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Pietersen doubtful to play Champions Trophy

April 27th, 2013 admin

ICC T20 World Cup 2013 will be missing England star batsman Kevin Pietersen due to injured knee, also fueling the speculation of Ashes series doubt.

Giving a confirmation on this news, England and Wales Cricket Board said, “Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy following a repeat MRI scan on his right knee earlier today.”

The 32 yr old cricketer will also be missing one-day series against New Zealand next month. Pietersen suffered the knee injury during fielding practicing in New Zealand and was rested the third and final test.

In the statement ECB added, “Pietersen will now start a graduated rehabilitation programme with a view to resuming full training by the middle of June.”

The five test Ashes series against Australia will be commencing from July 10 and ICC Champions Trophy from June 6-23 in England.

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West Indies the new ICC World Cup T20 Champions

October 7th, 2012 pratish

Total turnaround in the final match of ICC T20 World Cup match saw West Indies taking home the cup back to their country. Chasing 138 runs, Sri Lanka felt 36 runs short to reach the target.

Both teams did their best to keep themselves high on both the innings. West Indies, in the first inning seemed to be bit uncomfortable with gripping bowling and fielding from Lankan side. Chris Gayle (3) who was the man to be watched couldn’t deliver his best.  Johnson Charles was the first to get dismissed in the fifth ball of the first over.

However, Marlon Samuels (78) went on to get more runs on the scoreboard. His half century helped the team to reach beyond 100, which seemed to be difficult as the team’s wicket kept falling.

Samuels smashing 3 sixes on Malinga’s over kept the opposition on pressure.  Dwayne Bravo and Samuels added 59 runs on the board.

Sri Lanka seemed very confident in the initial stage of first inning. However, later the confident kept coming down, but still managed West Indies to finish the inning under 150.

Spectators in Premadasa Stadium were in full form to celebrate the country side team’s win, which eventually failed.  Sri Lanka, in the 2nd innings had quite a slow start with loosing Dilshan early. But skipper Mahela Jayawardene (33) did his best to add some scores and reach the target, but was sent back to pavilion putting Lanka under more pressure.

Nuwan Kulasekara (26) looked strong by hitting boundaries and a six, but wasn’t allowed to score more. Sunil Narine (3/9) added more cheer to West Indies players by taking some crucial wickets.

West Indies, presented their best innings earlier against Australia and now against Sri Lanka. So now are the proud winners of ICC World Cup T20 2012.

Squad:

Sri Lanka:

Mahela Jayawardene (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Akila Dananjaya Perera, Lasith Malinga

West Indies:

Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy (c), Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Samuel Badree

Australia finds hard to handle Windies storm

October 6th, 2012 pratish

The semi final match between Australia and West Indies saw a stormy session from Windies in both their innings. No doubt, Chris Gayle (75 not out) was the star of the night.

Chris Gayle smashed 6 sixes around the R Premadasa Stadium and was the best innings by him in this tournament. Opting to bat first, Gayle stormed heavily along with Dwayne Bravo (37) and Marlon Samuels (26) which lead to 206 target for Australia, the highest in this ICC World Cup T20 2012.

Australian, bowlers were smashed in their every over and left them without any option.  Left arm spinner Xavier Doherty was badly smashed by Windies batmen by giving 48 runs in 3 overs.  Gayle-Samuels together scored 41 runs in 4.3 overs.  Gayle reached his half century in 29 balls by hitting boundary to David Hussey.

Australia, which lost this match by 74 runs, had a bad evening with neither of their opener could stay on the crease to play long innings. However, George Bailey (63) did his best to put some scores on board when Australia was struggling to get runs and were losing wickets.

Both opener David Warner and Shane Watson tried to play shots but Samuel Badree sent back them to pavilion.

With West Indies seems to be in full form and it will be interesting to watch the ICC T20 World Cup 2012 final against Sri Lanka on Sunday.

Chris Gayle was awarded as Man of the Match, and by receiving the award, he cheerfully put up the challenge to Lanka by saying, “Sri Lanka are going to have more support but this World Cup is for the West Indies”.

Australia Squad:

Shane Watson, David Warner, Michael Hussey, George Bailey (c), Cameron White, David Hussey, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Brad Hogg, Xavier Doherty

West Indies:

Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy (c), Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Ravi Rampaul

Lanka Cruises to Final by Wining against Pakistan by 16 runs

October 5th, 2012 pratish

Sri Lanka seems to be on their way to grab ICC T20 World Cup 2012. Egged  by power packed Premadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka earlier seemed to be losing the match due to poor fielding, but eventually made to the final beating Pakistan by 16 runs.

Although, Pakistan had low score 140 to chase, Sri Lankan spinners had a tight grip on the former team with their spin. Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene (42) did his best to raise the score along with Kumar Sangakkara. A 63 run partnership with Tillakaratne Dilshan, Jayawardene played some stunning shots on the stadium.

Left arm spinner Rangana Herath did full justice with his amazing bowling and taking couple of important wickets and bagged (25/3) figure into his kit. However, Lasith Malings seemed to have bad day with having no wickets and also presented poor fielding in the match. On one of the occasions when he dropped a catch of Mohammad Hafeez (42) led to add more runs on Pakistan’s scoreboard.

Shahid Afridi’s worst performance continued and scored duck in this match too. Umar Akmal (29 not out) however, tried his best to take away the match from Lanka, but eventually failed.

With Australia and West Indies will be facing each other, Sri Lanka have to wait till Sunday to face any of the either team to grab the cup.

Mahela Jayawardene was awarded with Man of the Match.

Team:

Sri Lanka:

Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan,  Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Akila Dananjaya, Ajantha Mendis

Pakistan:

Mohammad Hafez (capt), Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal (wk), 5 Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan.

Sri Lanka Grabs the Win by Defeating New Zealand via Super Over

September 29th, 2012 pratish

A nail biting match between the host Sri Lanka and New Zealand saw an interesting win at Pallekele stadium.  With one eliminator in super eight in ICC World Cup T20, the match ended with super over giving a chance to Sri Lanka beating the opponent.

It was 7th tied up match in World Cup T20 match, involving New Zealand in four.  T. Dilshan (76) supported the team at his best with both his batting and fielding. Later, when Kumar Sangakkara (21) also went back to pavilion, Sri Lanka needed 38 in four overs, but Lasith Malinga and Lahiru Thirimanne managed to pull the match to level the score.

Earlier, New Zealand opener Rob Nicol presented his attacking batting style by scoring a half century (58). He was supported by Martin Guptill (38), but once the later was sent back to pavilion, Nicol was supported by Brendon McCullum (25) who started attacking early.

Sri Lankan debutant spinner Akila Dananjaya, the youngest from his country started with bagging 2 wickets for 32 supported by Nuwan Kulasekara 2 for 33.

It was a disappointing loss for New Zealand, even after giving a tough run to score.

Teams:

New Zealand:

Martin Guptill, James Franklin, Brendon McCullum(w), Ross Taylor(c), Kane Williamson, Rob Nicol, Daniel Vettori, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills

Sri Lanka:

Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene(c), Kumar Sangakkara(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Akila Dananjaya Perera

West Indies gets a thrilling win against England by 15 runs

September 29th, 2012 pratish

West Indies won an exciting match against England in ICC World Cup T20 super eight match at Pallekele. The 15 runs win was an exciting thrill to see, as Windies did its best to grip England under pressure.

Chasing a daunting score of 180 runs, England came too close for the win with Eoin Morgan (71) and Alex Hales (68) did their best, but fell short to win. England saw an early exit of Craig Kieswetter and Luke Wright in the first over, but Morgan and Alex kept the scoreboard tickling.

West Indies, spinner kept the pressure on and sealed the match to win by 15 runs. Earlier, Chris Gayle (58) and Johnson Charles (84) did a smashing start. In just 11th over, Indies reached 103, after which Gayle was dismissed by Graeme Swann. After his dismissal, England applied a brake on Indies score, however middle order batsmen kept the pace going.

England captain Stuart Broad (2/26) was the only leading wicket taker, however, was disappointed with the loss.

Teams:

England:

Stuart Broad (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright.

West Indies:

Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Samuel Badree, Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels.

Umar, Akmal helps Pakistan to cruise a win over South Africa

September 29th, 2012 pratish

Umar Gul and Umar Akmal presented a spectacular inning against South Africa, leading to a win in the super eight league in ICC World Cup T20 at Premadasa stadium.

In the earlier match, Umar Gul gave away 48 runs against Bangladesh, and seems that he had decided to come back in a attacking way. South Africa in the first inning had a disastrous start by loosing quick wickets. However, JP Duminy (48) and AB de Villiers (25) took the match ahead taking score the lowest 133.

African batsmen seemed to had a bad day to socre against Pakistan bowlers.  Later, Pakistan had a quite good start with Mohammad Hafeez (15) and Imran Nazir (14) taking off well, but couldn’t go ahead. As the wicket were falling apart, as African batsmen were sealing the match to win. But later Umar Akmal (43) and Umar Gul (32) surprisingly did their best to take their team for a win.

Gul hit 3 sixes and 2 fours in his assaulting innings. Akmal and Gul 49 run partnership stunned SA as the match wasn’t in their bag. This win, however, helped Pakistan to gain points and take their stage forward to next match.

Team:

South Africa:

AB de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Johan Botha, JP Duminy, Francois du Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Pakistan:

Mohammed Hafeez (c), Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Imran Nazir, Kamram Akmal, Mohammed Sami, Nasir Jamshed, Raza Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat.

Watson and Warner washed India for a win

September 29th, 2012 pratish

All-rounder Shane Watson and David Warner together created a stir to gain a win against India. Indian skipper MS Dhoni’s strategies of using five bowler theory didn’t worked at all.

In the earlier inning, Watson (3/34) and Pat Cummins (2/16) targeted Indian batsmen and the sealed the innings for 140. India lost some quick wickets in the early stage, with Virender Sehwag was rested for the match.

Gautam Gambhir picked up some quick boundaries but couldn’t far. Similarly, Virat Kohli and Irfan Pathan both added 35 runs second wicket partnership. Rohit Sharma, who batted well in last match, failed again against Aussies by scoring just 1 run and India at that stage was 74/5. However, Dhoni tried to score runs, but was eventually brought to an end.

A few late boundaries from R Ashwin and Suresh Raina helped India to reach 140 score, however, which was less for opponents to score.

Aussies covered India by bowling and fielding leaving no chance for Indian batsmen to score, instead give away wickets.

Australia, in second innings started with a blistering shots as both Watson (72) and David Warner (63) not out took the match away from Indians. Neither Harbhajan Singh nor Yuvraj Singh could do anything with their bowling. Bowlers were left as spectators as both the batsmen kept striking the bowl out of the boundary.

However, for a minute rain did interrupted the match, but the match resume soon and both the batsmen kept the attack go.

This was the poorest performance from India in ICC World Cup T20 match. Now, the team will be facing Pakistan on Sunday, which will be the do or die match for India.

Team:

India:

Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan

Australia:

David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, George Bailey(c), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Matthew Wade(w), Brad Hogg, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc

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