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, White and Michael Hussey stabilised Australia innings to score moderate 147. But, Pietersen and Kieswetter smashed Australian bowlers in a century partnership. T20 final Scores: Australia scored 147/6 in 20 overs England scored 148/3 in 17 overs Result: England defeated Australia by 7 wickets in 2010 T20 Cricket world cup final. Highlight of the T20 final: 111 runs partnership in 68 balls between Kevin Pietersen and Kieswetter. Man of the match: Kieswetter (England) Player of the tournament: Kevin Pietersen (248 runs at an average of 63). Highlights of T20 Cricket world cup final: 1. Kevin Pietersen and Kieswetter destroyed Australian bowling attack in a century partnership. 2. Australia was 10/3 that created huge pressure on middle order batsmen from which Australia recovered marginally thanks to wonderful knocks by David Hussey and White. 3. England never won a cricket world cup despite reaching semi-finals and finals till 1992 ICC one day world cup. It lost to Pakistan in 1992 world cup finals. 4. Australia lost to Sri lanka in 1996 world cup finals. This is another loss in finals after 14 years. 5. Australia never won t20 cricket world cup. Final verdict: England's cricket world cup for first time that too by defeating Australia (traditional rivals) is a good omen to England football team before FIFA world cup to aim high and think positively. England lost many times in past to Australia due to lack of mental strength. But, players like Kevin Pietersen and Kieswetter played without any inhibitioned and smashed Australian bowlers to all parts of the ground. My opinion: 2010 T20 cricket world cup win is the best moment in 140 years of England cricket history. … [Read more...]
England wins 2010 T20 Cricket world cup
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? First of all, let us list a few things that went right. Winning the toss (though on hindsight, opting for fielding turned out to be a wrong decision), a maiden first over, good bowling by Harbhajan Singh yielding only 15 runs in the designated 4 overs, the team giving away only 23 runs in the last 4 overs thereby restricting the Aussies to a total, way below 200 and Rohit Sharma's blistering unbeaten 79. Everything else seemed to be a disaster. The 2 pacers-2 spinners strategy proved to be all wrong. Dhoni's contention, that 'spin' is India's strength just like 'pace' is Australia's strong point cannot be justified. The strength of spin should be used when the situation demands it and not just because we have good spinners. A fast track demands pace. However the 2 pace bowlers yesterday did not help much. Our star pacer Zaheer Khan gifted 45 runs in 4 overs. So the number as well as quality were found wanting in the 'pace bowling' department. The supposedly strong Indian batting line-up was blown to smithereens by the marauding Aussies. And Dhoni's excuse that facing the 'short rising ball' has been India’s weakness for 20 years now does not convince. It was a great embarrassment to have 9 batsmen, quite a few of them batting stalwarts, score single digits. Ravindra Jadeja would want to wipe out this match from his memory. His batting score like most of his team mates was a poor 4. But more importantly, the 2 overs which he bowled yielded 38 runs with 6 back to back sixes, Shane Watson and David Warner hitting 3 each. This is after Jadeja dropped Watson on 7. The manner and the ease with which they hit sixes, may henceforth prompt the opposing team to ask for a bigger ground when Watson and Warner are batting.That the Aussies have done their homework and have come fully prepared to fill the one empty space on their trophy shelf is plain … [Read more...]
