ICC World T20 – Super Eights – England vs NZ Luke Wright and Steven Finn starred in a much-improved England performance as they beat New Zealand by six wickets to put the defence of their Twenty20 crown back on track in their ICC World T20 Super Eight clash at Pallekele on Saturday. The win however [...]
ICC World T20 – South African vs Sri Lanka – Preview After a rather quiet start the World T20 championship is set to liven up quite a bit when hosts Sri Lanka take on one of the pre-tournament favourites South Africa in a key clash in Hambantota on Saturday. The organisers have announced that all [...]
ICC World T20 tournament Brendon McCullum underlined his status as the most feared batsman at the ICC World Twenty20 by smashing a record 123 runs off 58 balls to give New Zealand a comfortable 59-run win over Bangladesh in Pallekele. The Black Caps had been restricted to 19 when McCullum came to the crease after [...]
Luke Wright’s unbeaten 99 got England’s defence of their ICC World Twenty20 crown off to a perfect start in Friday night’s record 116-run trouncing of Afghanistan at the Premadasa Stadium. Wright crunched eight fours and six sixes from only 55 balls, and became the second Englishman this year to miss out on his country’s first [...]
By Richard Browne The T20 World Cup, has dawdled into life, confirming nothing more than the schedule of not carrying points through to the super 8’s would leave the opening gambits short on edge of the seat excitement and that Sri Lankans are picky about what games they actually grace by visiting the stadium. The [...]
Ardent cricket fans grabbed their chance to join in the excitement as they grabbed a once in a lifetime chance to see the T20 World Cup Trophy and meet their favourite Sri Lankan cricketer. As a ‘bonus’ several others even won free tickets to the world cup matches as well. This was all made possible [...]
Stuart Broad’s England must disprove the doubters who still insist their defence of the ICC World Twenty20 is bound to suffer for the absence of Kevin Pietersen. Broad has long claimed that Pietersen’s unavailability is an irrelevance, because England have known for almost four months the mercurial batsman would not be part of their campaign. [...]
T20 World Cup 2012 in Sri Lanka – Preview By HarshaBhogle There was a time when the subcontinent was mystery, assigned dark and exotic shades. It was the land of the unknown, rendered even more so by inventive prose. You got the feeling that visiting teams were waiting for the unexpected, that, peculiarly, they expected [...]
Sri Lanka’s former skipper Kumar Sangakkara and fast bowler LasithMalinga were on Friday named in the ICC ODI team of the year. Sangakkara has been Sri Lanka’s leading batsman and Malinga its leading bowler in ODIs over the last year. Surprisingly, there was no place for South Africa’s HashimAmla who has been in top form [...]
West Indies batting great Brian Lara and England’s legendary woman player Enid Bakewell will be inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame during the world body’s annual awards on September 15. “West Indies prolific batsman Brian Lara will join the 66 male members of the Hall of Fame while England’s Enid Bakewell becomes [...]
