{"id":435506,"date":"2026-02-20T05:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435506\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:01:08","slug":"stumped-t20-world-cup-when-giants-collide-and-associates-make-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/435506\/","title":{"rendered":"Stumped &#8211; T20 World Cup: When giants collide and associates make history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">Available for over a year<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-whitespace-pre-line sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">On this week\u2019s Stumped with Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Shara, we assess the opening stages of the T20 World Cup, as the competition heads towards the Super 8&#8217;s stage. The team discuss the aftermath of the on-off-on India Pakistan game and whether former England captain Michael Atherton\u2019s assessment that the game is now \u2018a miserable spectacle\u2019 is a fair comment, plus we discuss the biggest shocks and celebrate the successes of the &#8216;smaller&#8217; nations competing.<\/p>\n<p>With the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in full swing, could cricket join the party? The Tallinn Hippos have defended their &#8216;cricket on ice trophy&#8217; title in Switzerland&#8217;s St Mortiz. We speak with their captain Stuart Hook about playing the game on the most unlikely of surfaces, and the cricket scene in Estonia.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, could the Big Bash be heading to India? The team discuss the possibility of the competition&#8217;s opening match heading to the sub-continent.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Players walk out during the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup India &amp; Sri Lanka 2026 match between India and Pakistan at R. Premadasa Stadium on February 15, 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Credit: ICC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/w3ct6zkm\" aria-label=\"Programme Website of T20 World Cup: When giants collide and associates make history\" data-testid=\"programme-website-link\" class=\"sw-group sw-inline-flex sw-items-center sw-pt-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Programme Website<\/a>Show less<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Available for over a year On this week\u2019s Stumped with Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Shara, we&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-435506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}