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COLOMBO, Sept 16, 2012 (AFP) - Groups and fixtures for the men's World Twenty20 tournament starting in Sri Lanka on Tuesday:
The World Twenty20 explodes into action this week in tropical Sri Lanka with no runaway favourites and upsets likely in cricket's shortest and least predictable form.
COLOMBO, Sept 16, 2012 (AFP) - Team profiles and squad lists of Group C rivals South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, which starts on Tuesday:
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit an unbeaten 55 and Irfan Pathan picked up five wickets to propel India to a 26-run win against host Sri Lanka in a World Twenty20 warm-up match.
Kumar Sangakkara has been named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2012 at the LG ICC Awards after an extraordinary 12 months for the batsman.
- LG ICC Awards 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Kumar Sangakkara claims the LG People’s Choice Award (Category: Sports)
- LG Abans Series – Launch (Category: Sports)
- Short-lists announced for LG ICC Awards 2010 (Category: Sports)
COLOMBO, Sept 15, 2012 (AFP) - Irfan Pathan grabbed five wickets as India prepared for the World Twenty20 with a 26-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka in a warm-up match in Colombo on Saturday.
New Zealand will visit Sri Lanka for a series of two Tests, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 in October and November
New Zealand will visit Sri Lanka for a series of two Tests, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 in October and November
Sri Lanka Cricket today confirmed the dates for the upcoming series between Sri Lanka and the BLACKCAPS. The tour will consist of one Twenty20, followed by five One Day Internationals and two Test matches. The schedule can be viewed on the NZC website at: http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/schedule
- Tourist Number (Category: Business)
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- Rome, Milan, Moscow flights uninterrupted - SriLankan (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket: Australian summer schedule (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- ‘Punchi Angelo’ to inspire kids (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan Team with children from the charity ‘Room to Read’ (Category: Sports)
- Virat Kohli matches Sachin and Dravid's records (Category: Breaking News)
- Gill, Kohli and Siraj dazzle as India smash Sri Lanka by record 317-run margin (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Uncapped Bailey to lead Australia in India T20s (Category: Business)
- Dhoni excited to face ‘intelligent’ new skipper Bailey in T20 series against Oz (Category: Business)
- Experienced Australian squad for T20 (Category: Business)
- Aussies No. 1 by default: Maxwell (Category: Business)
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
- Clarke eyes golf rankings boost from Thailand (Category: Business)
- South Africa edges closer to being No. 1 in ICC Test rankings (Category: Business)
- Hasaranga tops T20Is global rankings (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Emirates contributes to Sri Lanka’s Carnival of Cricket (Category: Business)
- Emirates and Deccan Chargers Nurture Young Cricketing Talent (Category: Breaking News)
- Sangakkara banks on home advantage at ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Sri Lanka name formidable squad for World Cup Twenty20 (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand sink Sri Lanka in exciting opener (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand sink Sri Lanka in exciting opener (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand sink Sri Lanka in exciting opener (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Players choose IPL teams in Champions League (Category: Sports)
- 2009 IPL auction was rigged, claims Lalit Modi (Category: Business)
- $3 m floor price set for T20 league franchises (Category: Business)
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
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
- Taylor makes plans for Sri Lankan spin (Category: Business)
- Confident Kiwis eye rare win over Aussies (Category: Business)
- Dananjaya could stand in for injured Mendis (Category: Business)
- Bracewell seals dramatic win over Zimbabwe (Category: Business)
All nine players who were nominated in two teams in next month's Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa have opted to represent their respective IPL teams over their domestic sides
Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan hit half-centuries as hosts Sri Lanka prepared for the World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies yesterday.
COLOMBO, Sept 14, 2012 (AFP) - New Zealand will play two Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match on a tour of Sri Lanka in October-November, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Friday.
We tell you everything you need to know about Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament on their home soil.
Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan hit half-centuries as hosts Sri Lanka prepared for the World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies on Thursday.
; news conference ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket series in Colombo on ...
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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
- World’s top three bowlers to duke it out in Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final today (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa dismiss England for 171 (Category: Breaking News)
- England beat Australia to win ICC World Twenty20 title (Category: Breaking News)
- Germany beats England 4-1 in World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
EUTERS: Owners of the cash-strapped Hyderabad franchise have rejected the one takeover bid they have received for the Indian Premier League (IPL) team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday. Deccan Chronicle Holdings, which owns the Deccan Chargers, put the Twenty20 team
- Deccan Chargers rejects the sole bid received to buy the franchise (Category: Breaking News)
- Deccan Chargers up for sale (Category: Breaking News)
- IPL is great-Sanga (Category: Breaking News)
- IPL III: Yusuf Pathan accuses Symonds of sledging (Category: Breaking News)
ESPNcricinfo: A collective bowling performance from Sri Lanka and half-centuries by Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene made short work of West Indies on the first day of warm-up matches for the World Twenty20. Nuwan Kulasekara struck the early blows and West Indies could manage only 132
- Sri Lanka name World Cup team against West Indies (Category: Breaking News)
- New Dates (Category: Business)
- Onus on West Indies spinners - Nash (Category: Sports)
- Windies aim to topple out-of-sorts Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The West Indies lost their warm-up match to Sri Lanka by nine wickets ahead of the World Twenty20 competition. The Windies were sent in to bat first and were restricted to 132.
Ireland has a huge challenge ahead of them in the World Twenty20, having been grouped with one of the favourites, West Indies, and a team with a reputation for doing well on the world stage, Australia. They had made a splash in the 2011 World Cup with a thrilling defeat of England, and their ...
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- Donald embraces weight of expectation as number one (Category: Business)
- ICC approve World Cup qualifying system (Category: Business)
- Australia can win Twenty20 world cup, says Clarke (Category: Business)
ESPNCricinfo: Mohammad Ashraful has pointed to Bangladesh’s intensive preparation across three continents as their biggest asset as they head into the ICC World Twenty20. They have played a quarter of all their Twenty20 internationals this year, as well as two competitions where they played
- Ireland face up to difficult task (Category: Business)
- ICC may agree to local match officials in Pakistan (Category: Business)
- Gayle absence haunts Windies’ Bangladesh tour (Category: Business)
- Pakistan to give own award to Ajmal after ICC omission (Category: Business)
Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan both hit unbeaten half-centuries as hosts Sri Lanka prepared for the World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies on Thursday.
COLOMBO: Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan hit half-centuries as hosts Sri Lanka prepared for the World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies on Thursday.
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