Sri Lanka paceman Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of Thursday's crunch T20 World Cup clash against Netherlands with a calf strain in another injury blow for the former champions.

Ireland pulled off a stunning six-wicket upset of Scotland at the Twenty20 World Cup Wednesday with George Dockrell and Curtis Campher starring in a 119-run partnership after they looked out for the count.

Karthik Meiyappan lit up the Twenty20 World Cup with a hattrick Tuesday but it was in vain as Sri Lanka crushed the United Arab Emirates to get their campaign back on track, while the Netherlands toppled Namibia.

Two-time champions West Indies will be looking to get their T20 World Cup campaign back on track with a win over an in-form Zimbabwe in their group-stage clash, while Scotland will eye to solidify their Super 12 bid with a win against Ireland at the Blundstone Arena in Bellerive, Australia today.

After a crushing 62-run defeat to Afghanistan in the first official warm-up game ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup on Monday, Bangladesh will have one last chance to tinker with the team combination when they take on South Africa in their second and final warm-up game in Brisbane today.

Dushmantha Chameera led Sri Lanka's fiery fast bowling display against the United Arab Emirates with three wickets in the T20 World Cup in Geelong on Tuesday as the former champions got their campaign back on track with a comprehensive 79-run win.

Karthik Meiyappan of the United Arab Emirates took the first hattrick of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia on Tuesday, stunning Sri Lanka.

Bas de Leede took two wickets and made an unbeaten 30 as the Netherlands took a giant step towards the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 on Tuesday with a tense five-wicket victory over giant-killing Namibia.

All-rounder Jason Holder said West Indies must improve in all departments of their game in a must-win contest against Zimbabwe on Wednesday if they are to get their T20 World Cup campaign back on track following their stunning defeat by Scotland.

Just a day prior, batting coach Jamie Siddons had been speaking about tail-enders getting some time in nets sessions since the top-order had productive outings in the tri-nation series in New Zealand.

A downtrodden Sri Lankan side will take on lightweights UAE in their second group-stage match in the Twenty20 World Cup at the GMHBA Stadium in Geelong today while a spirited Namibia will look to win their second game in a row against the Netherlands on the same day.

George Munsey’s unbeaten half-century and some inspired bowling helped Scotland thrash two-time Twenty20 World Cup champions West Indies by 42 runs in another big upset on Monday.

Sikandar Raza smashed 82 off 48 balls to set up a convincing 31-run victory for Zimbabwe in their opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup against Ireland on Monday.

Bangladesh did not have the best of outings in the first World Cup warm-up fixture against Afghanistan at Brisbane today as death over issues with the ball and a crumbling top-order once again reared their heads in the 62-run defeat today.

Australia captain Aaron Finch gave himself a timely boost ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup while India seamer Mohammed Shami proved his worth in a dramatic four-wicket final over in a warm-up match between the tournament heavyweights on Monday.

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia began with its preliminary phase from October 16 to October 21 as eight teams in Round 1, split into two groups, fought for four places to enter the 12-team Super 12 phase. And after a string of highly contested encounters, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe topped the table while the Netherlands and Ireland qualified as runners-up from Group A and B, respectively.   

The Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh team take on Afghanistan today in their first warm-up match in Brisbane, ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has relaxed rules related to COVID-19 for the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. Players, despite testing positive, will be permitted to compete.

The fate of Sri Lanka at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 hangs in the balance, with a heavy defeat to Namibia in the opening match of the tournament leaving the Asia Cup Champions in need of a huge response in the remaining Round 1 matches.

Jamie Siddons, the Bangladesh batting coach, opined that scores of 200 will be rare and he hoped that Bangladesh bowling attack would be good enough to restrict opponents to 170-odd scores. The team management, however, remained hopeful someone would score big with two warm-up matches providing the launch pad to find the required groove, and Siddons maintained they are close to finding the final batting order.