New Zealand 214 for 6 (McCullum 116*) tied with Australia 214 for 4 (Clarke 67, White 64*). New Zealand won after Super Over…
A superb match needed a Super Over to split the teams and New Zealand prevailed to repay Brendon McCullum for his amazing century. McCullum became the second-highest scorer in a Twenty20 in…

Australia 119 for 4 (Hussey 46) beat New Zealand 118 (Franklin 43, Johnson 3-19) by 6 wickets…
It was a different country but the same result for Australia as they breezed to a six-wicket win over an out-classed New Zealand in the first Twenty20 in Wellington. After an unbeaten home summer the visitors started the…

The ghost of match-fixing has returned again to haunt the Pakistan cricket team, and this time it is wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal who seems to be under its glare.
Insiders said that the selectors had axed Akmal from the two T20 match series against England in Dubai, over suspicions that he deliberately dropped cat…

Australia 2 for 142 (Warner 67, Watson 62*) beat West Indies 7 for 138 (Deonarine 36*, Harris 2-27) by eight wickets…
David Warner hammered the second-fastest Twenty20 international half-century to hand Australia an eight-wicket win over West Indies and complete their dreams of an unbeaten summer. Warner raced to …

Anil Kumble has tipped defending champs India to retain the ICC World Twenty20 title as they have the most balanced side.
“In my opinion India have the best balanced side. If they play to their potential they will lift the Cup again. It’s a fantastic side and all the players in the team showed good form [...…

England’s Test captain, Andrew Strauss, will play no part in Middlesex’s Twenty20 Cup campaign, after it was decided by the England management that he should concentrate solely on first-class cricket ahead of the Ashes, which begins in Cardiff on July 8.
Despite his current fine form in both Tests and 50-ove…

Cricket fans in 218 countries have the chance to see the best players in the world in nation-versus-nation action as ESPN STAR Sports builds up for the big event in England
Men’s event likely to be most-viewed cricket tournament in history as women’s game will receive further profile boost
Commentary available…

England spinner Laura Marsh has admitted she can’t wait to be involved in her side’s attempt to win the ICC World Twenty20.
Marsh, who was the leading wicket-taker at the ICC Women’s World Cup earlier in the year, will be hoping to repeat her excellent spin partnership with Holly Colvin, which was one of the [...]…

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is confident of his bowling options for next month’s ICC World Twenty20 2009 in England after his part-time bowlers performed surprisingly well in the recent-concluded Indian Premier League in South Africa.
The Indian Premier League (IPL), which ended yesterday after Deccan Chargers …

Sachin Tendulkar has stressed the need for adequate rest for Indian players ahead of the World Twenty20 in June, particularly so for the openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, who failed to fire in the IPL. Tendulkar was by and large satisfied with the way Indian players performed in the IPL but pointed out that [...]