The Latest Breaking News from T20 World Cup

More than 600,000 tickets have been sold for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia, officials said Friday, hailing big demand for a host of sell-out blockbuster games. The global showpiece starts on Sunday at the preliminary stage, before the big guns join in from October 22.

Rain spares Australia the embarrassment of a series whitewash ahead of its men's T20 World Cup defence, with England again exposing the home side's fragile top order at Manuka Oval.

The England Test captain’s place in the T20 side is under scrutiny after a run of indifferent form

Stokes has had a couple of scratchy innings since returning to the T20 fold.

Moeen Ali has dismissed concerns about Ben Stokes’ form with the bat in the run-up to T20 World Cup

Before England's dramatic 50-over World Cup win in 2019, they won their first international trophy back in 2010 when Paul Collingwood led them to victory at the T20 World Cup

Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is backing X-factor batter Glenn Maxwell to get over a lean run of form before the T20 World Cup kicks off.

England have laid down a marker ahead of the T20 World Cup with an excellent victory over a full-strength Australia side, who are the current defending champions

Hosts Australia are the favourites to win the T20 World Cup, having won last year's tournament in the UAE, but neither Michael Atherton or Nasser Hussain are backing them to retain their title