{"id":271707,"date":"2026-02-07T03:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271707\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:20:09","slug":"captains-tip-300-run-barrier-to-fall-at-twenty20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271707\/","title":{"rendered":"Captains tip 300-run barrier to fall at Twenty20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Harry<\/p>\n

\nEngland T20 captain Harry Brook.
\nPhoto: Photosport\n<\/p>\n

A combination of smaller grounds, quick outfields and increasingly fearless batting may lead teams to exceed 300 runs mark for the first time at a Twenty20 World Cup, claim England captain Harry Brook and India counterpart Suryakumar Yadav.<\/p>\n

That barrier has been breached three times in T20 Internationals, but Sri Lanka’s 260\/6 against Kenya in the 2007 World Cup remains the highest score in the tournament’s history.<\/p>\n

“There are plenty of grounds in India where there could be a score of 300-plus,” Brook said at the captains’ media briefing before the 20-team tournament begins on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

“The wickets look like they’re quite good wickets at the minute – rapid outfields and fairly short boundaries.<\/p>\n

“You’ve just got to go out there and be fearless… and don’t worry about getting out and just keep on trying to take the balls on as much as possible.”<\/p>\n

After posting one of the three 300-plus totals in T20 internationals, against South Africa last year, England have the batting firepower to do it again.<\/p>\n

\"Suryakumar<\/p>\n

\nIndian captain Suryakumar Yadav.
\nPhoto: AFP\n<\/p>\n

The twice champions have arguably the most lethal opening pair in Phil Salt and Jos Buttler, while Brook himself boasts a 152-plus strikerate in this format.<\/p>\n

While Brook and Suryakumar, both batters, would personally relish the conditions, as captains of their respective sides, they would have to find ways to hem in rivals.<\/p>\n

“The game is actually moving very fast,” Suryakumar said.<\/p>\n

“It is harsh on bowlers, yes, but we can’t do anything. I’m happy that I’m a batter, but I do feel for my bowlers and other bowlers as well.<\/p>\n

“People are trying to seize the moments in the game, enjoying it, becoming more fearless – obviously, good entertainment for the crowd coming in.”<\/p>\n

\"Finn<\/p>\n

\nIn-form New Zealand opener Finn Allen.
\nPhoto: Andrew Cornaga\/www.photosport.nz\n<\/p>\n

India are bidding to be the first team to successfully defend their title and also become the first hosts to win a T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

South Africa captain Aiden Markram said his bowlers were up for the challenge.<\/p>\n

“It’s not an easy gig, especially when you get to a country where the wickets are really, really good, boundaries can be a little bit smaller and the batters really enjoy themselves,” Markram said.<\/p>\n

“It’s a nice opportunity and challenge for the bowlers – that’s how our unit sees it and they’re going to take that challenge on.<\/p>\n

“The odds are probably stacked against them, but they’re going to focus on the challenge and get into the battle, and see where they end up.”<\/p>\n

– Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England T20 captain Harry Brook. Photo: Photosport A combination of smaller grounds, quick outfields and increasingly fearless batting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-271707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}