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He’d rather score a duck in a win than a fifty in a loss, says Bangladesh batsmanBangladesh’s Nasir Hossain took no pleasure from his side’s 59-run ICC World Twenty20 defeat against New Zealand despite impressing with the bat in Pallekele. The right-hander hit 50 off 39 balls
Pakistan warmed up for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2012 with a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring game at the Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo. After a brief delay to the start owing to a wet outfield, Pakistan opted to bowl and Asmavia Iqbal, the new ball bowler
NOLIMIT via its loyalty card Arapaima recently announced its latest customer promotion whereby cardholders could win themselves tickets for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 2012 cricket tournament which will be held in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October. To stand a chance to get their hands
(Reuters) :In-form Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is doubtful for Saturday’s Twenty20 World Cup match against South Africa due to a side strain he picked up during their tournament opener against Zimbabwe. Mendis, who returned the best figures by a bowler in T20 cricket with six wickets
Brendon McCullum’s blistering century in 51 balls helps New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 59 runsConsidering the run-up to the ICC World Twenty20 2012, Bangladesh and New Zealand would have been considered equals. But then, when someone like Brendon McCullum gets it right, which isn’
AFP: Jacques Kallis recorded the best Twenty20 figures for his country to inspire South Africa to a convincing 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a Group C match at Hambantota on Thursday. The 36-year-old allrounder grabbed 4-15 and was well supported by Morne Morkel’s 2-16 as Zimbabwe were kept
Disappointed Zimbabwe captain hopes team will improve in the season aheadBrendan Taylor looked like he was a whisker away from bursting out in tears after Zimbabwe slumped to a 10-wicket loss against South Africa. Zimbabwe’s campaign in the ICC World Twenty20 2012 ended just two days
West Indies opening batsman wants to celebrate 33rd birthday with win over Australia todayWest Indies batsman Chris Gayle who celebrated his 33rd birthday yesterday is more focused on his team’s ICC World Twenty20 opener today (22) against Australia. Questioned about what he had lined
Reuters: Afghanistan gave a spirited performance against former Twenty20 world champions India but dropped four costly chances during a 23-run defeat in their opening World Cup Group A match on Wednesday. Virat Kohli profited from one of the missed chances to score 50 from 39 balls in India’
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo’s Seafood Market Buffet is back at the Terrace today, 21 September, with an array of seafood delights on offer. Coinciding with the World Twenty20 celebrations, the Terrace is all a buzz with cricket action adding a special twist to this month’s seafood market
ESPNCricinfo: England’s women conceded their World Twenty20 title in 2010 but remain favourites to win it back this year, given their extraordinary run of success in the format over the last two years. Their captain, Charlotte Edwards, will be leading the side in the tournament for the third
Reuters: Shane Watson’s all-round performance powered Australia to an easy seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their opening Group B match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday. Opening the bowling, Watson claimed three wickets for 26 and returned to hammer a 30-ball 51 as Australia chased
Reuters: Ajantha Mendis produced extraordinary bowling figures of six for eight to lead Sri Lanka to a crushing 82-run win over Zimbabwe in the opening Twenty20 World Cup match yesterday. Mendis, returning to the side following injury, took two wickets in his first over went on to surpass his own
Reuters: India will experiment with different field settings to compensate for their bowling deficiencies at the Twenty20 World Cup, Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Tuesday a day ahead of his team’s opening game against Afghanistan. The 2007 champions failed to defend a formidable
The ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 started off yesterday at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium Hambantota, with the first match played between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Photojournalist Shantha Rathnayake captured these moments prior to the match as crowds gathered at the stadium to enjoy
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) joined hands with ICC Development (International) Limited to become the official Tourism Partner of ICC World Twentey20 which has just started off in Sri Lanka for the period of 18 September to 10 October. The official agreement was signed by the representatives of two organisations – Sri Lanka Tourism ...
The ICC today unveiled the most comprehensive range of social media activations for a global cricket event ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 which begins on Tuesday 18 September in Hambantota. Using the official event Twitter hashtag, #wt20, fans will be encouraged through the global
There was a time when cricket was a game only Commonwealth nations derived pleasure from. Those days are long gone. Scour through its recent history, and you’ll find pages dedicated to the likes of Ireland and Afghanistan. It doesn’t stop there. Scotland, The Netherlands, Hong Kong and the United States were among the ten nations ...
South Africa batsman Richard Levi has won the ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year in recognition of his 51-ball 117 not out against New Zealand. This is the fifth year the award has been given to recognise the most impressive performance by a player in Twenty20 Internationals
Sri Lanka proud hosts of popular and shorter form of most entertaining tournament played in Asia for the first time; 20-teams, 20-day cricket fiesta ICC World T20 kicks off tomorrow Mega boost for tourism as 500 players and officials alone to take up 9,000 room-nights; hundreds of overseas fans, global sponsor officials and media to ...
No home advantage, no points for familiarity with the conditions, no guesses for who could win it. ESPNCricinfo: There was a time when the subcontinent was mystery, assigned dark and exotic shades. It was the land of the unknown, rendered even more so by inventive prose. You got the feeling that visiting teams were waiting ...
Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was yesterday seen championing the cause of education for children. Virat Kohli has been named the star in a children’s book that has been published by Room to Read, a global non-profit organisation that promotes literacy and gender equality in education across Asian and African countries together with the International ...
Reuters: Rankings will mean nothing when play starts at the Twenty20 World Cup and Australia are deadly serious about winning the tournament for the first time over the next few weeks, according to skipper George Bailey. Australia, who have won the one-day World Cup four times
New Zealand’s Brendon MuCullum has moved to No. 1 in the Twenty20 Internationals rankings, following his match-winning 91 against India in Chennai on Tuesday. In the bowlers’ rankings, Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal, who moved up to No. 1 in the ODI bowling rankings
For cricket fans, the past week has been a particularly good time to fly to Sri Lanka with Emirates, the award-winning Dubai-based international airline: seven passengers on flights to Colombo have won exclusive collector’s items in the form of bats autographed by teams that competed in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Presented as part ...
SYDNEY(Reuters): Australia can win the Twenty20 World Cup this month, test captain Michael Clarke said on Thursday, even if they are ranked ninth in the world and will have to do it without him. Clarke quit the shortest form of the game after the final match of the 2010-11 Ashes debacle
All nine players who were nominated for two teams in next month’s Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa have opted to represent their respective IPL teams over their domestic sides. This includes the Trinidad and Tobago players Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine
ESPNcricinfo: New Zealand will be wary of its group-stage opponents in the World Twenty20 and won’t look “too far ahead” early in the tournament, its captain Ross Taylor has said. New Zealand are in Group D along with Bangladesh and Pakistan. New Zealand pulled off a thrilling
; news conference ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket series in Colombo on ...
Reuters: England will depart for their Twenty20 World Cup defence in Sri Lanka in good heart after squaring the three-match series against South Africa with an emphatic 28-run win at Edgbaston on Wednesday. In a match reduced to 11 overs a side after heavy rain left parts of the outfield soggy