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TwitterAustralian batsman David Warner expressed his feeling for his Daredevils’ team-mate Virender Sehwag. He said, “Sehwag is the best Twenty20 batsman”. “In terms of batsman in T20 it is hard to go past Sehwag when he gets going, but there are so many good players going around,” Fox Sports quoted Warner, as saying. However, sehwag [...]
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Team-up for the World Twenty20 cricket championship
April 30th, 2010 
admin T20 World Cup 2010 – Catch all the action of T20 Cricket World Cup 2010 at West Indies. The following is the list of all the 12 participating teams for the World Twenty20 cricket that will began on Friday with New Zealand taking on last year’s finalists Sri Lanka at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Here [...]
Twenty20 vision comes into focus
April 24th, 2010 admin Twenty20 may have spawned movie star-backed franchises and a frantic dash for cash, but the world championship is a reminder of how nation against nation contests remain central to cricket. When Twenty20 was launched as a professional format in England, in 2003, the emphasis was on “fun” and attracting new audiences to the sport. However, [...]
IPL a better way to prepare for T20 WC: Virender Sehwag
April 16th, 2010 admin Playing in the Indian Premier League is a far better way to prepare for the Twenty20 World Cup than merely practising in the nets, according to star Indian opener Virender Sehwag. Sehwag dismissed the notion that India would be at a disadvantage because the entire squad, busy playing IPL till April 25, would not have [...]
T20 not a threat to Tests, one-dayers: ICC chief
April 13th, 2010 admin Tests and 50-over games will remain popular despite the growing success of the Twenty20 format, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat said on Monday. “There is no question about the popularity of Twenty20 cricket,” Lorgat told reporters after unveiling the World Twenty20 Trophy in New Delhi. “Its popularity has gone beyond expectations but other [...]
Flair all round as Sri Lanka face Windies
June 19th, 2009 admin These are two teams who, before the World T20 began, weren’t exactly the bookmakers’ favourites to make the last-four grade. But Sri Lanka and the West Indies have proved to be worthy challengers for the trophy. While the Lankans have been unbeaten right through the tournament, the West Indies have produced performances that won’t be [...]
Four teams and four intriguing tales
June 18th, 2009 admin Four teams, four intriguing tales, and one charge to the top. The battle to the top of the T20 planet starts at Trent Bridge on Thursday, when South Africa take on Pakistan in the first semifinal, with Sri Lanka try to get past the West Indies at the Oval a day later. For the players, [...]
Sarwan sees Windies into semis as England exit
June 16th, 2009 admin For the amount of cricket they’ve played against each other recently, it eventually came down to this one game between England and West Indies to decide a semi-finalist from Group E. Having won the toss at The Oval on Monday, England opted to bat, put on a decent 161/6 off 20 overs, in a rain-interrupted [...]