Australia outclassed India in all three departments to take a crushing 49-run win in their Super Eight Group F clash in Barbados and make it three wins out of three in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. After being invited to bat by India, openers David Warner and Shane Watson hit belligerent half-centuries as Australia charged [...]
The 2010 Asia Cup will be held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, between June 15 and 24, the Asian Cricket Council has announced. The tournament comprises India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and hosts Sri Lanka. The tournament gets underway with Sri Lanka taking on Pakistan. Each team plays the other once in a league format after which the [...]
BCCI has sent a proposal to Cricket Australia to convert the seven-match ODI series in October to two Tests and three ODIs. India had climbed to the top spot in 2009, after drubbing Sri Lanka 2-0 at home, and then retained the ranking by fighting back to level the two-Test series against South Africa in [...]
Praveen Kumar, the Indian fast bowler, has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Twenty20 due to a side strain. His replacement will be Vidarbha and Delhi Daredevils fast bowler Umesh Yadav, who impressed with his pace during the recent IPL. Yadav, 22, got the call from the Vidarbha Cricket Association earlier in [...]
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to BCCI secretary and IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings co-owner N Srinivasan on the issue of ‘conflict of interest’. The Supreme Court issued a notice on petition filed by former BCCI president AC Muthaiah challenging BCCI members from owning IPL teams. Muthaiah had raised issue of conflict [...]
Mahela Jayawardene narrowly missed out on a second consecutive century as Sri Lanka thrashed the West Indies by 57 runs to get their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight Group F campaign off to a winning start in Barbados. Jayawardene was left stranded on 98 not out from 56 balls as Sri Lanka posted 195 for [...]
Albie Morkel thumped five sixes in a brutal display of power hitting as South Africa secured a 13-run win over New Zealand in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight clash in Barbados. Morkel’s 40 in just 18 balls, allied with AB de Villiers’ 47, guided South Africa to 170 for four, the highest score registered [...]
Kevin Pietersen blasted an imperious unbeaten half-century to hammer England to a six-wicket win over Pakistan in the opening game of the Super Eight stage of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in Barbados. Pietersen was unbeaten on 70 in 52 balls as England took advantage of a dreadful fielding display by Pakistan to overhaul their [...]
South Africa booked their place in the Super Eight stage of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 by comprehensively beating qualifiers Afghanistan by 59 runs in the final match of the initial group stage. After Hamid Hassan had taken three wickets to limit South Africa to 139 for seven, Afghanistan collapsed to 25 for seven but [...]
Australia survived being reduced to 65 for six to beat Bangladesh by 27 runs and secure the passage of both themselves and Pakistan to the Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20 in Barbados. Mike Hussey led the recovery with an unbeaten 47 and he led his side to a score of 141 for seven, [...]
Persistent rain at Providence Stadium in Guyana brought England and Ireland’s ICC World Twenty20 match to a premature halt, meaning that England progressed to the Super Eight stage and Ireland exited the competition. The match was finally called off when in reply to England’s 120 for eight, Ireland were 14 for one in the fourth [...]
Scott Styris and Nathan McCullum both took three wickets in an over as New Zealand dumped Zimbabwe out of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 with a seven-run Duckworth/Lewis win at a wet Providence Stadium in Guyana. For the fourth time in five matches in South America, the match was affected by rain and after Zimbabwe [...]
The West Indies booked their place in the Super Eight stage of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 courtesy of an eight-wicket Duckworth/Lewis method win over England in Guyana. England batted brilliantly to reach 191 for five but were foiled when after lengthy rain break, the West Indies reached an adjusted target of 60 in 35 [...]
Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene stroked a superb century before rain and tight bowling helped his side complete a 14-run Duckworth/Lewis method over Zimbabwe. The 2009 runners-up had needed to win the game to stay in the tournament after an opening-day loss to New Zealand and with Jayawardene in top form, they dominated the match, reaching [...]
Australia survived losing five wickets in six balls to beat Pakistan by 34 runs and get their 2010 ICC World Twenty20 campaign off to a brilliant start in Saint Lucia. After they went from 181 for four to 191 all out, they bowled and fielded superbly to dismiss Pakistan for 157 in reply with pace [...]
Suresh Raina smashed a superb century to set up a 14-run win for India over South Africa which confirmed the 2007 champions’ place in the Super Eight stage of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. They became the first side to reach the second stage of the competition after they scored 186 for five and then [...]
Lalit Modi’s alleged financial irregularities dominated the discussion in Sunday’s BCCI working committee meeting, during which the members “agreed” with the charges levelled against the suspended IPL commissioner. During the hour-long deliberation at its headquarters, BCCI president Shashank Manohar explained to the 22 members of the committee just why it was important to suspend Modi [...]
India’s lack of warm-up matches will have no bearing on their form against South Africa in the World Twenty20, according to captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. With the bulk of their squad involved in the congested Indian Premier League tournament, the former World Twenty20 champions decided against playing any warm-up matches at this year’s edition in [...]
Pakistan began the defence of their ICC World Twenty20 title with a 21-run win over Bangladesh in Saint Lucia in a game where they were tested and pushed hard before prevailing. Openers Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt both scored 73 to help Pakistan reach 172 for three before Bangladesh closed on 151 for seven. Akmal [...]
India produced a workmanlike display to beat tournament debutants Afghanistan by seven wickets as Group B of the ICC World Twenty20 got underway in Saint Lucia. Despite Noor Ali’s excellent half-century, Afghanistan could only reach 115 for eight, a target that never looked like threatening India, for whom Murali Vijay thumped 48 before they closed [...]