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2012 T20 Cricket world cup schedule announced
ICC announced groups and schedule of the 2012 T20 Cricket world cup that will be held in Sri Lanka. Defending T20 world Champion, England and 2011 One world cup winner India are placed in the same group. Sri Lanka will host 2012 world cup from September 18 to October 7. T20 World cup [...]
England wins 2010 T20 Cricket world cup
England won cricket world cup for first time in 35 years. England crushed Australia in the finals to win 2010 T20 Cricket world cup. England thrashed Australia by 7 wickets in a one sided match in which England excelled in both bowling and batting. After loss of 3 wickets for 10 runs, David Hussey, [...]
Why India failed to reach T20 semi-finals?
Indian cricket team failed to reach semi-finals in 2010 T20 Cricket world cup. Despite having talented and experience, they failed to win a single game in Super 8. Mahendra Singh Dhoni became a hero for Indian cricket fans after 2007 T20 world cup victory but Dhoni became villain after this disastrous tournament. Reasons [...]
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IPL Vs T20 Cricket world cup
If you observe semi-final line-up of 2010 T20 world cup, one can easily find one interesting thing. Those countries whose players have not participated actively in the 2010 IPL have reached semi-finals in T20 Cricket world cup. T20 World cup semi-finalists: 1. Australia: They are not defeating teams but are decimating. Most [...]
Barbecued in Barbados
Is Team India headed in the same direction in the T20 World Cup 2010 as it had in 2009? Will all the Super 8 matches be lost? If yesterday’s match – where India got literally barbecued by Australia – is any indication, India may just land in such a situation. What went wrong yesterday? [...]
Umesh Yadav: Ace of Pace
It is official. Praveen Kumar is out of the T20 World Cup and Umesh Yadav is in. It is difficult to believe that at the age of 19, when young cricketers start working hard to secure a place in the Indian team, this young man, Umesh Yadav, had not even played with a leather [...]
Will Pace replace Spin?
‘Spin’ seems to be the in thing in T20 today. Many IPL matches had a spinner opening the innings. In the ICC T20 World Cup matches also, spin seems to have a major role to play. Pitches in the West Indies look favourable for spin and India and Pakistan with their quality spinners may [...]
Women’s T20 World Cup :Team India
It is common knowledge that the T20 World Cup tournament 2010 commenced on April 30th in the West Indies. What is not so commonly known is the fact that the same country will also host the Women’s T20 World Cup tournament simultaneously. Men’s cricket hogs all the media attention, however insignificant the match may [...]
T20 World Cup preview: South Africa Vs India
South Africa will open their campaign against India at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on Sunday and this could be a tough assignment first up for the Proteas. The Proteas will have the benefit of a couple of extra day’s preparation and the opportunity to watch their opponents in action the day before this [...]
T20 Reviews: India Vs Afghanistan
Venue/Date: Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia, 1 May 2010. India won toss and elected to field T20 debut: Murali Vijay (India) Player of the match Ashish Nehra Result: India won by 2 wkts. India cruised to an easy seven wicket win against Afghanistan at St Lucia in their ICC World T20 opener on [...]
World cup Review: Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand
Venue/Date: Guyana national stadium in Georgetown in Guyana. 30 April 2010. Debut: Dinesh Chandimal and Chanaka Welegedera (both are from Sri Lanka). Toss: Sri Lanka, elected to bat. Result: New Zealand won by 2 wkts. Man of the match: Nathan McCullum. New Zealand chase was going smoothly with [...]
South Africa T20 world cup team analysis
Barring 1992 World cup which marked South Africa’s re-entry into International cricketing arena, Proteas have been tipped as one of the contenders for each of four 50 over world cups and two World T20 tournaments since then. Sadly, they’ve never progressed into finals, let alone winning the crown. Herschelle Gibbs has been given [...]
T20 World Cup preview: India Vs Afghanistan
India begin their ICC T20 World Cup campaign with a Group C match against Afghanistan at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on Saturday in what, could be a fairly one-sided affair. Andrew Hughes previews the opening fixture in Group C. Afghanistan’s morale could not be higher after qualifying for this tournament in [...]
