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Mature Shahid Afridi eyes Twenty20 defence
Rejuvinated by his recent limited-overs form, Shahid Afridi has set his sights on helping Pakistan retain their World Twenty20 title in the third edition of the tournament, to be held in the Caribbean next April. Afridi was named Twenty20 captain aft...
Pakistan to bid for Twenty20 World Cup 2014
Pakistan’s cricket board is planning a bid to host the 2014 Twenty20 World Cup in the hope that the security situation in the country improves over the next five years, local media reported on Monday. “Hopefully by that time the condition...
Twenty20 vision threatens to blind Champions Trophy
Thrilling contests will be the order of the day at the Champions Trophy, especially following a raging debate over the future of one-day cricket. The 11-year-old tournament may have witnessed many nail-biting matches, but is still competing with the ...
Younus confident Pakistan can build on T20 success
Captain Younus Khan believes Pakistan can build on their World Twenty20 success when they vie for an elusive Champions Trophy title in South Africa. Pakistan, who have never won or played in the final of the Champions Trophy since its inception in 19...
Flintoff’s retirement spells fears for the future of Tests
Andrew Flintoff’s upcoming retirement has provoked cynical rumblings across the land as to the motives of England’s talisman. In an age where money talks most, many feel that Flintoff’s focus has been drawn from his country to the millions he c...
T20 is more demanding than Tests and ODIs: Afridi
Flamboyant Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi is a miffed man, who believes the team did not get enough time to celebrate their Twenty20 World Cup triumph. Afridi, who skipped the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka, said the feeling of winning th...
Twenty20 Test matches in future?
How about a Twenty20 Test match? Sounds odd but who knows, it could become a reality in future. As the ICC mulls on ways to save Test cricket from the Twenty20 onslaught, a new format of a two innings Twenty20 match is slowly gaining momentum. And ma...
I could have sued PCB for revealing warts - Shoaib
Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said he considered suing the Pakistan cricket management for revealing, in a public statement, the skin ailment that forced him to miss last month’s World Twenty20. The PCB’s statement on his fitness ahead of...
England drawn with Windies at World Twenty20 2010
England have been grouped with hosts West Indies and one qualifier in the World Twenty20 tournament in 2010. The West Indies, who knocked England out of this year’s tournament, will open the competition on 30 April. Holders Pakistan face Austra...
Twenty20 cricket comes of age
When cricket historians look back in years to come they may well decide that 2009 was the year that the Twenty20 format came of age. They will say this was the year when the unruly offspring joined the accepted family of cricket’s formats. Perhaps ...
Tim’s World Twenty20 2009 team of the tournament
Tim Evershed of Twenty20Blog.co.uk shares his ultimate World Twenty20 2009 team, in batting order: 1) Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilshan was the worthy winner of the ICC’s Player of the Tournament award and despite his failure in the final we had no hesi...
Pakistan claim World Twenty20 title with win over Sri Lanka
Runners-up last time, Pakistan went one better in the midsummer sunshine at Lord’s, winning the World Twenty20 by eight wickets with eight balls to spare. It was an emotional occasion for a side who have been disenfranchised by terrorism, unabl...
Finalists ready for Lords
Sri Lanka feel Shahid Afridi is a major threat to their hopes of being crowned ICC World Twenty20 champions at Lord’s on Sunday. The all-rounder put in a man-of-the-match performance to help Pakistan beat favourites South Africa in the semi-fin...
World Twenty20 sets a new benchmark
As befits a game where the importance of every scrambled single, every dropped catch and every dot ball is magnified, the players within the boundary rope were not the only ones feeling the pressure as the ICC World Twenty20 Cup began inauspiciously ...
Afridi steers Pakistan into final
Shahid Afridi put in a stirring all-round performance as Pakistan toppled tournament favourites South Africa in the first World Twenty20 semi-final. Afridi blitzed 51 off 34 balls and then removed batsmen Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers in his fi...
Why the best is yet to come in World Twenty20
The holders have gone and the hosts are out. As for Australia, it was hardly worth them turning up. But, despite a little too much rain and not quite enough sunshine, the World Twenty20 has brightened up cricket fans’ lives for the past fortnig...
Younus inspired by Woolmer
Pakistan captain Younus Khan wants to pay tribute to former coach Bob Woolmer by winning the ICC World Twenty20. The former England batsman died in Jamaica during the 2007 World Cup, hours after his side had suffered a shock defeat to Ireland. Younu...
Windies knockout England to make semis
Hosts England went from elation to despair in the space of a few minutes as West Indies eliminated them from the ICC World Twenty20 at The Oval. Facing an adjusted target of 80 off nine overs after a rain interruption, Chris Gayle’s side were ...
Pakistan too strong for Ireland
Ireland bowed out of the ICC World Twenty20 after a 39-run defeat to Pakistan at The Oval in their final Super Eights match. Pakistan’s captain Younus Khan had spoken of his desire to “crush” the Irish in revenge for their shock rev...
Gul haul sinks New Zealand
Umar Gul became the first man to take five wickets in a Twenty20 international as Pakistan thrashed New Zealand in the Super Eights. Right-arm seamer Gul returned 5-6 to help bowl the Kiwis out for 99, the lowest total of the tournament so far. Shahz...
Sri Lanka maintain winning ways
Sri Lanka made a fine start to their World Twenty20 Super Eights campaign, beating Pakistan by 19 runs at Lord’s. Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan (46) put on 81 for Sri Lanka before Shahid Afridi (2-23) removed both openers to stem t...
The Business End of Proceedings
Finally, it seems, the ICC may have actually organised a tournament that retains its competitiveness and unpredictability beyond the opening ceremony. The Twenty20 World Cup has thrown up some great games of cricket and some real upsets: from the Net...
Pakistan go through with easy win
Pakistan secured a place in the Super Eight phase of the World Twenty20 after thrashing the Netherlands by 82 runs. Kamran Akmal (41) fired two sixes and Younus Khan (36) hit three as Pakistan made 175-5 after opting to bat first. The target of 176 w...
Revitalised England thrash Pakistan
England bounced back from their ignominious loss to the Netherlands with a 48-run win over Pakistan which guarantees their progress into the Super Eight phase of the ICC World Twenty20. Vitally, Kevin Pietersen was passed fit to play despite his on-o...
ICC World Twenty20 2009: Tournament Preview
The cricket pitches are ready, the teams have arrived, the television cameras are in place, the warm-up is over and if the marketing campaign is to be believed we are about to witness one of the best cricket competitions ever staged. The second ICC T...
Invasion of Twenty20: Making cricket entertaining
The face of cricket, as it had been known to the pundits, has been almost irreversibly altered by a format of the game, which had been scoffed at to begin with as another one akin to the one found in a charity game, but has since then, been accepted ...
