Pakistan upset favourites South Africa by 7 runs to reach the finals of the T20 world cup. The Proteas have not been able to shake off the ‘chokers’ tag. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. Afridi came into some good batting form. Akmal provided the initial thrust. 

Afridi ...

The Indian Team for the upcoming West Indies Tour has been announced today. The team does not have master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as well as Zaheer Khan, the ace bowler. Fast bowler Asish Mehra is making a comeback after he made an impressive performance during the IPL for the Delhi DareDevils. ...

South Africa beat India by 12 runs in the last Super 8 match at Trent Bridge. South Africa have been unbeaten so far. India has lost all the three Super 8 games. South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. The pitch was assisting spinners. But, de Villiers batted superbly to counter the spinners. ...

Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 48 runs and reached the semi-finals. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. The team made a bad start after Jayasuriya was dismissed for a duck. In-form Dlshan steadied the innings with Sangakkara. The pair added 62 runs for the third wicket. Dilshan scored 48 ...

Paul Collingwood is unsure of his future as England's captain in the shortest format after being knocked out of the ICC World Twenty20 by the West Indies, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
 
Speaking after England lost to the West Indies by five wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the ...

West Indies beat England by 5 wickets in a rain curtailed match. The Windies are through to the semi-finals. England won the toss and chose to bat. It was Bopara and Pietersen once again for England. They added 56 runs for the second wicket. Bopara scored 55 off 47 balls. 

England scored ...

Pakistan defeated Ireland by 39 runs to enter the semi-finals. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. Akmal and Hasan provided a solid start to the innings. Akmal scored 57 off 51 balls. After Hasan got out for 23 runs, Afridi came to the wicket and showed some form in batting. He was looking good ...

Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) demand to host its quota of World Cup 2011 matches in Dubai and Abu Dhabi has seen resistance from BCCI. ICC will hold a meeting with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, in London, to find an answer. Pakistan was stripped of its rights to host WC 2011 ...

England knocked defending champions, India, out of the world cup with a 3-run victory at Lord’s. India won the toss and chose to field. England went in with Sidebottom in place of spinner, Adil Rashid. England lost Wright early. He was out for 1. Bopara and Pietersen steadied the innings with ...

Sri Lanka survived a scare to beat Ireland by 9 runs at Lord’s. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Jayawardena saved Sri Lanka some blushes to guide the team to 144/9. The Irish bowlers bowled a good line and length. Cusack was the main strike bowler. He took 4 wickets, including that ...

Wayne Parnell bowled an inspired spell to help South Africa beat West Indies by 20 runs at the Oval. It was a pretty high scoring game. Windies won the toss and chose to field. It was a hard pitch and the Proteas made full use of it. They attacked Windies’ bowling, tired from a second game in ...

Umar Gul’s bowling guided Pakistan to a 6-wicket win over New Zealand. Vettori made a come-back after injury. The Kiwis won the toss and elected to bat. Pakistan recalled Abdul Razzaq post his stint at ICL. An important member of Pakistani team, Razzaq did not disappoint his captain and took ...

West Indies beat India by 7 wickets at Lord’s. India failed to live up to the expectations in the team’s first real test. Dwayne Bravo shone with bat and ball to hand the Windies a victory. India won the toss and chose to bat. Rohit Sharma opened the innings again in the absence of ...

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 19 runs at Lord’s. The Lankans are continuing their winning ways. They won the toss and elected to bat. The openers Jayasuriya and Dilshan provided a superb start. They put on 81 runs for the first wicket. But Pakistan did well to restrict the Lankans to ...

South Africa beat England by 7 wickets in the Super 8 match at Trent Bridge. It was a walk-over for South Africa. England won the toss and elected to bat. The first three wickets fell cheaply. England was reduced to 25 for 3. Much-valued, Kevin Pietersen failed to live up to the expectations. He ...

New Zealand beat Ireland by 83 runs in the Super 8 match at Trent Bridge. Ireland won the toss and chose to field. New Zealand went in without Ryder and Taylor due to injuries. The team called in Aaron Redmond, who was playing in the Bolton league in England. Redmond opened the innings with ...

The Super 8 matches of World Cup T20 2009 begin from Thursday, June 11, 2009. Two teams from each group of the league phase have qualified for the Super 8 stage. There are two groups of four teams each in Super 8. One group has India, England, West Indies, and South Africa. West Indies is seeded ...

India beat Ireland by 8 wickets in their group match at Trent Bridge. Zaheer Khan ripped through the Irish batting line-up as India restricted Ireland to 112/8. The match had a delayed start and was reduced to 18-overs-a-side. India won the toss and chose to field. Zaheer produced a superb spell of ...

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 15 runs in their group match at Trent Bridge. West Indies won the toss and put Sri Lanka in. The Windies rested Chris Gayle, who suffered a knee injury during the match against Australia. Denesh Ramdin was the skipper for today’s match. Windies were in for some ...

South Africa beat New Zealand by 1 run in a thrilling contest at Lord’s. Both the teams had already qualified for the Super 8s. New Zealand won the toss and chose to field. The Kiwis restricted the Proteas to 128/7. The openers, Kallis and Smith put on 49 runs for the first wicket. After ...

Pakistan beat Netherlands by 82 runs and sailed through to the Super 8s. It was a pressure match for Pakistan after having lost to England earlier. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. Openers Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt looked positive from the start. After adding 38 runs for the first wicket, ...

Sri Lanka beat Australia by 6 wickets to send the Aussies packing out of the World Cup. Sri Lanka won the chose and put Australia in. Australia lost Davis Warner early for a duck. Watson and Ponting tried to steady the ship with a 47-run stand for the second wicket. Ponting was looking good before ...

Ireland beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets and sent the Asian team out of the World Cup. Ireland won the toss and chose to field. Bangladesh was restricted to 137/8. Trent Johnston bowled a superb spell to restrict Bangladesh. He took 3 wickets, including that of Ashraful. 

Bangladesh kept losing ...

England played well in a must-win game to beat Pakistan by 48 runs at the Oval on Sunday. This is a welcome win for England after having lost to Netherlands on Friday. England’s win was scripted by a 38-ball 58 runs by Kevin Pietersen. 

Pakistan won the toss and chose to field. ...

South Africa thrashed Scotland by 130 runs at the Oval, London on Sunday. Scotland won the toss and chose to field. The team had to suffer at the hands of South African batsmen, who piled up 211 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. 

The star of the day was AB de Villiers, who bludgeoned the ...

Australian bowlers had no answer to the batting blitzkrieg by the West Indies captain Chris Gayle who treated the Aussie bowlers with disdain and contempt to make a brilliant 88 as his side beat Australia by seven wickets in their ICC World Twenty20 Group C opening match at the Oval on ...

Helped by a brilliant 18 ball 41 knock by Yuvraj Singh and a superb bowling effort from Pragyan Ojha, team India began their twenty20 title defence in a convincing style by defeating Bangladesh on Saturday.

First it was Yuvraj who dazzled with the bat and later Pragyan Ojha spun a web around ...

The Black Caps began their World T20 2009 campaign with a win over minnows Scotland. Ross Taylor scored an unbeaten 21 to help New Zealand go past outsiders Scotland in their opening Group D match in the ICC World Twenty20 at the Oval on Saturday.

The match was reduced by rain to just 7 overs ...

England will take on Netherlands in the opening encounter of World Cup T20 match at Lord’s today at 17:30 hrs local time. This is right after the inaugural ceremony. England performed dismally in the World Cup T20 2007, finishing fifth in the Super 8s table. The onus is on Team England to ...

The ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2009 begins on June 5 with a grand opening ceremony at Lord’s. The Marylebone Cricket Club will host the ceremony, which will be a prelude to the exciting days of cricket to come. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 15:30 hrs GMT, 16:30 hrs local time, and 21:00 ...