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• RE: ICC World T20

  RussyRover > 03/10/2012, 16:52

  So onto the semi finals;
  On Thursday Sri Lanka will take on Pakistan, this means there will be an asian side in the final... Pakistan now also the most successful team in world T20.
  
  On Friday, Australia take on West Indies, the Aussies have been playing the better cricket in the tirnament, but in the last match they struggled against Pakistan. And this is a rematch from the group stages where Australia won on the D/L method.
  
  The final is played on Sunday; Pakistan vs West Indies is my thought, or perhaps hope...
  
  Those who failed;
  so India where all their IPL stars, failed to make the semis again, I'm sure questions will be asked when the get home, and they were put out by South Africa, who lost all 3 matches from the super eights, they just didn't click at all when it mattered.
  England, the less said the better, and New Zealand who no one really thought would go through and again lost all 3 of their matches...

• RE: ICC World T20

  RussyRover > 04/10/2012, 19:07

  First semi final, and the crowd is awash with blue and green with hollering supporters from both sides.
  Sri Lanka wins the toss and decide to bat.
  Another steady start by Jayawardene and Dilshan, and some decent bowling until Ajmal comes on to bowl the 6th over and goes for 10 runs making the score 34 for 0. End of the 9th and it's 53 for 0. First ball of the 10th and Mahela survives a run out chance, 9 runs come from the over and 62 for 0 after 10. Two balls later and Mahela falls to Afridi, caught by Hasan. This brings Sangakkara in who makes 18 from 11 balls then is out caught in the 13th, skying one, 84 for 2. Mendis and Dilshan continue to make runs when in the 18th Gul bowls a no ball that robs him of a chance of a wicket, but never mind, two balls later he gets the wicket of Dilshan who is out lbw after missing a yorker, 117 for 3. Two more balls later again it's 118 for 4 as Mendis is stumped, fooled by the bowling of Ajmal. Perera and Mathews make 16 runs off the last over to get a final score of 139 for 4.
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  so easy to work out, Pakistan need 7 an over to win.
  Mathews now bowls the first over and Dilshan has half a chance to take a catch but Pakistan survive, and score 8 runs from it. Nazir misses a couple in the 2nd and there is a run out chance but no wicket, 15 for 0 after 2. Malinga now has the ball but fires a very wide ball down the leg side for 4 wides, 22 scored after 3. Last ball of the 6th over and Ajantha Mendis bowls Nazir, 31 for 1 at the end of the powerplay. Scores pretty close at this stage. There is a missed diving one handed catch in the 7th and Pakistan score 8 from it. First ball of the 10th over and Jamshed is out lbw to Mathews, 55 for 2. Fortunately for Sri Lanka, the replay shows it was not out, but no reviews in T20... Three balls later and Kamran Akmal mistimes a shot and is out caught, score is 58 for 3 at the end of the 10th. Last ball of the 11th and Malik is bowled by Herath, 64 for 4, is this swinging Sri Lankas way now? Then Malinga drops Hafeez out at long on, his fielding is always suspect. Hafeez picks the pace up in the 13th, hitting the first 6 of the innings and match so far. End of the 13th, Pakistan are 83 for 4, Sri Lanka were 85 for 2, still neck and neck. Hafeez is out stumped the first ball of the 14th off Herath, and the very next ball Afridi edges the ball onto the wicket, 2 in 2 balls for Herath, 91 for 6. 39 runs are now needed from 24 balls.
  17th over, Malinga bowls, 4,0,0,0,1,wd,1 108 for 6.
  18th over, Tanvir bowls, 2,2,1, wkt (Mendis out stumped), 0,0 - 27 now needed from 12. Umar Gul and Umar Akmal at the crease.
  19th over and Malinga again, run out chance but Malinga fumbles 0,1,0,wd,0,1,1 only 4 from it and the Sri Lankans are seriously happy.
  Last over, 23 needed from 6, Kulasekara to bowl, 0,0,1,1,4,0 - Sri Lanka wins by 16 runs, Pakistan making 123 for 7.
  
  So much for my prediction... Sri Lankans now await either Australia or West Indies who play tomorrow.
  
  

• RE: ICC World T20

  RussyRover > 05/10/2012, 19:04

  It's the battle of the big hitters today, Gayle & Pollard vs Warner & Watson, the West Indies vs Australia.
  The West Indies win the toss and decide to have a bat.
  Charles and Gayle to open as normal, and Charles hits two 4s off Watson in the 2nd to make it 12 for 0. In the 3rd he then edges a ball to the keeper off Starc and first blood, 16 for 1. In comes Samuels, he can bash them too... the first 6 comes in the 5th by Gayle off Watson. An lbw shout but is denied, Samuels survives but is lucky as the replay says it's out!!. So he hits the next ball for a 6..., another 6 in the over off Gayle and the powerplay is over, 46 for 1. Next ball another 6, and there has been 28 runs from the last 13 balls.. Two balls later and a stumping chance but the foot is just down in time.
  8th over and Samuels heaves at a ball and misses, bowled, 57 for 2. Time for Dwayne Bravo who struggles a bit at the start. After 10 overs it's 74 for 2. A couple of good steady batting overs and the 100 is up in the 13th, Bravo has found his feet now and gets his bat firmly on the ball.
  15th over and Gayle wallops a massive 102 metre 6.. his 50 off only 29 balls also comes up in the over, end of the 15th, 132 for 2, it's going nicely for the West Indies now. Next over and Bravo skys a high one but it's got enough on it to go for a 6, but next ball tries again and is out caught, 140 for 3. Now it's Pollards turn at the crease. An 8 run over followed by a 13 run over and it's 163 for 3 with 2 overs left. Starc bowls the 19th and goes for 17. Doherty is handed the ball for the last over, wouldn't like to be him at this moment... and with good cause as he goes for 25 and gets Pollard caught with the very last ball.. 205 for 4, Gayle finishing with 74 from 41. This will be a tough ask for Australia...
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  Badree takes the first over, a couple of singles and with the last ball there is some confusion, the bails are off. Umpires review and it is found to be bowled not stumped so Warner goes for only 1, 2 for 1 after 1.
  Mr Cricket, Mike Hussey walks in and hits Badree for 11 in the 3rd, but first ball of the 4th and is out c&b Samuels, 22 for 2. Badree bowls his third over for the 5th and with a skiddy ball gets Watson out bowled, 29 for 3, and huge enjoyment to get the danger men out so quickly. 42 for 3 at the end of the powerplay, still keeping pace with West Indies score at this stage. The Aussie captain Bailey is now at the crease.
  7th over and Rampauls first ball, White nicks it down the leg side to the keeper, out, 42 for 4. Two balls later D Hussey out for a duck, c&b Rampaul, 42 for 5 and Australia is in tatters.
  8th over and Narine's turn, he too gets a wicket, that of Wade, 43 for 6...
  Bailey then starts to have a go, steady at first but when Russell bowls the 11th over, he whacks him for 25, the score now 89 for 6. If they keep this up, they may have a chance.
  Two more decent overs for Australia gets them to 107 for 6 after 13.
  Pollard bowls the 14th, Bailey hits a 4 then out next ball, having made 63 from only 29 balls. Next ball, another wicket and Cummins is out, 111 for 8. Pollard on a hat trick and although a huge appeal, it's in jest, even the Aussie batsmen can have a smile. It's pretty much all over now, the 15th goes for 8 runs, another wicket in the 16th, Narine gets Hogg stumped and Rampaul finishes it off in the 17th bowling Starc.. 131 all out.
  West Indies win (even thrashes the Aussies) by 74 runs in only 16.4 overs. The Aussies only had 3 men in double figures, not their best game by far.
  
  So the Windies will face Sri Lanka in the final, who have a much better spin attack, so it will be very interesting come Sunday.
  
  

• RE: ICC World T20

  RussyRover > 07/10/2012, 20:47

  so to the final, or yet another final for Sri Lanka as they take on the West Indies.
  West Indies win the toss and decide to bat, they have an unchanged side from the semis, where Sri Lanka swops Herath for the young Dananjaya.
  Sri Lanka easily beat West Indies in the super eight stage, running down their 129 in 16 overs, but that Windies team didn't have a good day unlike where they played the Aussies. Depends which one turns up today...
  Mathews has the first over, fifth ball and Charles tops a pull shot and is easily caught, 0 for 1, the Sri Lankan crowd goes wild. Kulasekara bowls the 2nd over, only one wide scored, 1 for 1. Three more good bowling overs from Mathews, Kula and Malinga mean West Indies 12 for 1 after 5. Gayle doesn't look too happy out there, this is usually when he starts to hit them everywhere. Ajantha Mendis bowls the 6th and gets Gayle plum lbw, 14 for 2 at the end of the powerplay, and the Windies aren't playing well at all, plus Sri Lanka are bowling well.
  Four more superb overs for Sri Lanka puts the West Indies at 32 for 2 after 10, and with Mathews bowling his 4 for figures of 1 wicket for 11 runs.
  Samuels and Bravo then start to score a bit more freely, the first 6 comes in the 12th off Dananjaya, and in the 13th Malinga goes for 21, with three more 6's. Ajantha gets Bravo caught lbw in the 14th, 73 for 3. Bravo's unlucky though as replay shows it came off the bat first. Pollard strides in and back out again after scoring just 2, in the 16th. Next ball and Ajantha gets another wicket, Russell out lbw, missing a sweep shot, 89 for 5 at end of 15th. The West Indies in the dug out are not looking particularly happy at all. Malinga again in the 17th and Samuels wallops him again, smashing the longest 6 of the tournament at 108 metres, another 19 runs off Malinga, and bringing the 100 up. Dananjaya gets Samuels out first ball of the 18th, but his 78 from 56 balls has given the Windies a fighting chance, 108 for 6.
  It's now up to the captain Sammy to try to post a decent total that they can defend. Ten runs taken from the 19th and Malinga finishes with 4 overs, 0 wickets for 54 runs... Fifteen from the last and the West Indies end up with 137 for 6, a hell of a lot better than it was looking a while ago.
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  So 6.9 an over needed for Sri Lanka, they must be thinking they can finally win a final, having lost the last three.
  Badree bowls the first for 6 runs. Next up Rampaul, and he gets Dilshan out for a duck, removing his off stump, the West Indians are overjoyed and the Sri Lankan crowd look aghast. A few more cagey over from Samuels, Badree and Rampaul and after 6, the score is 30 for 1. Not as easy going as the Sri Lankans hoped. Sangakkara and Jayawardene ticking along when in the 10th Badree gets Sangakkara out, Pollard taking a good low catch, 48 for 2. 11th over and Sammy comes on, 4th ball and he bowls Mathews for 1, 51 for 3. A bit of rain comes down and both teams have a look at their DL sheets, Sri Lanka are way behind DL par score at the moment.
  Narine bowls the 13th over and gets Mahela out first ball, who tried a reverse sweep and got it horribly wrong. Another wicket goes, a run out 2 balls later and it's all changed around, the Sri Lankans are looking glum and the West Indians quite happy, 64 for 5 at the end of the 13th.
  Samuels bowls the 14th and first ball another run out, brilliantly done by the keeper Ramdin, Perera gone. The ground has suddenly gone very quiet, Sri Lanka need 11 runs an over now. Next over and Sammy takes another wicket, a slower ball caught at long off, 69 for 7 and Mahela is deep in thought in the dug out, he must be thinking, not again...
  Kulasekara hits Rampaul for 22 in the 16th, is there hope still for Sri Lanka? The answer is no as Kula is out to Narine next over, caught by Badree, 96 for 8. Sri Lanka's 100 comes up in the 18th, followed next ball by another wicket, Samuels gets Ajantha out, 100 for 9. Malinga and Dananjaya at the crease, they need 37 runs from 2 overs. But Narine only needs 4 balls in the 19th and Malinga is out caught and that's that, 101 all out, the West Indies win by 36 runs in 18.4 overs.
  
  Wow, what a game, the West Indians are dancing and celebrating in true caribbean style, and I'm happy too as I had Windies to win :)
  
  

• RE: ICC World T20

  killer786 > 12/02/2014, 13:39

  i think the icc champions trophy was a good tournament considering the big teams having big key players which can make a difference in bowling and batting. Australia over the last 5, 6 years having dominating this cup are favourites.
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