West Indies crash out to ruthless Australia

Australia 109 for 4 (Haddin 42) beat West Indies 105 (Sarwan 26, Smith 3-20) by 6 wickets

West Indies saved their worst for last as they were knocked out of their home tournament with a crushing six-wicket defeat by Australia. The hosts were in.......Read More & Image>>

T20 WC: How to beat SL, enter semis

Gros Islet, St Lucia: India doesn't need a miracle on Tuesday. They just need to get their basics right. When two players go for a catch, one needs to call out loud and clear. When they go for the extra run, make sure there is a second run. And when they bowl, they need to keep it straight......Read More & Image>>

Pakistan win puts England into semis and sinks S Africa

Holders Pakistan crept into the World Twenty20 semi-finals thanks to a victory over South Africa and England's later win over New Zealand in St Lucia......Read More & Image>>

New Zealand eliminated by impressive England

England 153 for 7 (Morgan 40) beat New Zealand 149 for 6 (Taylor 44) by three wickets

England's cricketers maintained their impressive momentum with their third win in three Super Eight fixtures, as New Zealand were outmuscled in their must-win Group E finale in St Lucia.....Read More &  Image>>

Morkels light up South Africa's campaign

New Delhi: A day after his younger brother wrecked a nervy Afghanistan side with the ball on a bouncy Kensington Oval pitch, Albie Morkel used the bat to establish his credentials at the T20 World Cup in Barabados. While Morne took South Africa to the Super Eights, Albie got their Group E campaign off to a magnificent start by smashing a 18-ball 40.....Read More & Image>>

Australia hand Sri Lanka 81-run thrashing

Australia 168 for 5 (White 85*, Randiv 3-20) beat Sri Lanka 87 (Johnson 3-15, Nannes 2-19)

Australia stormed to a resounding 81-run win that all but assured their semi-finals spot as Sri Lanka were steamrolled by extreme pace and sustained pressure...Read More & Image>>

Gayle and bouncers leave India facing exit

West Indies 169 for 6 (Gayle 98, Nehra 3-35) beat India 155 for 9 (Raina 32, Roach 2-38) by 14 runs

Chris Gayle finished agonisingly short of becoming the first man to make two international Twenty20 centuries, but by the time he was run-out......Read More & Image>>

T20 WC: South Africa badly need a win against Pak

Gros Islet: Their title defence virtually over, a beleaguered Pakistan will be out to salvage some pride, while South Africa will hope to put their Twenty20 World Cup campaign back on track in the Group E Super Eights stage match at the Beausejour Stadium on Monday.......Read More & Image>>

Michael Hussey and Nannes take Australia through

Australia 141 for 7 (M Hussey 47*, Smith 27) beat Bangladesh (Shakib 28, Nannes 4-18) by 27 runs

Michael Hussey reprised his favourite role, of the rescue artist, to steer Australia to a competitive total before Dirk Nannes' pace and some world-class fielding confirmed there......Read more & picture>>

South Africa end Afghanistan's dream

South Africa 139 for 7 (Kallis 34, Hamid 3-21) beat Afghanistan 80 (M Morkel 4-20, Langeveldt 3-12) by 59 runs

Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn delivered Afghanistan a harsh lesson by demolishing them for 80 to end their World Twenty20 dream and hand South Africa a safe path to the Super Eights. There was no mercy from Morkel and Steyn,....Read more>>>

Rain saves England in tense washout

England 120 for 8 (Morgan 45) v Ireland 14 for 1 - match abandoned

England inched their way into the Super Eights after a tense washed-out contest at Providence, as the same Guyana weather that had contributed to their downfall against West Indies came to their aid in a fraught and low-scoring contest against the underdogs of Ireland .....Read more & Picture>>

New Zealand in Super Eights after easy rain-hit win

New Zealand 36 for 1 beat Zimbabwe 84 (McCullum 3-16, Styris 3-5) by seven runs by D/L method

Zimbabwe came into the tournament as one of the form teams after shocking Pakistan and Australia in the warm-ups, but they subsided to one of the lowest Twenty20 totals against New Zealand to become the first team to bow out of the competition.........Read more & Picture>>

Jayawardene ton floors Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka 173 for 7 (Jayawardene 100) beat Zimbabwe 29 for 1 in five overs by 14 runs (D/L method)
Batting was expected to be difficult on a slow and low pitch in Providence but the touch artist Mahela Jayawardene.....Read more>>

England fall victim to rain rules

West Indies 60 for 2 (Gayle 25) beat England 191 for 5 (Morgan 55, Wright 45*) - D/L method
West Indies booked their place in the Super Eights with a controversial rain-assisted victory over England at Providence, as Chris Gayle.....Read more>>

Raina century seals one-sided win

India 186 for 5 (Raina 101, Yuvraj 37) beat South Africa 172 for 5 (Kallis 73) by 14 runs

Suresh Raina struggled at first, then he sizzled. He overcame a jittery period of mis-hits and short-.....
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Watson, Hussey set up emphatic win

Australia 191 (Watson 81, D Hussey 53, Aamer 3-23) beat Pakistan 157 (Misbah 41, Tait 3-20, Nannes 3-41) by 34 runs
Australia began to right previous wrongs in this........Read more>>

Spirited Afghanistan succumb to bouncers

ndia 116 for 3 (Vijay 48) beat Afghanistan 115 for 8 (Noor 50, Nehra 3-19) by seven wickets

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Pakistan overcome Ashraful assault for 21-run win

akistan 172 for 3 (Butt 73, Akmal 73) beat Bangladesh 151 for 7 (Ashraful 65, Sami 3-29) by 21 runs

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New Zealand win Twenty20 thriller against Sri Lanka

Nathan McCullum was New Zealand's hero with a six off the penultimate delivery as they beat Sri Lanka in the opening game of the ICC World Twenty20.

Sri Lanka's 135-6 in Guyana was constructed around a brilliant 81 from 51 balls by Mahela Jayawardene.

Jesse Ryder hit 42 from 27 balls as the Kiwis started the chase brightly but they lost their way mid-innings.

Jacob Oram revived them with two sixes, and McCullum's blow off Lasith Malinga saw them home by two wickets.