Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) governing council on Monday appointed all-rounder Shahid Afridi as Twenty20 captain on a long-term basis.
 
Afridi thus will lead Pakistan's title defence in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Championship in the Caribbean in May.
 
During the meeting, the ...

Alfonso Thomas and James Hildreth who managed to grab 30 and 25 runs respectively in the last wicket combo managed to give Somerset a marginal one-wicket win over the Deccan Chargers in the thrilling Group A match of the Champions League on Saturday.
 
Deccan chargers, who started batting ...

Cape Cobras crushed Otago Volts by 54 runs in the Group C match of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament which was held at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.
 
Otago, which won the toss, had elected to field first, which proved to be a wrong decision for the ...

The unbeaten 99 from J P Duminy guided Cape Cobras to grab a five-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening Group C match at the inaugural event of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.
 
Duminy's fireworks left the Bangalore bowlers literally blind after he ...

Champions League T20 Groups

Group A :

A1 - Deccan Chargers
A2 - Somerset CCC
A3 - Trinidad & Tobago

Group B : 

B1 - NSW Blues 
B2 - Diamond Eagles
B3 - Sussex Sharks

Group C : 

C1 - Royal Challengers Bangalore
C2 - Cape ...

Australian bowler Glenn McGrath will be included in the Delhi Daredevils squad for the Champions League Twenty20. McGrath, who did not play in any of the matches in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the summer, will replace Vettori in the Daredevils team.
 
The injured ...

New South Wales wants to rope in Yuvraj Singh for their domestic Twenty20 tournament. The Indian star who has grabbed the attention of Australian state side NSW is most likely to be contacted by the management .According to one of the top NSW players, the management will try to get Yuvraj on board ...

Michael Clarke will not play for New South Wales in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The tournament will be played in India from next month.
 
Clarke made announcement of his withdrawal a day after the Australia skipper Ricky Ponting declared his retirement from ...

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting announced his retirement from international Twenty20 matches on Monday.
 
Ponting will remain captain of the Australian Test and one-day sides but will not participate in T20 matches in an effort to prolong his playing career.
 
Ponting said, ...

Shane Bond of New Zealand will make a comeback to official cricket after a hiatus of 2 years. He will play against Srilanka in the T20 international on Wednesday.
 
The 34-year-old Bond is regarded as the best New Zealand fast bowler. He has expressed his delight to play for his country ...

The rules, relating to T20 players who have qualified for multiple teams for the inaugural tournament commencing on October 8, were clarified by the Champions League T20 (CLT20) governing council.
 
Under CLT20 rules, if a player qualifies for more than one team, all those qualifying teams ...

After leading Pakistan to World Twenty20 title Sunday, Younis Khan dropped a bombshell when he announced his retirement from the shortest version of the game.

"I am already 34 and probably too old for this kind of cricket," said the senior batsman who was Pakistan's most prolific ...

Pakistan outclassed Sri Lanka with their allround performance and won the World Twenty20 championship by eight wickets at the Lord's.
Pakistan, which finished runners-up to India in 2007, achieved the target of 139 in 18.4 overs after losing only two wickets as Man of the Match Shaid Afridi, ...

Sri Lanka defeated West Indies to set up final clash with Pakistan. It was a walk-over for the Lankans. Windies won the toss and chose to field. Dilshan was the star batsman once again, scoring unbeaten 96. He held the innings together and ensured Sri Lanka reached a good total in a crunch match. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...