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India captain MS Dhoni accepted the blame for India’s exit from the ICC World Twenty20 but called it an overall team failure. “We stand up and say we didn’t perform well as a team,” a dejected Dhoni said after the defending champions crashed out following a three-run defeat to England. This was India&#… |
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England 153 for 7 (Pietersen 46, Harbhajan 3-30, Jadeja 2-26) beat India 150 for 5 (Pathan 33*, Sidebottom 2-31, Swann 2-28) by three runs… ‘You’re not Singh-ing anymore,’ chanted some English fans, and India certainly weren’t as they were dumped out of the competition that they won two years ago… |
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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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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 [...] |
