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Sri Lanka 144 for 9 (Jayawardene 78, Cusack 4-18) beat Ireland 135 for 7 (Malinga 2-18) by nine runs… Mahela Jayawardene saved his team’s blushes with 78 from 53 balls, as Sri Lanka moved a step closer to the semi-finals with an awkward but ultimately comfortable nine-run victory over the unfancied Irish at Lord… |
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Stafanie Taylor’s second fifty in as many matches wasn’t enough for West Indies who were outplayed and beaten by New Zealand by 52 runs in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 at Taunton. Suzie Bates starred for New Zealand with a thumpingly powerful 60 from 39, opening the innings – a position she doesnR… |
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Pakistan 100 for 4 (Shahzaib 35, Afridi 29*, Vettori 2-20) beat New Zealand 99 (Gul 5-6, Razzaq 2-17) by six wickets… Umar Gul recorded the best figures in international Twenty20 history as Pakistan thrashed New Zealand at The Oval. The Black Caps were bowled out for just 99 and the six-wicket victory was comprehensive … |
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South Africa 183 for 7 (Gibbs 55, Kallis 45, Taylor 3-30) beat West Indies 163 for 9 (Simmons 77, Parnell 4-13) by 20 runs… There is only one team that can beat South Africa in this kind of form and at The Oval, West Indies weren’t one of them. On a true, hard pitch, Herschelle [...] |
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New Zealand Women won by 9 wickets Australia might, by their own admission, not be the greatest Twenty20 side, and following the men’s early eviction from the ICC World Twenty20, their women’s side also began their campaign with a heavy nine-wicket defeat to New Zealand at Taunton. New Zealand made light work in c… |
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West Indies 156 for 3 (Bravo 66*, Simmons 44) beat India 153 for 7 (Yuvraj 67, Yusuf 31, Bravo 4-38, Edwards 3-24) by seven wickets… Dwayne Bravo’s all-round brilliance helped West Indies pull off a shock win over India in the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord’s. Bravo struck an adventurous half-century to guide th… |
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20 overs India 153 for 7 (Yuvraj 67, Yusuf 31, Edwards 3-24, Bravo 4-38) v West Indies… Under-tested India ran into a red-hot West Indies, were reeling from the pace and bounce of Fidel Edwards before Yuvraj Singh played another of his gems to take India to a fighting total. Just like against Australia earlier [...] … |
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Sri Lanka 150 for 7 (Dilshan 46) beat Pakistan 131 (Younis 50, Malinga 3-17) by 19 runs… Sri Lanka survived a shocking mid-innings slump and a threatening 66-run partnership between Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq to ease to a 19-run win in their first game of the Super Eights at Lord’s. Chasing a modest 151 –… |
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England Women won by 10 wickets… England made a perfect start in their attempt to add the ICC World Twenty to the World Cup they won three months ago by thrashing India by 10 wickets at Taunton. After Holly Colvin had recorded her best figures in Twenty20 internationals to restrict India to a feeble 112 [...] |
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South Africa 114 for 3 (Kallis 578) beat England 111 (Shah 38, Parnell 3-14)… South Africa laid bare their ICC World Twenty20 title credentials with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over England at Trent Bridge. The Proteas put in a superb first-innings display in the field to limit the hosts to 111 all out, after P… |







