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• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Warm-Up matches confirmed

  The official warm-up match fixtures for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 have been announced. Matches are scheduled to be played from Monday 27 May to Saturday 1 June across the USA and at two venues in Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies.

  The venues to host the 16 warm up matches are the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas; Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida and Queen’s Park Oval and Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago.

  Warm-up fixtures will be 20 overs per side and will not carry international T20 status as teams will be allowed to field all members of their 15-player squad. In a change from the previous rights cycle, teams will now have the option of playing up to two warm-up matches depending on arrival time at the event.

  The West Indies against Australia fixture at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday 30 May will be open to fans, tickets will be available at tickets.t20worldcup.com or box offices located at the National Cricket Centre and Queen’s Park Oval from 16 May.

  Warm-up match schedule:

  Monday 27 May

  Canada v Nepal, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas 10h30

  Oman v Papua New Guinea, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago 15h00

  Namibia v Uganda, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago 19h00

  Tuesday 28 May

  Sri Lanka v Netherlands, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida 10h30

  Bangladesh v USA, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas 10h30

  Australia v Namibia, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago 19h00

  Wednesday 29 May

  South Africa intra-squad, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida 10h30

  Afghanistan v Oman, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago 13h00

  Thursday 30 May

  Nepal v USA, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas 10h30

  Scotland v Uganda, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago 10h30

  Netherlands v Canada, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas 15h00

  Namibia v Papua New Guinea, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago 15h00

  West Indies v Australia, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago 19h00

  Friday 31 May

  Ireland v Sri Lanka, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida 10h30

  Scotland v Afghanistan, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago 10h30

  Saturday 1 June

  Bangladesh v India, Venue TBC USA

   

• Zirkzee left out of Netherlands' Euro 2024 squad as De Jong makes the cut

  Joshua Zirkzee was a surprise omission from Ronald Koeman's Netherlands squad for Euro 2024, as Frenkie de Jong made the selection.

  A 30-man preliminary squad was confirmed on Thursday, with that pool to be whittled down to 26 for the tournament, which starts on June 14.

  The Netherlands have been drawn against France, Austria and Poland in Group D, and Koeman somewhat surprisingly did not include in-form Bologna attacker Zirkzee, who has scored 12 goals this season, propelling his side towards Champions League qualification.

  Koeman has preferred to go with the experienced Wout Weghorst, along with Memphis Depay and Brian Brobbey.

  De Jong, though, did make the cut despite having not played for Barcelona in close to a month due to an ankle issue.

  Ryan Gravenberch has earned a recall after a year away, and he is joined by Liverpool team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo.

  Micky van de Ven, who has impressed for Tottenham this season, has also been selected, as has wing-back Jeremie Frimpong, who has been in sensational form for Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. Arsenal's Jurrien Timber, who sustained a serious injury in August, does not feature.

  Georginio Wijnaldum, the former Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder who now plays in Saudi Arabia, has been included.

  Koeman will confirm his 26-man squad by the end of May.

  Netherlands squad

  Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord), Mark Flekken (Brentford), Bart Verbruggen (Brighton & Hove Albion), Nick Olij (Sparta Rotterdam); Nathan Ake (Manchester City), Daley Blind (Girona), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan), Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), Lutsharel Geertruida (Feyenoord), Matthijs de Ligt (Bayern Munich), Ian Maatsen (Borussia Dortmund), Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur), Stefan de Vrij (Inter); Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool), Frenkie de Jong (FC Barcelona), Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta), Tijjani Reijnders (Milan), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Jerdy Schouten (PSV), Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig), Quinten Timber (Feyenoord), Joey Veerman (PSV Eindhoven), Georginio Wijnaldum (Al Ettifaq); Steven Bergwijn (Ajax), Brian Brobbey (Ajax), Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid), Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund), Wout Weghorst (Hoffenheim).

• IPL: Washout confirms SRH play-off place

  Sunrisers Hyderabad are into the Indian Premier League play-offs despite their game against Gujarat Titans being abandoned without even doing the toss due to rain.

  SRH move onto 15 points, with one game remaining, but are now ensured a top-four finish for the first time since 2020.

  Their top-two hopes have taken a hit though – they have to beat Punjab Kings in their final game and hope Rajasthan Royals lose to Kolkata Knights Riders to finish second.

  The Titans were already out of play-off contention after their previous game against KKR was also called off due to a heavy storm without hitting a ball. They finish their season currently third from bottom, though that could change depending on results in the final few matches.