A buttered-finger India paid a heavy price for a sloppy fielding display to allow Sri Lanka to clinch the first Twenty20 international with a comfortable 29-run run victory and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series in Nagpur on Wednesday.
The visitors first rattled up an imposing 215 for five riding on captain Kumar Sangakkara’s [...]

Pakistan captain Younis Khan said their World Twenty20 title was a ‘gift’ to their strife-torn nation.
The talented Pakistani team, which entered the tournament as underdogs, made a mockery of the favourites tag as they beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final at the Lord’s in London.
Pakistan off late have been a pariah for [...]

England’s women added the World Twenty20 title to their World Cup crown with a convincing six-wicket win over New Zealand at Lord’s in London on Sunday.
England fast bowler Katherine Brunt took three wickets for just six runs as New Zealand were dismissed for a 85 and the hosts reached their modest victory target of 86 [...]

Paul Collingwood is unsure of his future as England’s captain in the shortest format after being knocked out of the ICC World Twenty20 by the West Indies, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Speaking after England lost to the West Indies by five wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the Super Eights, Collingwood twice stopped short of [...]

Knives are out for Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Co, with India crashing out of the Twenty20 World Cup, and advertisers are chewing their
nails fearing a slump in viewership, but event broadcaster ESPN Star Sports is sitting pretty, having sold all the spots for the entire tournament at a premium.
“We do expect some attrition in ratings [...]

Indian captain MS Dhoni apologised to Indian cricket fans after crashing out of the ICC Twenty20 championship on Sunday but rejected suggestions that exhaustion from playing too many games caused the failure of his top batsmen.
“We are sorry for what happened but we can say we gave our best,” Dhoni told a news conference after [...]

This was supposed to be the day when Sri Lanka’s batsmen were supposed to make merry and toy around with an inexperienced associate attack. Instead, they stumbled and struggled to a nine-run win over Ireland on Sunday.
Chasing 145 for an upset, Ireland got off to a steady start – their openers taking on the Sri [...]