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Pakistan will decide by next Monday whether to participate in the T20 World Cup after disagreeing with the International Cricket Council's move to bring Scotland into the tournament in place of Bangladesh

Pakistan will decide by next Monday whether to participate in the T20 World Cup after disagreeing with the International Cricket Council's move to bring Scotland into the tournament in place of Bangladesh

27 January 2026

The latter have boycotted the event due to security concerns, which the governing body believe are unfounded.

The New Zealand squad is almost complete ahead of the fourth game in the five-match warm-up series against India.

Jimmy Neesham, Lockie Ferguson and Tim Seifert have joined, while Kristian Clarke and Tim Robinson have been released home.

Big Bash League champion Finn Allen, who rounds out the side, arrives Thursday.

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04 Feb: Black Caps cricket coach Rob Walter has commended pace bowler Lockie Ferguson's dedication to return from a calf injury in time for the T20 World Cup

04 Feb: New Zealand cricket coach Rob Walter has valued the chance to experiment with game plans in local conditions against India ahead of the T20 World Cup

03 Feb: England have wrapped up their T20 World Cup cricket preparations with a 3-nil clean sweep of Sri Lanka

03 Feb: Australia have been handed their biggest ever defeat in T20 cricket - just five days out from the start of the men's World Cup

01 Feb: India has demolished New Zealand in the 5th T20 in Trivandrum after posting their third-highest ever T20 total

01 Feb: Captain Robbie O'Donnell is relieved the Northern Braves men's cricket team didn't fall at the final hurdle

01 Feb: The Black Caps have lost a run fest in Trivandrum - dropping the T20 series 4-1 to India

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