Toss Dhoni has chosen to bat. "We will put up a
good score and try to put pressure on the flashy West Indies batting side.
It’s an unchanged squad."
Gayle: "I would have liked to bat first. Hopefully, we
can restrict them …"
0.1
Taylor to Gambhir, [...]
India innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
G Gambhir
c Simmons b Bravo
14
23
13
2
0
107.69
4.2 Three down now. What a delightful start by the Windies. It was the short-pitched delivery that did the trick. Gambhir top edged the pull and Lendl ran back from square leg and lunged forward in the end to take a very fine catch. First Ramdin and [...]
An under-tested India ran into a red-hot West Indies, who didn’t even need a significant contribution from Chris Gayle during a tense chase. Dwayne Bravo was his usual top-dawg self today, taking four wickets to keep India down and then resurrecting the chase after a subdued Gayle had got out early, with an innings that [...]
Jayasuriya and Dilshan walk out. Pakistan team huddle
together. Dilshan will take first strike. Sohail Tanvir will bowl from the
Nursery End. Two slips in, here we go.
1.26pm National anthems on. The Sri Lanka and
Pakistan players stand alternatively next to each other. Meaning it’s [...]
Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
TM Dilshan
b Shahid Afridi
46
48
39
8
0
117.94
10.5 Afridi has brought Pakistan right back, bowls a vicious quicker googly, Dilshan looks to cut, but there is neither time nor space to do so as he plays it on 89/2
ST Jayasuriya
c Younis Khan b Shahid Afridi
26
41
24
2
1
108.33
8.6 finally success for Pakistan, Afridi tosses this one the [...]
Sri Lanka survived a shocking mid-innings slump and a threatening 66-run partnership between Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq to ease to a 19-run win in their first game of the Super Eights at Lord’s. Chasing a modest 151 - after Sri Lanka were shackled by some superb bowling from the spinners - Pakistan’s fight was led [...]
Right. We’re nearly ready for the off. Andrew Miller
and George Binoy are my two colleagues at Trent Bridge. Dale Steyn’s opening
and it’ll be Ravi Bopara to face the first ball. What an atmosphere
Anthem watch (Eng) This is rousing. Mascarenhas
looks confused; Foster and [...]
England innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
RS Bopara
b Steyn
2
3
5
0
0
40.00
0.6 bowled him! A much slower delivery, an off-cutter, wide of the off stump at which Bopara threw his hands, and the inside edge knocked over his off peg. Gone! 4/1
LJ Wright
c †Boucher b Parnell
1
8
6
0
0
16.66
1.5 gone this time! Wright’s walking! Another swing-and-a-miss from Wright, and this time he does [...]
And so it came to pass that England’s chaotic campaign encountered the emotionless machine that is South Africa. And lo, a crushing did ensue. A packed and anticipatory crowd flocked to Trent Bridge - the true home of English cricket, in the opinion of David Hussey - but all they witnessed on their evening out [...]
Welcome to the first Super Eights game in the Twenty20
World Cup.
Toss Ireland have chosen to bowl. "We want to
restrict them and get it. The boys are feeling good. It’s good to have the
injured players back."
McCullum: "Hopefully we can play with bit [...]
