by Nissanka and Perera who add 54 in four overs before Perera falls to Muzarabani. Ten overs gone and Pathum Nissanka has his half-century with his side 86-1. Ryan Burl has Kusal Mendis stumped off his first delivery and Rathnayake survives a similar fate off Cremer on what looked like a generous decision by TV umpire Ahsan Raza. Cremer settles for the wicket of Nissanka in the same over, a top edge reverse sweeping his downfall. Zimbabwe fighting back after that early Sri Lankan onslaught before a sloppy nineteenth over from Brad Evans goes for 16 before he claims two wickets with the final two deliveries! Muzarabani's final over costs 14, so that's 30 off the last 12 balls, and suddenly Sri Lanka's spinners have a decent total to defend. A good start to the Zimbabwean chase with Tadiwanashe Muramani and Brian Bennett posting 69 before Marumani skies a catch back to bowler Wellalage. 78-1 at the half-way stage of the chase and Burl bounced out 20 runs later in the twelfth over brings Sikander Raza to the crease, can he nudge Zimbabwe ahead. Six, Six, Four off Hemantha does just that followed by Six, Four off Theekshana. Huge impetus added and only 19 needed off the final three overs. No risks from the batters and now 13 off 12 balls the target. Raza and Musekiwa both fall to Hemantha in the penultimate over - 8 needed off 6 with Theekshana to bowl. And the first ball is launched into the crowd at mid-wicket by Munyonga! A single off the second leaves Bennett on strike needing 1 from 4. A drive through extra brings a boundary and a win - what a great chase that sees Zimbabwe top a group with wins against both Sri Lanka and Australia.

Two wickets for Jaskaran Singh in his opening over, Gurbaz caught and Gulbadien lbw as Afghanistan reach the ten over mark 86-2. Ibrahim Zadran moves past fifty and at the 14 over drinks break Afghanistan have a great platform to push on in the final six overs. A third wicket for Singh, Sediqullah Atal caught at long-off and one for Dilon Heyliger but Zadran is unstoppable, he 'carries his bat' for 95 off 56 (7x4, 5x6) bringing up 200 with boundaries from the final two deliveries of the innings. Mujeeb strikes in his second over bowling Canadian skipper Dilpreet Bajwa bringing Navneet Dhaliwal to the crease. He has announced his retirement and this will be his last international innings. Sad! He goes without scoring cutting Omarzai to the man on the backward point fence. Nevertheless he gets a hug from Rashid Khan as he departs, and a standing ovation from his teammates as he enters the dugout. No century for Samra today as Nabi has him caught for 17 in his first over. Kirton becomes Nabi's second victim in his next. Rashid into the attack and another first over wicket - 60-5 the score after 10 overs. Rashid misses his second on 'umpires call' despite a solid looking rattle on the stumps. He bowls Bin Zafar but it's Mohammad Nabi who cleans up - his four wickets in four overs costing only seven runs.

With rain in the air and reports of more all around Delhi somehow we managed to get through twenty overs before the covers appeared at the change of innings. Having already qualified South Africa made four changes to their starting XI with everyone in the squad now having had a run out. A brisk start from Muhammad Waseem and Aryansh Sharma who reach 38 inside 5 overs before Sharma became the first of Bosch's three wickets. Tough going after that against the pace of Rabada, Maphaka, Bosch and Nortje. Good bowling but poor fielding as at least three straightforward catches were grassed adding a few more runs to the UAE total. Frustratingly a false start to the chase, covers off and stumps in. but then the covers come back on as another shower arrives. A boundary Blitz by Markram with 28 off 11 (5x4, 3x6) ends in the third over, bowled by Haider Ali. A second wicket inside the Powerplay for UAE but 56 on the board already. Dewald Brevis and Ryan Rickleton add 49 to take their side past 100 leaving Tristan Stubbs and Jason Smith the simple task of scoring the final few. South Africa unbeaten with 4/4 will now join India, Windies and Zimbabwe in Group X of the Super 8s.

A quick note from CricketEurope's Andrew Nixon to put some context to this match - "A lot riding on this match and not just for Pakistan as the result of this match will decide whether Ireland go back to regional qualifiers or not. If Pakistan win, Ireland get into the next tournament on rankings, but if Namibia win then that spot will go to Pakistan and Ireland will go to the qualifier." After a quiet start the game itself suddenly comes to life in the ninth over - 3 maximums as Farhan takes 33 off Myburg's leg-spin. He moves to 50 off 37 and a fifty partnership with Agha gives Pakistan a good platform for a second half charge. But Brassell immediately has Agha caught at mid off - Namibia needed that. Nafay comes and goes, caught and bowled by Erasmus. But there's no stopping Farhan as he blasts his way to a century off just 57 balls (22x4, 4x6). Exactly 200 required by Namibia - Ireland will no doubt be happy with that Pakistani performance. Namibia lose bith Frylinck and Loftie-Eaton inside the Powerplay that ends 40-2. Wickets in the sixth, seventh and eighth overs a big blow to their hopes leaving them needing an unlikely 138 off the final 10 overs. The fourteenth over is a double wicket maiden from Usman Tariq spinning the ball both ways and he has another double tin the eighteenth to end the game. Pakistan join England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Group Y of the Super 8's. Ireland the incidental beneficiaries of the result as they will now go to the next Tournament without having to go through a qualification event.

Abhisek Sharma collected his third 'duck' of the Tournament bowled by Ayran Dutt in the first over. Three innings and eight balls faced and not a run to his name - amazing! And a second for Dutt, Kishan misses a sweep and the ball goes onto the stumps via his body and arm. India 51-2 at the end of the Powerplay. SKY is dropped on 13 at deep square by Michael Levitt - he could owe his side quite a few by the end of this innings. A sitter really, Yadav had given up and was walking off. Roelof vd Merwe shows Levitt how it's done in the same van Beek over - a running, flying catch to remove Varma. Dube gets lucky when only 2, if that's what you want to call it, surviving a good solid rattle of the stumps on 'umpire's call' against Dutt. He rubs it in reaching 50 in just 25 balls (2x4, 5x6). The final overs sees the Netherlands targeting the middle of the pitch and the batters successfully targeting the crowd! Another day of big numbers from Logan van Beek who has two 6s and two wickets in the final over. Quiet start to the chase by O'Dowd and Levitt who is still in negative equity. Levitt fails to clear Sundar on the ropes at deep mid-wicket in Padya's opening over and this time umpire Paleker's 'umpire's call' goes against India and De Leede survives. The Oranje 72-2 at the halfway stage with a lot to do in the second ten. Chakravarthy starts the twelfth over with the wickets of Ackermann, caught in the deep and Dutt bowled having a heave at a googly. De Leede edges a wide from Dube to fly-slip last ball of the fourteenth. Too many runs from India leaves the Netherlands needing 46 off the final two overs and 28 off the last. It's to be Dube who has looked like a club trundler aiming wide outside the off stump and he picks up a second - there's hope for us all!! Not as close as 17 runs sounds.

A century opening partnership was just the prelude to what was a special Canadian innings for his side by Yuvraj Samra. With Dilpreet Bajwa he posted 116 before his partner's dismissal, going on to complete a spectacular 58 ball century. Last wicket to fall his 110 off 65 balls included 11x4s and 6x6s as the Kiwis struggled to make any inroads to the Canadian batting lineup. Just the four wickets shared amongst their attack and only one taken before 150 was on the board. New Zealand will consider the final total of 173 well within their capacity, but it has been Canada and Samra's morning so far in Chennai. Kiwi openers both gone inside four overs just the start Canada need. But the loss of Seifert and Allen does little to slow the run rate as Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips rattle along at ten an over - 106-2 at the halfway stage. Unstoppable power from the Kiwis as they seal the win with almost five overs to spare.

A win for Zimbabwe today, or even a washout, will seal their place in the Super eights and end both Australia and Ireland's hopes. And there is no prospect of play, or even a Toss at the moment as the ground is completely covered and the covers themselves are awash. We can reduce the match as low as 5 overs per side - that would need to start at 12.45pm so lots of time to sit around still available. Covers have been on and off a few times. Still outside chance of a 5-overs match but clock is ticking, Zimbabwe won't be in any hurry here. Confirmation with handshakes between the captains and officials that play has been abandoned. That means Zimbabwe progress and collect $270k as a bonus. Ireland's campaign over. It's been an underwhelming and disappointing time for them. Case of what might have been with all those dropped catches against Sri Lanka. Poor effort against Australia before an emphatic win over a second-string Oman side.

George Munsey holes out at long-off last ball of the tenth over after an opening partnership of 80 with Michael Jones who has already passed 50. Scotland move to 118-1 at the 14 over drinks break - time now to put the foot down. Michael Jones does just that, with a huge Six caught by Tom Bruce on the Scottish players' balcony, but falls next over 71 off 45 (8x4, 3x6). Two balls later and a second wicket for Sompal Kami, a one-handed caught and bowled to dismiss McMullen, two new men at the crease with little time to settle in. In the end no big push from the Scots who were 132/1 with 5 overs remaining but added only 38 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Usual brisk start to the chase from Nepal sees Kushal Bhurtel survive twice on a single Brad Wheal delivery! Not Out decision is confirmed after a Scottish review but the replay and Ultraedge show the ball clipping the leg stump but not removing the bail! This could be Nepal's day - Aasif gloves a ball from Currie down the legside but Berrington, up to the stumps can't hold on, signalled as a wide adds to Scotland's pain. Powerplay over with Nepal 56-0. The first wicket falls in the tenth over Bhurtal toe-ending a sweep to mid-on off Michael Leask's first delivery. Sheikh out in Leask's second over, and Paudel in his third! Slow bowling on a slow pitch = slow scoring, Nepal will need to get things moving again. And DS Airee does just that - Leask's final over costs 20, 39 needed off 24 balls. Now only 15 off 12 then 5 off 6! Single off the first gives Airee his 50, and a boundary from Jha seals a sensational chase by Nepal.

An eighty-four run partnership for the third wicket between Alishan Shariful and Sohaib Khan the highlight of the Emirati innings which saw the final four wickets add only eight runs., A fourth wicket for Azmatullah Omarzai plus a Hit Wicket and two run out in that crazy end of innings spell. Worst possible start to the chase for Afghanistan as Gurbaz slices high to Third-man off the opening delivery. Honours pretty much even at the half-way stage with Afghanistan 70-3, with Ibrahim Zadran still at the crease approaching his half-century. Zadran gone just after completing his 50 and runs suddenly become harder to come by. And it's come down to 17 required from the last two overs with Azmatullah Omarzai carrying Afghan hopes. Muhammad Jawadullah bowls the nineteenth conceding 13 - 10 off the final two deliveries. Two balls of the final over all that Agfghanistan requie - a single for Nabi and a boundary for Omarzai seals the five wicket win. Omarzai POTM even without those four earlier wickets.

A rapid start from Phil Salt and Jacob Bethell after the loss of Jos Buttler for just three, a wicket for Grant Stewart from his first delivery. Powerplay ends with the score 56-2 and the loss of Salt to a diving catch by Anthony Mosca at deep square before Bethell follows soon after in similar fashion. Italy doing well to keep England in check, Drinks taken at 14 overs with the score 114-5. Much needed runs from Curran and Jacks who add 54 at back end. 88 runs off the last 6 overs carries England past 200 and to safety one would imagine. Two wickets in the first over of the chase for Jofra Archer, Anthony Mosca and JJ Smuts both gone without scoring. Ben Manenti and Justin Mosca add 63 by the halfway stage but a lot more needed from them with the required rate pushing 12s. Scores identical at 11 overs but that big final push from England could be the difference. Twenty-one off Will Jacks second over but he claims the wicket of Ben Manenti off the last ball. Two wickets in the sixteenth over from Sam Curran just about seals Italy's fate as they go down swinging. Three 6s off Rashid's eighteenth leaves 30 off 12 balls!! Curran back for the penultimate over - Stewart wins an lbw review but slices to short third. That should win Curran the POTM - vital runs and vital wickets. Overton to bowl the last - defending 25. A double wicket maiden as Singh hit a skier to short cover and Ali Hasan fails to make contact with any of the next four! POTM goes to Jacks for his runs despite his 2 overs going for 34 - lucky boy!

Aussie openers Travis Head and Mitch Marsh blast off and Sri Lankan Slinger Pathirana pulls up clutching his hamstring and is helped from the field - fast and furious in the opening overs. Steve Smith has officially replaced Josh Hazlewood in the squad but he doesn't make the XI today. The opening partnership is worth 104 inside ten overs before three wickets tumble - could, SHOULD, have been four as Mendis fumbles a straightforward stumping first ball to Inglis. Another chance missed as Maxwell on 18 skies Chameera to long-on. No big finish for Australia as wickets trickle away with three falling in the final over, two to run-outs. Sri Lanka will be delighted to have only 182 for victory after that Head/Marsh opening blast. Sri Lanka up with the rate at the end of the Powerplay after the loss of Perera in just the second over and halfway to their target in 10 overs. Half centuries for both completed and a partnership worth 97 before Mendis becomes Stoinis' second victim. Change of fortune for Stoinis however as his final over goes for 20 to leave Sri Lanka needing 41 from the final 5 overs. A huge decision goes Sri Lanka's way - third umpire Asif Yaqoob sees something behind the line on a stumping, and next ball Inglis misses an even better chance and the ball runs to the boundary for byes - Maxwell not impressed by either! The seventeenth from Nathan Ellis goes for 18, so only 13 required from 3 overs. Zampa is struck for three boundaries, and Nissanka has a magnificent 52 ball century and the win.

An emphatic nine-wicket win by the Windies as they romped home in the sixteenth over with an unbroken second wicket partnership of 91 between skipper Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer seeing them across the line. Earlier for Nepal it was DS Airee who played a lone hand with a half-century as Jason Holder claimed the POTM award taking 4-27 in his four over spell. Windies unbeaten top of Group C with 3 out of 3.

Monank Patel and Shayan Jahangir off to a flying start posting 65 in the Powerplay and 50 off 27 balls for USA skipper Patel (3x4, 3x6). Both openers fall to Willem Myburg, two JJ Smit catches at long-on. Mukkamalla also perishes in the deep but Krishnamurthi and Kumar race on riding their luck. And luck it is as Krishnamurthi is caught in the deep before Erasmus drops the ball while getting to his feet!! And to rub salt into the wound Trumpleman's over goes for 26! 55 off 24 for Krishnamurthi (2x4, 6x6). A third boundary catch for JJ Smit in the final over of round-arm skidders from Erasmus but 200 will be a tough ask for Namibia. They make a good start but lose Frylinck c&b by Van Schalkwyk in the sixth over, 57-1 in the Powerplay and still up with the rate at the halfway stage at 97-1. A bit of a wobble sees both Loftie-Eaton and Steenkamp depart in the next couple of overs. The wobble becomes a stagger as Van Schalkwyk claims his second wicket and it's getting to be mission impossible for Namibia. Sixty required from the final three overs. A last throw of the dice from Namibia sees them Retire Zane Green and send in Reuben Trumpleman to have a swing, but he gets to face only two deliveries scoring 3! The Nambian challenge lasted just about to the ten over mark and after that it was all USA.

Abhishek Sharma out without scoring in Salman Agha's opening over and Ishan Kishan fortunate not to join him - a few airy shots just clearing or landing short of fielders. He blasts his way to 77 off just 40 balls (10x4, 3x6). Suryakumar Yadav fortunate to get the benefit of Dharmasena's Umpire's call when only 9 - looked closer than that! Two wickets in the over following the Drinks break for Saim Ayub changes the complexion of the game although it had already changed with the departure of Kishan. Shaheen Shah's final over goes for 17 and that's 31 off his only two today. Those may be vital runs today towards the end today, with the pitch at the Premadasa taking spin and a tendency for it to get slower, the chase will not be an easy one although after India's opening blast they will be happy it's not a lot lot more. A wicket for Pandya and then two for Bumrah in the first two overs makes Pakistan's task even harder. A wicket for Axar Patel in his first over keeps the pattern going - Babar Azam bowled having a huge swing across the line. Powerplay over at 38-4, and probably the match as well! 105 needed off the last ten overs when Usman Khan is stumped by quite a distance, replays show he edged the ball so the scorers may be reaching for the Tippex later. Two wickets in consecutive balls from Chakaravarthy but misses the Hat-trick on a review. Shaheen Shah swings merrily refusing singles to shield Tariq from the strike - finally takes a single and Tariq loses his middle stump next ball.

Three wickets for Shakeel Ahmed had Ireland in a little bit of trouble at 64 for 4 in the 8th over, but it was all one-way traffic thereafter. Lorcan Tucker celebrated his captaincy by making the highest score by an Irish player at a T20 World Cup hitting 10 fours and 4 sixes in a 51-ball unbeaten 94. He added 101 with Gareth Delany who made 56 from 30 balls (3 fours, 4 sixes). If Oman thought relief at Delany's dismissal then George Dockrell made them feel otherwise as he thumped five sixes - three consecutively off the last three balls of the innings - in a 9-ball 35 not out. Their sixth wicket stand of 70 in 19 balls meant a final total of 235 for 5 - a record T20 total for Ireland at and gives them a real fillip as they look to boost their nett-run-rate. It has to be said the Oman 'attack' was very ordinary, Shakeel aside. Their battery of medium-pacers were cannon fodder to the Irish middle-order. Early wicket for Matthew Humphreys followed by a run out for Harry Tector. Kaleem thumps a few as Oman reach 63 for 2 in the powerplay. Aamer Kaleem becomes the oldest player to make a half century a T20 World Cup - he's 44. Two catches for Matthew Humphreys off Barry McCarthy and George Dockrell has Ireland very much in control. Result never been in doubt - just the margin and the effect on NRR. Welcome three wickets for the returning Josh Little and a run out for Curtis Campher on a day when everything coming right for Ireland. Second wickets for Matthew Humphreys and Barry McCarthy wrap up a 96-run win. A St Valentine's Day massacre that keeps Ireland's faint hopes alive.

Two wickets in his second over for Jofra Archer, the start England wanted after asking Scotland to bat first, A counter attack in the middle overs from skipper Richie Berrington and Tom Bruce adds 71, before Bruce holes out at deep square off Liam Dawson. One brings two as Berrington misses a sweep off Adil Rashid three balls later - lbw on 'umpire's call'. A second wicket for the Dawson Curran combination as Leask sweeps another catch to deep square - the fourth held there today. Make that FIVE!! Cross joins the club and a second wicket for Rashid in the over bowling Mark Watt. Five wickets lost for just 14 runs in a disastrous spell for Scotland means that they finish far short of what at one time seemed possible. Both England openers gone, a wicket each for McMullen and Currie in their first overs. Jacob Bethell and Tom Banton on counter-attack adding 66, Banton greeting Mark Watt's fist over with three maximums. Some relief for the Scots as Bethell sweeps Olly Davidson to Wheal at short backward square. England 82-3 at the ten over mark. Identical dismissal sees the departure of Brook for just 4. Banton and Curran power on, Mark Watt's two overs costing 35 as England close in on the win with just sixteen required off the final three overs. All over just 8 balls later - that middle overs collapse by Scotland costing them the chance of an upset today.

Explosive start by Kiwi openers Tim Seifert and Finn Allen before Marco Jansen makes the breakthrough and claims two more in his second over. A wicket in his first over for Keshav Maharaj does little to slow the scoring rate with Mark Chapman and Daryl Mitchell pushing hard into the second half of the innings adding 74 before Jansen claims Chapman for his fourth wicket. South Africa do well to restrict the scoring after Mitchell departs confident no doubt that 176 is within their reach. Aiden Markram launches into the Kiwi bowling from the off with 50 coming up in three overs with his share 41 of them. De Kock bowled by Ferguson but the onslaught continues with Ryan Rickleton matching Markram shot for shot, 83-1 at the end of the 6 over Powerplay! Less than a run-a-ball required from the second ten overs - Rickleton and Brevis caught in the deep but South Africa stroll to the win with almost three overs to spare, Miller finishing it in style with a massive Six.

Only two wickets today for the Australian attack that ran through Ireland, Zimbabwe compiling a solid total that they hope will give them the chance of a huge upset. They perhaps should have managed a few more, given that they were only two down, but will work with what they have. Sensational start to Australia's chase Muzarambani with the wickets of Inglis and Davis while Brad Evans removes Head and Green - 29-4!!! Zimbabwe skipper Sikander Raza limps off with cramp, unable to start his third over - a big blow for the Chevrons. Glenn Maxwell and Matt Renshaw add 77 for the fifth wicket, but still it’s 11 per over required from the last 6. That just wasn’t happening, the rate increasing even more - 41 off 18 and 34 off 12. Two wickets from Muzarambani in his final over sees the departure of Renshaw, and with him Australia’s last hope leaving 29 required off the final over. A third wicket for Brad Evans before he underarms a direct hit to run out Kuhnemann, ending a miserable day for Australia, who are now third in the Group table.

Junaid Siddique with two early wickets in the bottom of the table clash that will see one side claim their first points in the tournament. Canada regrouping with a half century third wicket stand between Navneet Dhaliwal and Harsh Thaker with both players into the 30's. Direct hit runs out a jogging Dhaliwal as the 100 comes up after 14 overs. Evenly poised as the players take drinks. 50 and out for Thaker as Junaid claims his third. Eventful last over sees two sixes and two wickets as Junaid claims a 'five-fer'. Total seems about par. Could be an entertaining chase. Not just points at stake but the little matter of $31k for the winners. Slow start to the chase with just 59 after 10 overs and two wickets down. Wickets in hand but need to go through the gears. Won't want that required rate to get above ten too soon. Third wicket for Bin Zafar as Canada stay in control despite the best efforts of Aryansh Sharma who reaches his 50 with a massive straight six. Needs to keep going. Signs of the UAE coming to life with Sohaib Khan launching a few lusty blows. It's shaping up to go all the way this one with 39 needed off last three overs. Two set batters. 26 off last two overs. Runs keep flowing as Khan joins Sharma on reaching 50. Just 8 needed off the last. Six off the first ball all but settled it with UAE getting home to win by five wickets with two balls left. Match winning 5th wicket partnership of 84 in 12 overs between Sharma and Khan.

Brisk start by the USA, reaching 96-2 at the half way stage, with skipper Monank Patel and Siateja Mukkamalla adding 55 for the second wicket. Mukamalla completes a hard hitting half-century, the Netherlands would like to see the back of him sooner rather than later. He falls in the seventeenth caught at deep square hooking De Leede - 79 off 50 (5x4, 4x6). Exactly 100 added in the second 10 overs for USA Shubham Ranjane finishing unbeaten with 48* off 24 balls (3x4, 2x6). The Oranje have a match on their hands today. The Netherlands lose Michael Levitt for 3, Max O'Dowd for 13 and Colin Ackerman first ball inside the Powerplay before De Leede picks out Patel at extra cover two balls later! Things falling apart for the Netherlands as Zac Lion-Cachet chops on to Mo Mohsin. Scottt Edwards is bowled off the last ball of the tenth over, three wickets now for Harmeet Singh. An unlikely 122 runs required by the Netherlands off the second 10 overs. A fourth wicket for Harmeet Singh in his final over which he finishes with two slips in place! A heave across the line sees Logan Van Beek bowled by Mohsin and the tournament's leading wicket taker Van Schalkwyk removes Dutt's middle stump - drinks taken after 13.4 overs with 9 wickets down! All over two overs later as Van Schalkwyk adds another to his tally.

Two out of two for hosts Sri Lanka as they brushed aside Oman. Three half-centuries the basis of their two-hundred plus total. That proved to be more than enough as a forty-two run partnership between Mohammad Naseem and Wasim Ali was all that Oman could offer in response, theirs the only double figure scores in the Omani innings.

Azzurri skipper Wayne Madsen missing after suffering that shoulder injury early in their previous match. No word yet if he is to be replaced in the squad but it's Harry Manenti who captains today. Aasif Sheikh and Rohit Paudel add 40 but both fall within two balls of each other. Tough going in the middle overs for Nepal who were still short of 100 after 15 overs. Five wickets fall for just nine runs as Nepal try to hit their way to a total, Crishan Kalugamage claiming three and Ben Manenti two. AUSurri brothers Justin and Anthony Mosca quickly into their stride posting 68 in the powerplay. The story goes that when Nonna Mosca caught them playing cricket she would yell - 'Chi va a lavorare' - well today they did indeed 'Go do some work!' with 60* off 44 (5x4, 3x6) for Justin and 62* off 32 (3x4, 6x6) for Anthony.

Well if you thought Samson's 22 off 8 was something, what about Ishan Kishan's 6,6,6,6,4 off JJ Smit to bring up his half-century inside the Powerplay! Kishan caught off Erasmus' first delivery 61 off 24 (6x4, 5x6) certainly spectacular while it lasted. Namibia able to keep things tight through the middle overs but a late blitz from Hardik Pandya got the scoreboard spinning over again. Four wickets for skipper Gerard Erasmus, his little round-arm skidders bringing him success. Namibia get off lightly in the end, 200+ but it could have been much much more. Coleraine's overseas professional Louren Steenkamp and Jan Frylinck, formerly of Donemana, start the Namibian reply. Frylinck first to go - 4, 4, off Arshdeep Singh but caught at mid wicket next ball - would have cleared the river at the Holm! Varun Chakaravarthy slams the brakes on the Namibian charge - Steenkamp bowled with his first ball and Loftie-Eaton and JJ Smit both falling in his next over! Erasmus out in the next over and that's three wickets in 6 balls for only two runs. Namibia go down tamely in the end with Pandya claiming two in his final over, to add to his half century and earning him the POTM award.

Two no-balls and a wide in the twentieth over by Rabada sees Afghanistan get 12 of the 13 runs they needed for the win. With Farooqi run-out by inches going for the winning run the game goes to a Super-Over. Sensational start to that as Omarzai goes 4,6,1 off Ngidi, A single for Gurbaz brings Omarzai back on strike and he cuts for 4 before a single to finish - Sourh Africa will need 18 runs. PLACE YOUR BETS! Big Afghanistan team meeting going on as they decide who will bowl the over for them - Farooqi is the chosen one while South Africa send out Brevis and Miller. Sigle to Miller, 6 to Brevis! WICKET as Brevis lobs a top edge to the keeper. Stubbs edges 4 through slip, DOT - full and straight back to Farooqi. SIX from Stubbs and now the Super Over is TIED!!! This time it's Stubbs and Miller versus Omarzai. SIX and a single from Miller . Two from Stubbs, SIX from Miller and ANOTHER, two to finish - that makes 23. Surely too many for Afghanistan? Nabi and Omarzai and to face Maharaj. No pace to work with and Nabi is caught at point after an opening Dot. Six from Gurbaz but he needs 3 more from the last 3 balls.SIX - well that's one of them!. SIX - That's the second! WIDE - four needed for a THIRD Super-Over. Aaaaagh, a squirted catch to point. South Africa escape for the third time in the match.

Australian skipper Travis Head was dropped by Calitz in Humphrey's opening over but run out in Adair's next. The Premadasa in Colombo has traditionally favoured spin and Ireland going big with it today, Harry Tector the fourth option used today and he has Glenn Maxwell well caught by Tucker off an under-edge. Australia 90-4 at the halfway stage. Can Ireland contain the Australian charge in the later overs - No is the answer as Ireland turn back to pace for McCarthy and Adair to finish off the innings with double digit rates against their name. First ball of the chase Paul Stirling retires hurt. Full ball from Bartlett dug out in around his feet and he hobbles a single. Hard to tell if it's blow on the foot or a tweaked muscle as he set off for the run. Adair survives a 'dolly' at cover before Tector goes without scoring last ball of the second over. Adair skittled next ball not offering a shot in the end to a Nathan Ellis back-of-the-hand slower ball and Campher comes and goes in the same over. Calitz drags on to give Ellis his third. It doesn't look as if Paul Stirling will be taking any further part today - he is in the dugout having changed out of his playing kit. Delany slogs at a Zampa top-spinner but only edges to the keeper - glum faces in the stands as well as on the Irish bench. Tucker becomes Zampa's second victim and George Dockrell who runs past a wide leg-break his third before Adair gifts him a fourth in his final over. A fourth for Ellis as McCarthy holes out in the deep ends the match with Stirling unable to bat. Grim viewing for those at home as well as for the travelling support.

A wicket in each of their opening overs for Jofra Archer and Sam Curren removes both Windies openers. Not great deliveries it has to be said, both wide and hammered away only to be caught. Two more gone before the halfway stage, Hetmyer and Chase to Overton and Rashid. Rutherford and Holder plunder runs in the closing overs adding 61 for the sixth wicket with Archer going for 48 off his four. Great recovery by the Windies after that shaky start. A big chase for England on a pitch taking spin. What a start from Phil Salt taking 24 off Holder's opening over. Powerplay over with England rattling along at 11/over. Exactly half way to their target at the 10 over mark but England can't take their foot off the loud pedal. They keep pushing and the Windies nibble away a few more wickets - 62 required off the final 5 overs and 47 off the last three. Jason Holder to bowl the eighteenth and presumably the twentieth if required - remember his first went for 24!! Three singles a Six from Curran and a run out is what is required. Dawson run out and Rashid caught at deep square off Joseph means Holder will not be required.

Jan Frylinck and Jan Loftie-Eaton added 50 in a second wicket partnership, before a strong second half to their innings saw Namibia add a further 91 runs. An attacking start to the chase sees the Oranje lose O'Dowd and Levitt but they are favourites at the halfway stage needing exactly 80 more for the win. Ackerman, dropped by Steenkamp on 14, goes for 32, but it's full steam ahead from De Leede who finishes unbeaten on 72 off 48 (5x4, 4x6), the Netherlands winning with two overs to spare.

UAE opt to bat but lose a wicket in just the second over, Sharma caught hooking at Jacob Duffy. Captain Muhammad Waseem and Alishan Sharafu on the attack together - 50-1 at the end of the Powerplay. The duo continue on their merry way scoring half centuries in a second wicket partnership of 107. A final total of 173 for 6 gives the Emiratis something to bowl at. Won't be easy against a powerful Kiwi batting line-up, but they have given themselves a chance. Steady start to the chase but the fourth over doubles the score with 22 off it. Finn Allen and Tim Seifert into the 20s. The carnage continues with 78 coming in the powerplay. Been a great exhibition of controlled aggression by the NZ openers. Some huge blows as Seifert reaches 50 in 23 balls. Allen not far behind as the 100 comes up in the 9th over. 119-0 at the ten-over mark. Been very one-sided. Tim Allen reaches 100 sixes landmark and joins some illustrious company headed by Martin Guptill. The UAE have been blown away - not a sniff of a chance as NZ close out an emphatic 10-wicket victory.

Pakistan post a formidable 190-9 thanks primarily to decent knocks from Sahibzada Farhan (73) and Babar Azam (46) who added 81 for the third wicket, Late runs for Shadhab Khan who hit a 12-ball 30 probably has taken the game out of the reach of the USA. Four wickets again for former NCU professional Shadley van Schalkwyk. The chase has been all about Shayan Jahangir who scored 49 of his sides 68 runs at the halfway stage before holing out just after. USA making little attempt to chase down the target as they reach 111-3 off 15 overs - 80 needed off the last five overs. Do or die time. Ranjane struck a few lusty blows on his way to 51 being severe on Shaheen Afridi, but it was too little, too late as Pakistan closed out a comfortable 32-run win.

A huge blow for the Azzurri, skipper Wayne Madsen injuring a shoulder while fielding in just the fourth over, probably the end of his tournament. A 126 run partnership from openers George Munsey and Michael Jones the basis of an impressive 200+ total for the Scots, that saw Brandon McMullen (41* off 18, 4x6) and Michael Leask (22* off 5, 2x4,2x6) plunder 71 runs from the final five overs of the innings. Early wickets for the Scots, Italy 41-3 after five overs before the OZurri Big Bash Brothers, Harry and Ben Manenti set about the bowling, adding 73 for the fourth wicket. But that was all Italy had to offer with the final 6 wickets, including that of the absent Madsen, falling for just 4 runs. George Munsey added four catches to his innings of 84 but the POTM award went to Michael Leask for his 4-17.

A wicket for Blessing Muzarabani with his first delivery and two more in his second over left Oman in the mire at 17-4 after 4 overs. Vinayak Shukla and Sufyan Mehmood tasked with the rescue mission add 42 before Richard Ngarava claims his second wicket and third in the same over. Two wickets from Brad Evans in the final over wraps up what was a clinical display in the field by Zimbabwe. Quick start to the chase with 30 on the board after three overs before Oman claim two wickets in the next three balls from Sufyan Mehmood. Brian Bennett and Brendan Taylor take Zimbabwe within one hit of victory before Taylor retires hurt leaving Sikander Raza to score the winning boundary.

South Africa 100 for the loss of Quinton de Kock at the halfway stage with Aiden Markram getting his half-century from the final delivery of the tenth over. Both Markram and Ryan Rickleton fall to catches on the boundary edge before Dewald Brevis skies to mid off for just 6, that's two wickets in the over for Patel. David Miller and Tristan Stubbs add 75 to leave Canada with a mountain to climb. Ngidi srtikes with his first delivery and adds two more in his second over. Thirty added by Dhaliwal and Thakur takes Canada to 74-5 at the halfway mark. Ngidi breaks the partnership at 69 to claim a fourth wicket with Jansen picking up two in his final over. Navnneet Dhaliwal's defiant innings ends first ball of the final over as Canada finish eight down and avoid being bowled out.

A shaky start by Afghanistan with the score 44-2 at the end of the Powerplay before Sediqullah Atal joined Gulbadin adding 79 for the third wicket. Two wickets for Lockie Ferguson in a total that will raise Afghanistan hopes of a win. Those hopes increase when in his first over Mujeeb bowls Finn Allen and and Rachin Ravindra next ball. A counter-attack by Tim Siefert and Glenn Phillips adds 74 taking the Kiwis to 92-3 at the halfway stage. Five overs left and it's just a run-a-ball required. No problem for Daryl Mitchell and Mitch Santner who power the Kiwis home with two overs to spare.

Jacob Bethell and Harry Brook with half-centuries in England total that they will be confident of defending. DS Airee and Nandan both with tidy spells claiming two wickets apiece. The chase starts with a flurry as Kurshal Bhurtel takes fourteen off Jofra Archer's opening blast to please the huge Nepalese contingent of fans, and probably many neutrals as well. Both openers fall to spin, Aasif Sheikh top edging Dawson to backward square and Bhurtel a tame caught and bowled back to Will Jacks. Everything coming the same to DS Airee and Rohit Paudel as they plunder runs, a Rashid over goes for 19 including a ridiculous switch hit for 6 high over cover's head. But it can't last - Airee holes out at long-off to Sam Curren and Paudel to a Salt catch giving Dawson his second. Twenty-two off Archer in the eighteenth keeps Nepal alive - can they possibly? Well it's going to be ten required off the final over with Bam on strike. Curren it is - 0, 1, 1, 2, 0 single turned down, huge discussion in an England team meeting - yorker coming up surely. Indeed it was. England escape and McCullum and Brook will be buying the drinks tonight, they'll still have jobs in the morning.

Two lives for Kamil Mishara in McCarthy's first over before he falls to a Mark Adair slower ball lofting gently to McCarthy at mid-off. Nissanka smashes Dockrell's second delivery to the safe hands of Stirling at short extra. The hosts 68-2 at the halfway stage and Dockrell stirkes next ball bowling Rathnayake as he tried to paddle over slip. Now Tector gets thrown the ball - a fourth spinner today. The closest of LBW decisions overturned on review before Delany has Wellalage caught at long off. Can Ireland contain the runs in the final overs, the Sri Lankan spinners will be a threat with a total to defend. Humphrey's final over goes for 21 so 150 now a realistic prospect for the home side. Mark Adair bowls the eighteenth and brother Ross spills one at deep square, before a McCarthy 'beamer' is hooked for a boundary and he follows up with two leg-side wides - the next ball goes for Six so that's 13 off 1 ball!!! Two wickets in that McCarthy over that costs 19 takes Sri Lanka past 150 with Kusal Mendis completing his half-century in Adair's final over. Messy finish to the innings from Ireland with 68 runs coming from the final 5 overs, makes Sri Lanka favourites for the win. Stirling 'yorks' himself and Adair is dropped at short third in an eventful Theekshana over. Ireland 4 runs ahead of Sri Lanka at the halfway stage but can they match them over the second 10? Tucker fails to clear deep mid-on after adding 49 with Harry Tector leaving 51 required from the last 5 overs. Next ball Tector sweeps to deep square, a second wicket for Hasaranga. A charge, a swing and a miss from Calitz, then Delany next ball gives Theekshana his third - all pretty ugly looking stuff from Ireland with Campher comfortably caught at long-off and Adair likewise. Twenty seven required off 6 balls for a memorable victory? No miracles today - Dockrell is caught by the sweeper on the cover boundary and Humphreys bowled in the final over - but not hard to work out where this one was lost.

Two wickets in an over from Paul Van Meekeren precipitating a Pakistan collapse from 98-2 to 114-7, that left them needing 33 off the final 3 overs, and an unlikely 29 off the final 2. A SIX first ball of the nineteenth makes 23 off 11 before O'Dowd drops Ashraf at long off on the second - 2 runs. Another SIX!! 15 off 9 is the equation now. SIX more over deep square and a 4 through the vacant slip area ends a disastrous over by Logan Van Beek that costs 24 runs. Just five runs required off the final over and a wide full-toss from Bas De Leede is hit to the extra cover boundary to save Pakistan's blushes. Catches win matches and that drop by O'Dowd has certainly cost the Netherlands what would have been a memorable victory.

The Windies innings exploded into life after a sluggish ten overs that saw them only 66-2 at the drinks break. 116 were added in the second ten as Shimron Hetmyer hit 6x6s and 2x4s in a 36 ball stay worth 64 precious runs. Slow going also for Scotland in the early part of their chase before skipper Richie Berrington and Tom Bruce added 78 for the fourth wicket. Fifty eight needed off the final five overs. Four wickets in the seventeenth over for Romario Shepherd including a Hat-Trick snuffs out what hopes the Scots had. Disappointment no doubt also for a large number of the 5.5 BILLION population of Scotland that an ICC graphic announced during the game!

Three wickets from former Armagh professional Schadley Van Schalkwyk reduced the hosts to 46-4 at the end of the Powerplay with Suryakumar Yadav playing a lone hand. Fortunate to survive a simple caught and bowled when only 15, he took advantage of some naive bowling tactics and field placing in the final overs to post a defendable total, finishing unbeaten on 84 off 49 balls (10x4,4x6). USA struggling to get into the game after Mohammed Siraj removed both openers, Andries Gous and Saiteja Mukkamalla and Arshdeep claimed Monak Patel without scoring. Just 49 runs on the board in the first ten overs leaves an impossible task in the second ten. Kumar adds 58 with Krishnamurthi before he is stumped. Axar Patel takes two wickets in his final over, Harmeet Singh holing out first ball. Shubham Ranjane with a few lusty blows towards the end but nothing he can do would make up for his earlier dropped catch off SKY when he was just 15.

No play possible in Colombo with heavy rain leading to a saturated outfield. Ireland's next match is on Sunday, their first in the Tournament against hosts Sri Lanka.