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Pakistan 175 for 5 (Akmal 41, Younis 36) beat Netherlands 93 (Afridi 4-11) by 82 runs… Shahid Afridi carried Pakistan into the Super Eights at the expense of a spirited but outclassed Dutch side at Lord’s, as he ripped his top-spinning legbreaks through a succession of bamboozled defences to deliver his team a thu… |
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Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the World Twenty20 in England after failing to recover from a shoulder injury he sustained during the IPL in South Africa. He will return to India after consulting specialists in England and will be replaced by Dinesh Karthik, who was in good touch during the IPL. Karthik, who [...] <… |
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Sri Lanka 160 for 4 (Sangakkara 55*, Dilshan 53) beat Australia 159 for 9 (Johnson 28*, Mendis 3-20, Malinga 3-36) by six wickets… Bye-bye Australia. The top ranked team in Test cricket, long-reigning 50-over World Cup kings and winners of the last Champions Trophy simply cannot crack the 20-over stuff. Needing to beat … |
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Ireland 138 for 4 (Niall O’Brien 40, Kevin O’Brien 39*) beat Bangladesh 137 for 8 (Mortaza 33*, Johnston 3-20) by six wickets… Ireland beat Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup and, pitted against the same side in a do-or-die clash in more familiar conditions, produced an encore to surge into the second stage of… |
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England 185 for 5 (Pietersen 58, Wright 34, Ajmal 2-23) beat Pakistan 137 for 7 (Younis 46*, Broad 3-17) by 48 runs… Victory was a necessity, after losing their opening game to the Netherlands, and the hosts duly obliged with an outstanding performance with both bat and ball. Kevin Pietersen, who passed a late fitness [… |
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South Africa 211 for 5 (de Villiers 79*, Kallis 48) beat Scotland 81 (Coetzer 42 Botha 2-17, van der Merwe 2-17) by 130 runs… Scotland bowed out of the ICC World Twenty20 with the second lowest score in the event’s history as South Africa lived up to their billing as one of the favourites. Needing [...] |
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India 180 for 5 (Gambhir 50, Yuvraj 41) beat Bangladesh 155 for 8 (Siddique 41, Ojha 4-21) by 25 runs… Pragyan Ojha’s four wickets helped India get their ICC World Twenty20 defence off to a winning start against Bangladesh – so avoiding a second major shock in successive days. After England’s astounding defeat… |
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New Zealand 90 for 3 (Ryder 31, Taylor 21*) beat Scotland 89 for 4 (Coetzer 33, Poonia 27, Watson 27) by seven wickets… New Zealand beat Scotland by seven wickets as both sides displayed their big-hitting capabilities in a truncated match at the Oval. Scotland ensured the Black Caps would have a battle on their [...] |
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Netherlands 163 for 6 (de Grooth 49, Borren 30, Anderson 3-23) beat England 162 for 5 (Wright 71, Bopara 46) by four wickets… Cricket’s rich history of thrilling upsets was given another chapter as Netherlands sensationally beat England by four wickets in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord’s… |
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On the eve of their ICC World Twenty20 opener, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his India team-mates have come out to quash rumours of a rift between the captain and his right-hand man Virender Sehwag. Dhoni and his entire squad appeared at Friday’s press conference to deliver a defiant statement ahead of the champions’ c… |
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