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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… |
