Heavy overnight rain threatens to wash out India’s opening ICC World Twenty20 encounter against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Saturday. It started raining late Friday evening and has since lashed the city through the night. The weather forecast is also not too bright, with more rainfall predicted for rest of the day. Defending...
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Match 1: England Vs Netherlands: Netherland upsets England in the opener
Netherlands beat England by 4 wickets in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 at the Lord’s. Needing seven off the last over Ryan ten Doeschate and Edgar Schiferli ran for their lives and with two needed off the last delivery Stuart Broad missed a run-out from his follow through and the...
ICC World T20 Teams
Teams: New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (c),Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Kyle Mills, Iain O’Brien, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (c), Abdur Razzak, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mithun Ali, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Raqibul Hasan, Rubel Hossain,...
India-Pakistan Warmup looked like T20 Finals
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has described India’s warm up clash against Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as one of the best matches they have played but reckons that doing an encore in future would be difficult. He said it was one of the best games but difficult to replicate it in future....
ICC World T20 Warm-up: Dhoni looks at the positives
Indian Teams warm-up match against New Zealand ended with the Kiwi’s winning by 9 run. The Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to go much into the team’s defeat. Dhoni preferred to look at the positives and said he was not unduly worried about the loss. He was happy with a couple of batsmen...
Dhoni men left to London for T20 World Cup
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian team left for London on Friday morning to defend their World Twenty20 title. The team would have a week in England to get used to the conditions. India have their first game against Bangladesh on June 6. But before that they play warm-up matches against New Zealand next Monday...
T20 World Cup 2009: Australian Squad Announced – Lee, Symonds back
Cricket Australia on Tuesday named injured pacer Brett Lee and all-rounder Andrew Symonds in its 15-member squad for next month’s ICC World Twenty20. Talking about Lee’s inclusion in the squad, Cricket Australia’s chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said, “Brett Lee is progressing well and will return to international cricket in Thursday’s Twenty20 game against...
T20 World Cup 2009 Team Announced: RP Singh Back
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Twenty20 World Cup team on Monday. The selection committee, headed by Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth, named Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the captain of the 15-man squad. The other players included in the squad are Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan,...
India’s Probables for World T20
In the absence of the domestic Twenty20 tournament, which was postponed for the second year in a row, performance in the IPL will be crucial for the 30 players selected in India’s preliminary World Twenty20 squad for the tournament in England. The notable omissions were Sreesanth, Joginder Sharma, Ajit Agarkar and Piyush Chawla, who...
