Cricket

Twenty 20 World Cup is going on and as you guys know that in this format there is any thing possible. We have seen ups and down in the first match itself when Netherlands beat England by 4 balls. So we are expecting some great ups and down. Now specially in Group B.

Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup 2009 Teams

Group A - India - Bangladesh - Ireland

Group B - Pakistan - England - Netherlands

Group C - Australia - Sri Lanka - West Indies

Group D - New Zealand - South Africa - Scotland

Some Interesting Facts about Twenty 20

# Highest Runs by a Team - Sri Lanka ~ 260/6 against Kenya
# Lowest Runs by a Team - Kenya ~ 67 against Ireland
# Highest Individual Runs - C H Gayle (W I) ~ 117 (57) 4s -10, 6s - 10
# Fastest Hundreds by an Individual - C H Gayle (W I) ~ 50 Balls against South Africa
# Fastest Fifties by an Individual - Yuvraj Singh (Ind) ~ 12 Balls against England
# Most Sixes in an Innings - Australia ~ 14 sixes against England, Ground - Sydney
# Most Fours in an Innings - Sri Lanks ~ 30 Fours against Kenya, Ground - Johannesburg
# Most sixes in career as on 06/08/2009 - Yuvraj Singh (Ind) ~ 25 Sixes
# Most Fours in career as on 06/08/2009 - BB McCullum (NZ) ~ 59 Fours
# Leading Individual Scorer - BB McCullum (NZ) ~ 600 (22 Inng)
# Most wickets in career as on 06/08/2009 - Umar Gul (Pak) ~ 26 Wickets
# Best Bowling as on 06/08/2009 - MR Gillespie (Aus) ~ 2.5 Overs, 7 Runs, 4 Wkts against Kenya

India Vs Bangladesh

As expected this was easy win. But Dhoni & Co. never wanted to take any chance in this game as the format of this series is very risky.

With the contribution iof Yuvraj and Rohit in batting and Ojha's fabulous bowling spell helped India to grab 25 runs victory in their first match in twenty 20 world cup.

India have made 180 runs in 20 overs. Top scorer was Gautam Gambhir with 50 runs in 46 balls. In the reply Bangladesh only managed 155 runs.

South Africa Vs Scotland

South Africa is the most strongest contender of twenty 20 2009 World Cup. They have started this tournament with bang as well by beating Scotland by huge margin of 130 runs. AB de Villiers was the highest scorer in South Africa innings, he scored 79 runs off just 35 balls with big 6 sixes. South Africa scored 211 runs in 20 overs.

In the reply Scotland was no where near to the target. They have lost their half team at the score of 35 runs only.

England Vs Pakistan

England was under tremendous pressure because of lost to Netherlands and hence this was do or die match for them. They come up to the pitch with determination and scored 185 runs in 20 overs. Presence of KP Pietersen shown in the batting line up and he have build partnership with every other batsman till the end. KP Pietersen was highest scorer with 58 off just 38 balls.

In the reply Pakistan was not at all in touch. This can be seen in the England bowlers performance that no bowlers have provided more than 8 runs in an over. Pakistan managed to score only 137 runs and hence lost the match by 48 runs.

Now next match of Pakistan was really do or die for them. If they will win the match against Netherlands than Group B will be in interesting position as all three teams will have 2 points of win.

Bangladesh Vs Ireland

 

Ireland Players Enjoyed after the win

 

Niall O'Brien with Man of the Match Award

June 8, 2009. So Ireland push Bangladesh out of Twnety 20 2009 World Cup. Bangladesh was never in touch of form. Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl from the very beginning Ireland kept the pressure on Bangladesh's batsmen. This was clear from the fact that no batsman able to cross 35 runs mark. At the last of the ininng Mashrafe Mortaza added 33 significant runs off just 19 balls and raised the score to 137 runs.

In the reply Ireland was always in touch of their target and NJ O'Brien added fast 40 runs to make sure that they can reach the target easily. His 40 runs innings beg him man of the match award as well.

Now from Group A - India and Ireland qualified for the super eight.

Australia Vs Sri Lanka

Australian Team leaving the ground and tournament

Team which ruled old format of cricket match, exit from the twenty 20 2009 World Cup in mere 100 hours. They played two games and in both games they lost. Hence they exit from the tournament. In the first match if Chris Gayle wrote Australian cricket team lost story than in second match Kumar Sangakara repeated the same. Both captain delivered captain innings while Ricky Ponting failed in both matches.

In Australia Vs Sri Lanka, Twnety 20 2009 World Cup, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected bowl. Sri Lankan bowlers kept Australia batsmen always in tight position and this was evident that no batsman have reached 30 runs mark. SL Malinga and BAW Mendis lead the bowling attack and took 3 wickets each. Australian batsman managed to score 159 runs off 20 overs.

In the reply Sri Lanka lost their key batsman ST Jayasuriya at the score of 19 and after that TM Dilshan and KC Sangakkara build significant partneship of 62 runs. After loosing second wicket Sri Lanka already put 91 runs on the board and from there their winning path was easy and KC Sangakkara lead Sri Lanka to the 6 wickets victory.

Netherlands Vs Pakistan

Kamran Akmal stumped Daan van Bunge

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fter poor performance against England, Pakistan managed to enter into Super 8 by beating Netherlands by 82 runs. So now from Group B - Pakistan and England will be qualify for the super 8.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first and as a result Pakistan put 175 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Highest scorer was Kamran Akmal 41 off 30 Balls with 3 - 4s and 2 - 6s.

At the reply Netherlands was never in touch from the beginning. They were not showing the skill which they shown against England. They managed to put only 93 runs and all out. No batsman crossed the 25 runs mark.

New Zealand Vs South Africa

South African Cricket Team celebrating win over New Zealand

It was bound to happen when two strong contender of Twenty 20 2009 World Cup team come against each other. South Africa kept their nerve and as a result they snatch 1 run victory over New Zealand.

New Zealand won the toss and they elected to bowl first. They certainly delivered fine bowling and hence restricted blasting batting line up of South Africa within 128 runs. Skipper GC Smith was the highest scorer with 33 runs off 35 balls.

In the reply New Zealand skipper gave the perfect start to its team even they lost their two early wickets. But New Zealand batsman unable to build the partnership and hence they lost low scoring match by one run.

Sri Lanka Vs West Indies

Shivanarine Chanderpaul another victim of Ajantha Mendis

In the 11th Match of Twenty 20 2009 World cup, Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 15 runs and ranked top in their group. This will be certainly moral boost for Sri Lanka. ST Jayasuriya got the touch and punished every bowler of West Indies. This was really perfect entertaining innings from ST Jayasuriya. This what every cricket lover expect from ST Jayasuriya. ST Jayasuriya made 81 runs off just 47 balls with 10 - 4s and 3 - 6s. Dilshan also give the perfect company to ST Jayasuriya. Dilshan made blistering 74 off just 47 balls with 11 - 4s and 1 - 6.

In the reply West Indies managed to score 177 at the loss of 5 wickets. They were feeling the absence of Chris Gayle clearly. Injury of Chris Gayle is really a serious issue for West Indies.

India Vs Ireland

Yuvraj and Sharma have light moments after beating Ireland comfortably

10th June 2009, India Vs Ireland. India won the toss and elected to field first. India was in charge from the very first over in the form of Zaheer Khan. Ireland have lost their first 3 wickets at the score of 17 runs only. After such a bad start no batsman able to stand on pitch and no one able to touch the mark of 30. Ireland managed to score only 112 runs in 18 overs at the loss of 8 wickets.

In reply G Gambhir and R Sharma manage to give India a super opening start. They managed to score 77 runs for the first wicket. G Gambhir was the first wicket to fall, he scored 37 off 31 balls. Next wicket was M S Dhoni. Later on Yuvraj and Sharma lead the India to victory.

Ireland Vs New Zealand

Aaron Redmond with his man of the match award

11th June 2009, New Zealand Vs Ireland. This was the most comfortable win of this tournament so far. New Zealand won by 83 runs

England Vs South Africa

Aaron Redmond with his man of the match award

11th June 2009, England v South Africa, South Africa is the most strong contender of this tournament and they have shown this again by beating England by 7 wickets. Kallis was man of the match

Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan team celebrate their win

12th June 2009, Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka, Another strong contender of this tournament Sri Lanka have beat Pakistan comfortably by 19 runs. Man of the match was T M Dilshan

India Vs West Indies

Enjoying moments for Dwayne Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul

12th June 2009, India Vs West Indies, Indian batsman never shown any kind of killer instinct for which they have known. Only Yuvraj able to show some kind of skill by making blistering 67 runs off just 43 balls. Main killer was Dwayne Bravo who have made 66 runs off just 36 balls. With 3 - 6s and 4 -4s. Man of the match was Dwayne Bravo.

South Africa Vs West Indies

Wayne Parnell brings the early break through for South Africa

13th June 2009, South Africa Vs West Indies, Another class performance by South African team and showing that they are the most strongest contender of this tournament. They have scored 183 runs with the help of fine innings by H Gibbs. He scored 55 runs offjust 35 balls, with 8 - 4s and 1 - 6s. In the reply Chris Gayle failed again and scored only 5 runs. Highest run scorer was LMP Simmons who scored gutsy 77 runs off just 50 balls with 12 - 4s and 1 - 6s. Except LMP Simmons no batsman crossed the 20 runs mark. South Africa won the match by 20 runs and got another 2 points.

So with this win South Africa is leading team in group E.

New Zealand Vs Pakistan

Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan took Pakistan to victory

13th June 2009, New Zealand Vs Pakistan, Pakistan keeping the momentum of winning and continue winning matches. Sharp bowling by Umar Gul - 3 Overs - 6 Runs and 5 Matches can change the form of any game. Umar Gul restricted New Zealand to only 99 runs. Pakistan achieved this target comfortably in 13.1 overs.

Now we just want to see whether they will be able to keep this momentum against South Africa or not.