South Africa 154-5 (17.5 overs): Brevis 42 (18); Raza 3-29
South Africa won by five wickets
South Africa produced an unconvincing performance with the bat but beat Zimbabwe by five wickets to set up a semi-final against New Zealand.
An 18-ball 42 from Dewald Brevis at number four proved crucial as wickets tumbled in South Africa’s chase of 154 before George Linde (30 off 21) and Tristan Stubbs (21 off 24) saw them over the line with 13 balls to spare.
South Africa, who have won all seven of their matches in this tournament, are searching for a maiden T20 World Cup title having previously reached the final in 2024.
The result also confirms England, who finished top of Group 2 in the Super 8s, will face either India or West Indies in the last four as neither side will be able to match South Africa’s haul of six points.
They meet in the final Super 8 game at 13:30 GMT, with the winner progressing to the semi-finals.
“South Africa are going to be hard to stop. They have ticked every box in this tournament,” said former Australia wicketkeeper Ryan Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.
“They have a massive belief around the group and are starting to bask in the glory of their younger players who have developed.
After restricting Zimbabwe to 153-7, South Africa lost three wickets inside the powerplay, with Sikandar Raza (3-29) removing openers Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram for single-figure scores and Ryan Rickelton for 31 (22).
From 43-3, 22-year-old Brevis combined with David Miller (22 off 16) for a 50-run fourth-wicket stand off 25 balls to break the back of the chase before both batters fell in the space of five deliveries to set up a nervy finish with 53 runs needed from 56 balls.
Earlier, Zimbabwe captain Raza had proved a thorn in South Africa’s side with the bat, striking a defiant 73 (34), including eight fours and four sixes. Clive Madande (26 not out) was the next highest scorer, chipping in with a handful of late boundaries to take Zimbabwe beyond 150.
South Africa 154-5 (17.5 overs): Brevis 42 (18); Raza 3-29
South Africa won by five wickets
South Africa produced an unconvincing performance with the bat but beat Zimbabwe by five wickets to set up a semi-final against New Zealand.
An 18-ball 42 from Dewald Brevis at number four proved crucial as wickets tumbled in South Africa’s chase of 154 before George Linde (30 off 21) and Tristan Stubbs (21 off 24) saw them over the line with 13 balls to spare.
South Africa, who have won all seven of their matches in this tournament, are searching for a maiden T20 World Cup title having previously reached the final in 2024.
The result also confirms England, who finished top of Group 2 in the Super 8s, will face India in the last four.
“South Africa are going to be hard to stop. They have ticked every box in this tournament,” said former Australia wicketkeeper Ryan Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.
“They have a massive belief around the group and are starting to bask in the glory of their younger players who have developed.
After restricting Zimbabwe to 153-7, South Africa lost three wickets inside the powerplay, with Sikandar Raza (3-29) removing openers Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram for single-figure scores and Ryan Rickelton for 31 (22).
From 43-3, 22-year-old Brevis combined with David Miller (22 off 16) for a 50-run fourth-wicket stand off 25 balls to break the back of the chase before both batters fell in the space of five deliveries to set up a nervy finish with 53 runs needed from 56 balls.
Earlier, Zimbabwe captain Raza had proved a thorn in South Africa’s side with the bat, striking a defiant 73 (34), including eight fours and four sixes. Clive Madande (26 not out) was the next highest scorer, chipping in with a handful of late boundaries to take Zimbabwe beyond 150.
Cardiff’s Keiron Assiratti and Dragons’ Ryan Woodman have been called up to Steve Tandy’s Wales squad as they prepare to face Ireland in Dublin in the Six Nations on Friday (20:10 GMT).
Recalled prop Assiratti and uncapped flanker Woodman joined the squad when they returned to camp on Sunday after the tournament’s fallow week.
Ospreys lock Rhys Davies and Scarlets back-rower Taine Plumtree have both been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament and 22-year-old Woodman can operate in both positions.
The Newport-born former Wales Under-20s captain has 43 Dragons appearances, featuring in 13 of 16 games this season.
Tight-head Assiratti was named in Tandy’s original squad for this year’s campaign but was released after a calf injury before the first match against England.
Wales are also waiting on the fitness of fly-half Sam Costelow before they travel to Dublin looking for their first win in 15 Six Nations games.
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Wales’ updated 39-man squad
Forwards: Assiratti, Beard, Belcher, Botham, Carre, Carter, Cracknell, Deaves, Elias, Francis, Griffin, Jenkins, Lake (capt), Mann, Macleod, Smith, G Thomas, F Thomas, A Wainwright, S Wainwright, Woodman.
India 224 (45.1 overs): Rana 44 (74) Rodrigues 42 (29); King 4-33
Australia won by 185 runs
Alyssa Healy ended her one-day international career with a stunning 158 as Australia completed a clean sweep of the 50-over series against India with a 185-run win in Hobart.
The Australia captain, who is set to retire from all formats after this series, reached her century in 79 balls, before moving to 150 just 16 balls later.
She hit 27 fours and two sixes before being bowled by Sneh Rana for 158 off 98 deliveries.
It was Healy’s second highest ODI score behind her 170 from 138 balls against England in the 50-over World Cup final in 2022.
Healy, 35, was aided by team-mate Beth Mooney’s 106 off 84 as Australia posted 409-7 – their highest score in Australia and eighth highest in women’s ODI history.
“What a ridiculous sport we play that it can kick you down so many times and then give you opportunities like it has today,” said Healy after the match.
“I’ve hated every milestone match so today was just an opportunity to go out and enjoy it and it was one of the most enjoyable experiences I have had.
“I was fine this morning and then seeing Lucy Hamilton make her debut made me realise how special and lucky I have been over the last 15 years, to have done it as many times as I have.
“It’s a nice way to sign off in yellow.”
In reply, India were bowled out for 224 in 45.1 overs, with Rana making 44 off 74 balls, while leg-spinner Alana King was the pick of Australia’s bowlers with 4-33.
Australia lead the points-based multi-format series 8-4 having won all three ODIs, after India’s 2-1 win in the three-match T20 series.
The series concludes with a Test match worth four points at Perth’s WACA ground, meaning Australia can at worst draw the series.
On the Test match, Healy said: “To put ourselves in a position where we don’t have to win is a great sign for the series, but we are going [to the Test match] to win.
“Any time this group gets to wear the baggy green is extra special so we are looking forward to that.”
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has claimed that more than 1,000 Nigerians were killed and thousands more abducted between January and February of 2026.
In a post via X on Sunday, Obi said the scale of violence across the country is worse than that of nations officially at war.
He criticised what he described as the “politics of zero humanity” in the country, accusing political leaders of prioritising 2027 election calculations over the safety of Nigerians.
“It is profoundly disturbing that while we, the politicians, continue to obsess over the 2027 elections—spending our energy scheming about how to capture, grab, and run the next election—the first two months of 2026 have reportedly seen the killing of over 1,000 Nigerians and the abduction of several thousand others.
“This is the painful reality confronting our nation. From Zamfara State to Kwara, Ondo, Kebbi, Edo, Benue, Adamawa, Plateau, and many other states, families have buried loved ones, and communities have been emptied by gunshots and fear.”
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The former Anambra State governor alleged that more than 25 states across the country had been affected by attacks carried out by bandits and other terrorist groups, lamenting that the crisis had yet to receive the necessary attention from the relevant authorities.
“In over 25 states across all geopolitical zones this year alone, there have been major violent attacks on innocent citizens, kidnappings by armed bandits, mass shootings, village invasions, and brazen assaults on worshippers and travellers.
“The scale of bloodshed and the number of deaths in just two months in Nigeria are even worse than what we see in countries officially at war. Yet the urgency with which we discuss these tragedies does not match the urgency of our discussions surrounding zoning formulas, party structures, and campaign strategies,” he stated.
Politics of Zero Humanity
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain noted with dismay that while leaders were engrossed in debates about power sharing, Nigerians were busy sharing funeral programmes.
Obi stressed the need for authorities to elevate human life to what he described as “sacred status in our national priorities”, cautioning that leadership is not about winning elections but saving lives.
“We debate power sharing while citizens are sharing funeral programs. I watched in tears yesterday as families in the Doruwa Babuje community in Plateau State buried their dead after attacks by armed terrorists, but our media and leaders were focused on discussions about party issues and the 2027 elections.”
”When we aren’t even sure we will be alive to see it, given all the deaths happening in our country today. We strategise about 2027 while Nigerians struggle to survive 2026. This is inhumane.”
“We must elevate human life to a sacred status in our national priorities. Leadership is not about winning elections; it is about saving lives. We can, and we must, aspire to a Nigeria devoid of bloodshed—a Nigeria where governance is measured not by political dominance but by the safety and dignity of its people.
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli air attacks has thrust Tehran to a pivotal crossroads as the ruling establishment looks to pick the late supreme leader’s successor.
Several senior leaders close to Khamenei were also killed in the attack, including his top security adviser Ali Shamkhani and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander-in-chief Mohammad Pakpour.
Tehran on Sunday targeted more sites in Gulf countries in retaliation as it vowed to avenge the killing of Khamenei. Meanwhile, United States President Donald Trump has warned against the retaliatory attacks and suggested that the strikes on Iran would continue.
The US-Israeli attacks were launched on Saturday despite several rounds of diplomatic engagement with Tehran that raised hopes of a deal on its nuclear programme.
The assassination of Khamenei, who took power in 1989, has left Iran’s top leadership to prepare for the transfer of power at a time when the US, the world’s strongest military power, has pledged to dismantle the ruling structure established following Iran’s 1979 revolution.
So, who will be the next supreme leader of Iran? And how will he be chosen?
A woman wails and holds a poster as thousands of people gather in Enghelab Square for a pro-government demonstration after Iranian state media confirmed the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran [Majid Saeedi/Getty Images]
How is the supreme leader selected?
Iran’s supreme leader is selected by the Assembly of Experts, an 88-member clerical body elected by the public every eight years.
Candidates who run for the Assembly must first be vetted and approved by the Guardian Council, a powerful oversight body whose members are partly appointed by the supreme leader himself.
When the position becomes vacant, due to death or resignation, the Assembly of Experts convenes to choose a successor. A simple majority is sufficient to appoint the new supreme leader.
As per Iran’s constitution, the candidate must be a senior jurist with deep knowledge of jurisprudence in Shia Islam, as well as qualities such as political judgement, courage, and administrative capability.
Earlier, there had been only one other transfer of power in the office of the supreme leader of Iran, when Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, died at age 86 in 1989.
Emergency personnel stand at the site of an Iranian missile strike on a residential building, after Iran launched missile barrages following attacks by the United States and Israel on Saturday, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 1, 2026 [Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]
What happens in Iran during a leadership vacuum?
Article 111 of Iran’s constitution mandates that a temporary council handle duties until a new supreme leader is elected.
That council will include President Masoud Pezeshkian, Supreme Court Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, and a cleric from the Guardian Council, according to Iranian media. Ayatollah Alireza Arafi from the Guardian Council, 67, was on Sunday appointed to the three-member temporary council.
They will lead the country until the assembly formally picks the new supreme leader.
Iran’s security chief and a close confidante of the late Khamenei, Ali Larijani, said on Sunday that the transition process is under way.
Luciano Zaccara, a research associate professor in Gulf politics at Qatar University, told Al Jazeera that Iran’s political system has been prepared for the current situation, knowing that Khamenei’s assassination was a real possibility.
“Trump wants to get the best deal possible, but the method he’s using to get that deal is to annihilate or destroy as much as he can,” Zaccara said. “This is the way to impose conditions, not to negotiate anything. Trump wants a surrender of the regime, not a change.”
To avoid a vacuum of power, the late Khamenei kept replacements for all the officials eliminated in the last few months ready, and made sure to put in a structure, Zaccara told Al Jazeera.
“The structures remain, the line of power [and] the line of command remain in place,” he said.
(Al Jazeera)
Who is the supreme leader of Iran?
The supreme leader is the top position in the Islamic Republic’s political and religious hierarchy under the velayat-e faqih system – the principle of the guardianship of the Islamic jurist.
He is essentially the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the final word in the country – and appoints key judicial, military, and media officials. He also leads the mighty IRGC.
Here are the contenders for the top job in Tehran
Mojtaba Khamenei (left), the second son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah’s office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024 [Handout/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]
Mojtaba Khamenei
Khamenei’s second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is among the top contenders to succeed his father as the next supreme leader.
He is known to wield significant influence among the administrators and the IRGC, the most powerful military body.
However, Khamenei’s lineage is also among the biggest barriers he faces. He was reportedly opposed to the father-to-son succession. It is frowned upon in Iran, particularly after the US-backed monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was toppled in 1979.
Pope Francis is shown a gift as he receives Ayatollah Alireza Arafi (centre), president of the Islamic Seminaries of Iran, and his entourage in a private audience at the Vatican, May 30, 2022 [Handout/Vatican Media via Reuters]
Alireza Arafi
Arafi, a 67-year-old cleric, is an influential figure in the Islamic Republic’s religious establishment, but not a widely accepted political actor.
He serves as the deputy chairman of the Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for overseeing the selection of the supreme leader, and has been a member of the Guardian Council, which vets election candidates and laws passed by parliament.
Arafi was appointed as the jurist member of Iran’s Leadership Council, the body tasked with fulfilling the supreme leader’s role until the Assembly of Experts elects a new leader, Iran’s state media reported on Sunday.
He is also the Friday prayer leader of Qom – Iran’s most important religious centre – and heads the country’s seminary system, overseeing clerical education nationwide.
Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri
Mirbagheri is an ultra-hardline clerical voice in the establishment and a member of the Assembly of Experts.
He is widely known for his world view critical of the West – and currently heads the Islamic Sciences Academy in the northern city of Qom.
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei
Mohseni-Ejei is a senior Iranian cleric and currently heads the judiciary of the Islamic Republic, appointed to the role in July 2021 by the late Khamenei.
He previously served as minister of intelligence from 2005 to 2009 and later as prosecutor-general and first deputy chief justice. He is regarded as a hardline figure aligned with the conservative wing of the regime.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s grandson, Hassan Khomeini (right), stands next to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini’s shrine in southern Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2025 [Handout/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA via Reuters]
Hassan Khomeini
Khomeini, 54, is among the most discussed names in succession talks for the next supreme leader.
He is the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, and also the custodian of his grandfather’s mausoleum in Tehran.
