Try convincing a Pakistani that Twenty20 is somehow a lesser format of the game. A semi-final appearance in a major tournament after the year they have had, including only a seventh win from 35 matches in any type of game against Australia since 1999, is reason enough to overplay the significance of this tournament.
About right, […]
And so, after the cut and thrust of the last ten days, a tournament that began with 12 teams has been whittled down to four. Pakistan take on New Zealand in Cape Town, but arguably the more mouthwatering contest is in Durban, where India, riding high after two top-class performances against England and South Africa, […]
This is a clash of Pakistan flair versus Kiwi functionality. Although New Zealand have again more than held their own, they owe their passage to the semi-finals to India, whose 37-run win against South Africa dumped the home side out on net run-rate and allowed Daniel Vettori’s side to sneak in.
“I didn’t actually watch any […]
An extremely dignified man, and a proud servant of Indian cricket, took two correct decisions on India’s tour of England. One, that the older players had no place in Twenty20 cricket and two, that he didn’t want to be India’s cricket captain any more. The second of those, even if right, was disturbing because it […]
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and key batsman Yuvraj Singh will take the field in Saturday’s Twenty20 semi-final against Australia after recovering from injuries.
Yuvraj missed Thursday’s crucial encounter against South Africa due to tendonitis in his left elbow sustained against England the previous day in which he hit Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over.
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All-rounder Shane Watson will be replaced in the Australian squad to tour India later this month after being withdrawn on Friday with a hamstring injury.
Watson, who missed the early stages of the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa with the problem, has a “low-grade muscular strain” according to physiotherapist Alex Kountouris. Read more
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The Indian team on Friday heaved a sigh of relief with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] exuding confidence that Yuvraj Singh [Images] will be fit for the semi-final against Australia at the Twenty20 World Championship.
Yuvraj missed the Super Eight encounter against South Africa on Thursday due to an elbow injury, but Dhoni said that the […]
Heavy overnight rain washed out the third day of the second Test between India A and South Africa A in Dharamsala without a ball being bowled. Read more
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Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has said that Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to be selected for the Tests against South Africa owing to the disciplinary hearing scheduled for next week. Shoaib was sent home from the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa following a dressing-room incident involving Mohammad Asif and before the […]
England wicket-keeper Matt Prior has vowed to return “stronger and better” after a broken thumb ruled him out of October’s one-day series in Sri Lanka.
The 25-year-old sustained the injury in training and will be out for six weeks.
His place has been taken by Durham’s Phil Mustard, but Prior told BBC Sport: “I’ll come back from […]
England batting legend Geoff Boycott has criticised the captaincy of Paul Collingwood at the World Twenty20.
England beat Zimbabwe in their opener but then lost their next four games and went out at the Super Eight stage.
Boycott told the Daily Telegraph that England’s campaign was ‘chaotic’ and that Collingwood was partly at fault. […]
Australia have confirmed Ricky Ponting will take no further part in the World Twenty20 because of a hamstring injury.
The skipper sustained the problem in Tuesday’s defeat by Pakistan and missed the win over Sri Lanka which secured his side’s place in the semi-finals.
His recovery is going well but chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said the […]