Archive for September 16th, 2007
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Whoever said that the T20 version of the game is not for spinners was proved wrong by New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori, who bagged four crucial wickets in a 10-run victory over India at the Wanderers here on Sunday.
The Super Eights match of the ICC World Championship saw a number of batsmen set alight the […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
India were a let-down against New Zealand. So said ex-India cricketeer, and STAR Cricket pundit Atul Wassan, after witnessing them self-destruct against the Kiwis.
New Zealand defeated India by 10 runs in the opening match of the Super Eights round of the World Twenty20 Championships on Sunday at Johannesburg. Read more
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
New Zealand performed much better today, as compared to their showing against Sri Lanka yesterday.
Man-of-the-Match and skipper Daniel Vettori led the Kiwis from the front with a hand knock with the bat and four for 20 with the ball.
For India, they can only have their middle-order to blame for not taking advantage on which their […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Ricky Ponting called correctly and chose to field on a dry surface at Newlands against Bangladesh.
Australia overcame the embarrassment of the loss against Zimbabwe with a clinical eight-wicket win against England to settle any doubts about their attitude towards the Twenty20 format of the game. Read more
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Daniel Vettori produced a superb spell of spin bowling as New Zealand beat India by 10 runs at the World Twenty20.
Vettori took 4-20 as India squandered a flying start in reply to New Zealand’s score of 190 all out in Johannesburg.
Gautam Gambhir (51) and Virender Sehwag (40) put on 76 in 5.5 overs but wickets […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Australia won the toss and chose to field first in their Super Eight encounter with Bangladesh in Cape Town.
Skipper Ricky Ponting announced an unchanged line-up following his team’s emphatic eight-wicket win over England.
Counterpart Mohammad Ashraful, whose team lost by seven wickets against South Africa on Saturday night, also decided to name an unchanged side. […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
The good old war-horse hit a second successive half-century as Sri Lanka gained valuable match practice ahead of the Super 8 stages of the ICC World Twenty20 with a convincing seven-wicket victory over New Zealand.
With the terrific innings, Jayasuriya has become the highest run-scorer of the inaugural tournament. The veteran left-hander made 88 off 44 […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
One half of the Morkel brothers, this broad and tall fast bowler may have finally arrived in the international stage. He has been lingering around most Proteas’ touring squads but hadn’t earned his stripes.
The World Twenty20 is being used as an experimenting playground for many of the big teams. South Africa dropped bowlers like Steyn, […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Day five of the ICC World Twenty20 witnessed a lot of excitement, but in hindsight, when compared with the previous days, it was the least stimulating.
The match between Bangladesh and South Africa produced plenty of thrills – primarily when it was the Asian nation’s turn to swing the willow. That is precisely what they did, […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
England begin their Twenty20 Super Eight campaign with a difficult match against hosts South Africa on Sunday.
It is the first of three group games in four days for Paul Collingwood’s side, with other matches against New Zealand and India to follow.
The skipper hinted that his top three batsmen would not change, despite the mediocre display […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and had no hesitation in putting New Zealand into bat on a bright and sunny day in Johannesburg. The track record at the Wanderers has favoured the chasers - teams batting first have won only thrice while the team chasing have triumphed seven times. And if you take out […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Australia A stormed to an innings and 203-run win over Pakistan A in the first Test in Faisalabad as the hosts were dismissed for 255 in their second innings on the fourth and final day after resuming on their overnight score of 86 for three. Read more
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