Luke Wright delivered an accomplished all-round performance as England kept their ICC World Twenty20 hopes alive with a 48-run win over Pakistan at The Oval. Wright blasted 34 in 16 balls and Kevin Pietersen showed how much he was missed on Friday by hitting 58 in 38 deliveries to help England post 185 for five. [...]
South Africa laid down a marker with an utterly convincing 130-run win over Scotland in their ICC World Twenty20 Group D clash at The Oval that ended Scotland’s involvement in the tournament and confirmed South Africa’s presence in the second group stage. Always too strong for qualifiers Scotland, South Africa piled up 211 for five [...]
India opened their 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament with a superb all-round performance to beat Bangladesh by 25 runs at Trent Bridge. Gautam Gambhir stroked a fluent 50 before a blistering innings of 41 in 18 balls from Yuvraj Singh enabled them to post 180 for five before they restricted Bangladesh to 155 for eight. [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 England vs Pakistan, 6th Match, Group B The Oval, London, June 7, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Daryl Harper (Aus) Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: Pakistan (Elected to field) Match Status: England won by 48 runs Batting: England Innings Batsmen England (185/5 [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 South Africa vs Scotland, 5th Match, Group D The Oval, London, June 7, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) & Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Third Umpire: Daryl Harper (Aus) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: Scotland (Elected to field) Match Status: South Africa won by 131 runs Batting: South Africa Innings [...]
Chris Gayle was given a standing ovation at The Oval after his superb innings of 88 in 50 balls set the West Indies up for a seven-wicket victory over Australia. Gayle hammered six fours and six sixes, Brett Lee conceding 27 runs in one over, as the West Indies chased down their target of 170 [...]
New Zealand were pushed hard by Scotland but eventually beat them by seven wickets with an over to spare in a seven-over match that opened Group D of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 at The Oval. After rain pushed the match back and then lopped off 26 overs worth of play, Scotland smashed their way [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 India vs Bangladesh, 4th Match, Group A Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 6, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) & Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Nigel Llong (Eng) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 25 runs Batting: India Innings Batsmen India (180/5 [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 Australia vs West Indies, 3rd Match, Group C The Oval, London, June 6, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) & Asad Rauf (Pak) Third Umpire: Mark Benson (Eng) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: Australia (Elected to bat) Match Status: West Indies won by 7 wkts Batting: West Indies Innings [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 New Zealand vs Scotland, 2nd Match, Group D The Oval, London, June 6, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Daryl Harper (Aus) Third Umpire: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Toss: New Zealand (Elected to field) Match Status: New Zealand won by 7 wkts Match State: Match [...]
India will play their opening game of the T20 World Cup against Bangladesh in Nottingham today. They have been placed in Group A where Ireland are the third team. India go into the tournament as defending champions and hot favourites to retain their title. Almost every one is labeling them as the team to beat [...]
The Netherlands pulled off the most significant cricketing result in their history by clinching a four-wicket win over ICC World Twenty20 hosts England at Lord’s. Tom de Grooth played a stunning innings of 49 in 30 balls and the experience of Ryan ten Doeschate (22 not out) helped them overcome England’s total of 162 for [...]
The opening ceremony for the ICC Twenty20 World Championships was cancelled for the sake of timely start of the opening match between hosts England and the Netherlands as rain played spoilsport on Friday. Persistent drizzle forced the organisers to do away with the ceremony so that the match could start in time at Lord’s. ICC [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni indicated on Friday that his star performers Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan are almost certain to miss the opening game against Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 here on Saturday. Opening batsman Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer are suffering from shoulder injuries. Both players missed the warm-up matches against New Zealand [...]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has vehemently denied rumours of a rift in the Indian camp ahead of defending their World T20 title. In an unprecedented move, the entire Indian team led by Dhoni on Friday appeared in front of the Indian media on the eve of their first game of the World T20 here, insisting there [...]
ICC World Twenty20, 2009 England vs Netherlands, 1st Match, Group B Lords, London, June 5, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Stephen Davis (Aus) & Asoka De Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Tony Hill (NZ) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus) Toss: Netherlands (Elected to field) Match Status: Netherlands won by 4 wkts Man of the Match: Tom de [...]
The ICC T20 World Cup kicks off on Friday evening with the hosts England playing minnows Netherlands in the first match. The tournament will be played in three grounds, Lords, Oval and Nottingham. India go into the championships as defending champions and they will be hot favourites to win the crown once again. This is [...]
India scored a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Pakistan in an ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at The Brit Oval, getting home with three overs to spare. Pakistan had asked them to chase 159 after they made 158 for eight in their 20 overs. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first but they made [...]
India’s most successful captain Sourav Ganguly is set to herald the start of a new innings behind the microphone post-retirement after he was signed by ESPN STAR Sports as an expert analyst for the ICC World Twenty20, commencing in England on Saturday. Ganguly will be part of an ESPN STAR Sports commentary panel including the [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan said the beleaguered IPL outfit is eyeing at least six players who have snapped ties with the ‘rebel’ Indian Cricket League and are eligible to return to mainstream fold. Soon after BCCI granted amnesty to 79 current cricketers, Buchanan said it was an opportunity for KKR to rope in [...]