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 [...]
Photo Album if the match between Ireland and New Zealand at Nottingham
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 [...]
New Zealand innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
BB McCullum*
c West b McCallan
10
21
14
0
1
71.42
5.2 And he gets his man this time. Flighted from round the stumps, McCullum charged down the track, moving outside the leg and trying to drive inside-out over the off-side field but hits it straight to mid-off. 51/1
AJ Redmond
lbw b Cusack
63
38
30
13
0
210.00
9.3 Redmond is caught dead in [...]
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 [...]
Ireland innings (18 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
WTS Porterfield*
c YK Pathan b Khan
5
13
8
0
0
62.50
3.1 The captain falls. Porterfield goes for the big slash over point at a back of length delivery outside off but manages only to edge it straight to first slip 9/2
JP Bray
b Khan
0
8
7
0
0
0.00
1.6 Clatter! The stumps are all over the place. It was really full, near [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
