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 ...

The greenhorn Netherlands stunned host England by registering a 4-wicket victory in the opening match of the World Twenty20 tournament held at Lord's on Friday (June 5). After winning the toss, the Dutch skipper Jeroen Smits elected to field first and his team restricted England to 162 for five in ...

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 ...

Watching the massive popularity of Twenty20 cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to telecast the upcoming World Twenty20 tournament across 216 countries. ICC World T20 cricket tournament will kick-start in England from June 5. The inaugural edition of Twenty20 World Cup in ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been allowed by ICC to pick medium pacer Rao Iftikhar Anjum in place of injured Shoaib Akhtar in the 15-man squad for the next month's World Twenty20 Championship. The 33-year-old fast bowler, Akhtar has been dropped from the squad because of a skin infection. The ...

Virender Sehwag-led Delhi Daredevils won their last league match defeating Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets at Centurion on Thursday (May 21). Chasing a victory target of 166 runs, Daredevils got off to a rollicking start with opener Warner (15) and Gautam Gambhir (47) hitting the Mumbai bowlers to all ...

The International Cricket Council has decided that the ICC World Twenty20 2010 Qualifiers will be organised in UAE later this year. The Twenty20 2010 Qualifiers is scheduled to take place in late October. The ICC has also expanded the number of participating teams by including host UAE and USA. It ...

Delhi Daredevils defeated Rajasthan Royals by 14 runs in an IPL encounter held at Bloemfontein on Sunday (May 17). The defeat against Daredevils has placed Rajasthan Royals in the fifth spot on IPL table and they are now in a die or do situation with only one match remaining in hand. Electing to ...

Slamming an unbeaten 32 off 13 balls, Rohit Sharma pulled back Deccan Chargers from the brink of defeat to post a six-wicket victory over Kolktata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) cliffhanger at the Wanderers here Saturday (16 May). The win has consolidated Chargers’ position ...

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Supper Kings by two wickets in an IPL encounter held at Port Elizabeth on Thursday (May 14). Chasing a modest total of 130 runs to win, the Royal Challengers got the runs in 19.4 overs and the credit goes to Ross Taylor. The hero of last match, Taylor ...

Delhi Daredevils registered yet another victory defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets in an IPL match played at Johannesburg on Sunday (May10). With this win, the Delhi team moved to top spot on IPL table by toppling Chennai Super Kings. Chasing a modest total of 124 runs, AB de Villiers (40 ...

The third-wicket partnership of 104 runs between JP Duminy and Ajinkya Rahane helped Mumbai Indians to register a 16-run victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers at Port Elizabeth on Sunday (May 10). Put in to bat first, Mumbai Indians lost the early wicket of skipper Sachin Tendulkar (0). ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board may appoint Shahid Afridi to lead the Pakistani team in next month's World Twenty20 Championships in England, as skipper Younis Khan is reluctant to continue his duty. According to media reports, the current Pakistan captain Younis Khan is unhappy with the bitter ...

Delhi Daredevils regained the top spot on IPL table by defeating Mumbai Indians in a low-scoring match held at East London on Friday (May 8). Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Mumbai Indians began their innings badly by losing Luke Ronchi (0) and JP Duminy (0) with only two runs on the ...

Shane Warne-led Rajasthan Royals registered an emphatic victory over Royal Challengers in Centurion on Thursday (May 7). Chasing a modest target of 106 runs to win, the defending champions completed the task in 15 overs by losing only three wickets. Earlier, Bangalore Royal Challengers were bundled ...

Delhi Daredevils claimed the top spot on IPL table by defeating beleaguered Kolkata Knight Riders in Durban on Tuesday (May 5). Daredevils crushed Knight Riders by 9 wickets and became one of the favourites to play in the semis of the league. After winning the toss, Knight Riders elected to bat ...

Riding on the opening partnership of 135 runs between Graeme Smith and Naman Ojha, Rajasthan Royals defeated Kings XI Punjab by 78 runs in an IPL match played at Kingsmead on Tuesday (May 5). The Royals set a mammoth total of 211 runs in their 20 overs after being sent to bat first by Punjab ...

Cricket Australia (CA) announced a 15-man Australian squad for 2009 Twenty20 World Cup, slated to be held in England on June 5. The Aussie selectors have inducted fast bowler Brett Lee, all-rounders Shane Watson and Andrew Symonds in the squad. Apart from them, Dirk Nannes of Victoria and David ...

MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings showed some excellent display of batting and bowling to outperform Deccan Chargers by 78 runs in an IPL encounter held at East London on Monday (May 4). Put in to bat first, Super Kings amassed a total of 178 runs by losing three wickets in 20 overs. In form ...