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 [...]
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 [...]
Defending champion India defeated Ireland by eight wickets in the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday with both teams having already qualified for the Super 8 stage.
Rohit Sharma hit 52 not out and Gautan Gambhir 37 as India eclipsed Ireland’s total of 112-8 with 15 balls to spare in a match reduced to 18 overs per [...]
New Zealand announced Thursday that all-rounder Jesse Ryder has been ruled out for the rest of the Twenty20 World Cup with an abdominal illness.
Ryder had already been ruled out of the Kiwis’ Super 8 match against Ireland on Thursday at Nottingham.
He stayed in London and was kept under medical observation, while Aaron Redmond _ who [...]
1.30pm We are all set to go, Jerome Taylor has
the ball, Tillakaratne Dilshan on strike
1.25pm The teams walk out, each player
accompanied by a child. They line up for the national anthems.
"Rally round the Windies" is aired first, then "Sri
Lanka matha".
Chris [...]
17.30 Time to start. The little kids in white
have exited the field and the umpires, Harper and Rauf, are at their marks.
The New Zealanders are in the field. Out come the South African openers.
Still Smith and Kallis. Mills will open the attack. Sit [...]
Hi there. Welcome to Netherlands v Pakistan game.
Toss: Pakistan have chosen to bat. They need to
win by 25 runs to go through.
Younis: "It looks a hard pitch. If we can score 180-190,
it will be hard for them."
Smits: "We will take the confidence out of [...]
Watson to face
Dave Warner to face the first ball I think. It’s quite
breezy out there - could help Sri Lanka’s swingers, in a manner of speaking.
Angelo Mathews to open the bowling.
Anthem watch 2 The Husseys are in good voice, both
smiling - points for them. Nothing from Hauritz, even less from Watson. This is
a [...]
Australia innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
SR Watson
lbw b Mendis
22
32
21
2
1
104.76
7.3 gone! Watson attempts a horrible sweep to this very full and straight delivery, and he’s hit on the back pad. Poor stroke - quality bowling 59/3
DA Warner
c Dilshan b Mathews
0
1
3
0
0
0.00
0.4 got him! Slightly shorter by Matthews and Warner cuts and slaps it straight into the hands of [...]
As cricket’s newest format, the Twenty20 game has made many of the world’s top players rich beyond their dreams through contracts with Indian-based franchises.
That it might also expose them to embarrassment by the game’s lower orders when playing for their national teams was one of the lessons of the first two days of the World [...]
