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Mahela Jayawardene struck a record-equalling sixth half century in ICC World Twenty20 as Sri Lanka brightened their semi-final prospects with a crushing nine-wicket win over West Indies in their Super Eights match in Pallekele.
Sri Lanka put one foot in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies at Pallekele.
Host Sri Lanka beat West Indies by nine wickets to move closer to the semifinals of cricket’s World Twenty20 tournament, as England stayed in contention to defend its title.
Hosts Sri Lanka put one foot in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals with a nine-wicket trouncing of the West Indies at Pallekele.
Sept 29, Pallekele: Sri Lanka easily scored the modest total set by the West Indies with a loss of only one wicket in the Super Eight Group 1 of the ICC World Twenty20, at the Pallekele International stadium today to secure a semi-final spot.
A remarkable partnership between skipper Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara ensured a comprehensive nine-wicket win against West Indies in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match in Kandy on Saturday.
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat West Indies by nine wickets in their World Twenty20 Super Eights match in Pallekele on Saturday. Scores: West Indies 129-5 in 20 overs (Marlon Samuels 50, Dwayne Bravo 40) v Sri Lanka 130-1 in 15.2 overs (Mahela Jayawardene 65) (Editing By Alison Wildey)
Pallekele, Sep 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka got closer to a semifinal spot in the World Twenty20 tournament with a resounding nine wicket win over the West Indies here Saturday.
(Fixes typo in headline) Sept 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat West Indies by nine wickets in their World Twenty20 Super Eights match in Pallekele on Saturday. Scores: West Indies 129-5 in 20 overs (Marlon Samuels 50, Dwayne Bravo 40) v Sri Lanka 130-1 in 15.2 overs (Mahela Jayawardene 65) (Editing
Hosts Sri Lanka are on the brink of the World Twenty20 semi-finals after thrashing the West Indies by nine wickets.
Pallekele, Sep 29 (IANS) SriLanka thrashed the West Indies by nine wickets in a Super Eight match of the World Twenty20 tournament here Saturday.
Sept 29, Pallekele: After winning the toss West Indies set Sri Lanka a modest total of 130 to chase in the Super Eight Group 1 of the ICC World Twenty20, at the Pallekele International stadium today.
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Sept 29, 2012 (AFP) - West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in a group one Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 in Pallekele on Saturday.
Sri Lanka's teenage off-spinner Akila Dananjaya is doubtful for Saturday's World Twenty20 Super Eight match against West Indies after he suffered a facial injury on his international debut against New Zealand.
GALLE—West Indies women lost the momentum in a dramatic penultimate over as Sri Lanka scraped through to a narrow five run win by the Duckworth Lewis method in the rain-affected Group B match of the World Twenty20 Championship yesterday.
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An inspired Sri Lanka created another major upset when it beat the West Indies by five runs, courtesy of the Duckworth-Lewis method, in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012 in Galle on Friday. In the other match of the day, New Zealand registered a win over South Africa. But the talking
Rain-hit game goes host’s way as West Indies fails to chase down 48 runs in eight overs (strap) In what was seen as the first major upset of the tournament, an inspired Sri Lanka overcame West Indies challenge by five runs, courtesy the Duckworth/Lewis method, to register its first win of the ICC Women’s World ...
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Simon Taufel’s retirement as an active umpire at the end of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 will mean that the most decorated member of the ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires will not be around to oversee big games anymore. Taufel has been among the few officials who have been regarded
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Big-hitting Charles and Gayle, stingy spells from Narine, Badree and Gayle, and spectacular fielding take West Indies home Johnson Charles and Chris Gayle fired the imagination of the Pallekele crowd with an attractive display of power hitting as the West Indies got the better of England in yet another high-scoring match at the ground. ...
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PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters): West Indies have not tasted much international success in the last decade but captain Darren Sammy believes he has succeeded in creating the kind of dressing room atmosphere that can help them end the title drought in Sri Lanka. The erstwhile giants of the game, who won the first two 50-over ...
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Akila Dananjaya is doubtful for the World Twenty20 Super Eights match against West Indies on Saturday after suffering an injury to his face during Thursday's game against New Zealand in Pallekele
KANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's teenage off-spinner Akila Dananjaya is doubtful for Saturday's World Twenty20 Super Eight match against West Indies after he suffered a facial injury on his international debut against New Zealand. "X-rays and MRI scans reveal a fracture
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West Indies on Friday suffered a dramatic collapse to lose to Sri Lanka by five runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the Women's World Twenty20 in Galle.
KANDY, Sri Lanka, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's teenage off-spinner Akila Dananjaya is doubtful for Saturday's World Twenty20 Super Eight match against West Indies after he suffered a facial injury on his international debut against New Zealand. "X-rays and MRI scans reveal a fracture
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There was a sense of a tournament beginning at last. Twelve matches had already been played in the World Twenty20 but yesterday in the first of the Super Eight stage, it had the close contest it needed.
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West Indies and hosts Sri Lanka earned hard-fought wins in an exciting start to the Super Eights round in the World Twenty20 on Thursday.
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