England ended a run of 35 years without winning a global tournament with a seven-wicket victory over their oldest rivals Australia in the final of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in Barbados. They did so in fine style, restricting a powerful Australian batting line-up to a score of 147 for six and with Craig Kieswetter [...]
Ellyse Perry bowled a superb final over on her way to figures of three for 18 as Australia defended 106 to beat New Zealand by three runs and claim the 2010 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 title in Barbados. 19-year-old Perry was thrown the ball with New Zealand requiring 14 to win from the last six [...]
Michael Hussey hammered an unbeaten 60 in 24 balls as Australia recovered from a seemingly impossible position to beat Pakistan by three wickets and book their place in the final of the ICC World Twenty20. Left-hander Hussey blasted three fours and six sixes as Australia hammered 75 balls in the last 29 balls of the [...]
Kevin Pietersen stroked a fluent unbeaten 42 to guide England into the ICC World Twenty20 final thanks to a crushing seven-wicket win over 2009 runners-up Sri Lanka in Saint Lucia. Pietersen was reintroduced to the team after missing England’s final Super Eight game against New Zealand to return home and be present at the birth [...]
Captain Alex Blackwell led Australia Women into the final of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 with an innings of 61 in 49 balls that extinguished India’s challenge in the first semi-final in Saint Lucia. Batting first, India struggled to build partnerships as they were restricted to 119 for five and in reply, Blackwell scored the [...]
Australia booked their place in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals with a crushing six-wicket over the West Indies, a result in Saint Lucia that also confirmed Sri Lanka’s place in the last four. Batting first, the West Indies lost captain and talisman Chris Gayle to the second legitimate ball of the match when he was [...]
Chamara Kapugedera hit a six from the final ball to steer Sri Lanka to a thrilling five-wicket win over India that ended the 2007 champions’ involvement in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. Suresh Raina blasted 63 in 47 balls with seven fours and a six to steer India to a total of 163 for five [...]
im Bresnan steered England to a nerve-jangling three-wicket win over New Zealand which both sealed England’s position at the top of Group E in the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights and ended the Black Caps’ involvements in the tournament. Bresnan played a cool innings of 23 not out in 11 balls as England chased down [...]
Pakistan knocked South Africa out of the ICC World Twenty20 for the second tournament in a row as South Africa’s batsmen failed to chase down 149, stifled by excellent slow bowling and a strong fielding performance in Saint Lucia. Pakistan themselves produced an excellent recovery from being reduced to 18 for three to post a [...]
Chris Gayle blasted a mesmerising 98 in 66 balls to set up a 14-run for the West Indies over India which left the 2007 champions facing a potential early exit of the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in Barbados. The West Indies, by contrast, have put themselves in with a strong chance of reaching the semi-finals [...]
Australia maintained their record as being the only team at the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 not to have lost a game by thrashing Sri Lanka by 81 runs in their Super Eight game in Barbados. Despite the margin of victory, they are not yet confirmed as semi-finalists but after another dominant performance, few would bet [...]
England produced an impressive all-round display to beat South Africa by 39 runs and put themselves on the brink of qualification for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals for the first time. They smashed their way to 168 for seven in their Super Eight match and then bowled equally well to dismiss the Proteas for [...]
New Zealand held on to beat a resurgent Pakistan by one run in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight Group E match with Abdur Rehman being dismissed from the final ball of the match. With two runs required to win and one to force a Super Over, left-hander Rehman picked out Martin Guptill in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]