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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A spate of injuries forced New Zealand to call up Aaron Redmond to their World Twenty20 squad at short notice and throw him into action straightaway against Ireland in their Super Eights’ opener at Trent Bridge. He answered their call with an astonishing innings, piercing gaps in the infield with pinpoint accuracy to blast 63 [...]
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 [...]
The Super Eights are finally here, and Australia is the only significant absentee, having been humbled after back-to-back defeats by West Indies and Sri Lanka in the Group of Death. Bangladesh is the other seeded team to not make it through to the final 8, with their spot being filled in by Ireland.
Ireland have done [...]
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 [...]
Pakistan innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
Kamran Akmal†
c Schiferli b Seelaar
41
42
30
3
2
136.66
9.6 holes out to deep midwicket. Akmal fetches the flighted delivery from outside off and goes for the shorter square boundary but slog sweeps it straight to the man. It almost popped out of his hand but he holds the rebound 81/2
Salman Butt
c Borren b ten Doeschate
18
20
13
2
1
138.46
4.3 [...]
