South African cricket has taken big strides over the past 12 months, including moving into top spot in ODIs, and Graeme Smith has said he wants to cap that with a win in the World Twenty20. Smith’s side are among the favourites for the title, and their limited-overs prowess is illustrated by their record of [...]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the ICC World Twenty20 2009 warm-up encounter between India and Pakistan at The Oval on 3 June had been designated as a ‘Catch the Spirit’ match. Funds raised through a variety of means during the game will go to support the families of the victims of the [...]<…

Greg Chappell feels MS Dhoni’s captaincy and Yuvraj Singh’s aggression make India the “strongest contender” to win ICC World T20. “It is very hard to predict who will win the trophy. But I think India is the strongest contender to retain the title. Pakistan is unpredictable and Australia too has …

Dilip Vengsarkar, the former India captain, has warned of a possible “cricket overkill” in India because of the long IPL schedule and fears that many players in the Indian team may be mentally tired as they leave on Friday for the ICC World Twenty20 in England just four days after the Indian league ended in [...]<…

Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, has said India is the team he will be keeping an eye on during the ICC World Twenty20 because the defending champions have more game-breakers than most other teams. South Africa, he said, would be “very, very formidable” too because of their flexibility, unpredictability, bat…