LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan handed Australia its biggest-ever defeat in a Twenty20 just five days ahead of the T20 World Cup to sweep the series 3-0 on Sunday. Pakistan’s commanding 111-run win in the third and final game eclipsed Australia’s previous biggest defeat when England registered a 100-run win at Southampton in 2005.

Meg Lanning, the former Australia captain, will get her first taste of county cricket when she plays for Lancashire in the T20 Blast.

A brief history of the T20 World Cup: 2007 in South Africa. Final: India def. Pakistan by 5 runs. Four years after England invented Twenty20 cricket, the first T20 World Cup (then

It has been reported that Josh Hazlewood will miss the initial stages of the ICC T20 World Cup and will continue his rehabilitation in Sydney for his Achilles injury.

Australia will turn to Travis Head and Adam Zampa for inspiration as they look to avoid slipping up in Group B; Ireland and co-hosts Sri Lanka hope to push for a spot in the Super 8s, while 44-year-old Aamir Kaleem is in Omans squad;

Tournament co-hosts India are banking on form and familiarity with conditions as they seek to be the first team to successfully defend the Twenty20 World Cup title in a tournament which finds itself in the eye of a geopolitical storm.

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