The Indian women’s team finished an unsatisfying third in the 50-over World Cup in Australia after being finalists four years ago, and heads to England for the first women’s World Twenty20 with fewer expectations and less pressure than it did during the trip Down Under.
India were expected to be one of the t…

India 159 for 1 (Rohit 80, Gambhir 52*) beat Pakistan 158 for 6 (Misbah 37*, Younis 32, Ishant 1-11) by nine wickets…
India underlined their status as ICC World Twenty20 favourites with a crushing nine-wicket win over Pakistan at The Oval.
A ruthless performance with the bat allowed India to cruise to their …

Netherlands 130 for 3 (Kervezee 62, Zuiderent 46) beat Scotland 128 for 9 (Coetzer 39, Seelaar 3-25, Schiferli 3-33) by seven wickets…
In contrast to their previous game – a tie followed by defeat in the one-over eliminator against Ireland – Netherlands were clinical with ball and, to a lesser degree, …

England 145 for 1 (Wright 75*, Bopara 60) beat West Indies 144 for 6 (Sarwan 46*) by nine wickets
England finally settled on their opening partnership to lead them into the ICC World Twenty tournament after Luke Wright and Ravi Bopara smashed them to a nine-wicket warm-up victory over West Indies at Lord’s.
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South Africa 113 for 4 (Gibbs 48) beat Sri Lanka 109 for 9 (Botha 2-9, Kallis 2-12)…
The South Africans got home with five balls to spare despite only being asked to chase 110 after a dramatic early collapse in the Asian team’s innings.
Sri Lanka had to get early wickets and Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Ku…

Australia 151 for 3 (Ponting 56, Clarke 49*) beat New Zealand 147 (Styris 42, Johnson 4-20) by seven wickets…
Australia executed a perfectly-paced chase to brush aside New Zealand by seven wickets in their warm-up match at The Oval. Ponting led the way with a brisk half-century and received support from his deputy…

England 141 for 4 (Pietersen 53*) beat Scotland 136 for 5 (Smith 45) by six wickets…
If England had intended to lay down a marker in their penultimate fixture before the start of the ICC World Twenty20, this was not it. They duly beat the part-timers of Scotland by six wickets with an over to spare, [...]

Sri Lanka 152 for 6 (Jayawardene 43, Shakib 2-18) beat Bangladesh 151 for 6 (Raqibul 38*, Mushfiqur 34) by four wickets. Sri Lanka came close to suffering surprise defeat in their opening warm-up match for the World Twenty20 before securing a four-wicket victory…
Sri Lanka came close to suffering surprise defeat i…

West Indies 134 for 1 (Gayle 88*) beat Ireland 130 for 7 (Bray 30, Benn 2-24) by 9 wickets…
Captain Chris Gayle led the way with 88 not out off 56 balls as his team got home with four overs to spare.
Openers Gayle and Andre Fletcher began their pursuit of 131 at a steady pace but [...]

New Zealand 170 for 7 (Taylor 41, McCullum 31, Franklin 27*, Ishant 4-25) beat India 161 for 6 (Raina 45, Jadeja 41*, Vettori 3-24) by nine runs…
New Zealand’s unbeaten record against India in Twenty20s continued today by beating the world champions by nine runs in their warm-up outing at Lord’s. Sever…