T20 World Cup Matches Today

In the ICC World Twenty 20 tournament the Super 8 stages have make the series live and more interesting than the dull group stage, that failed  to bring any excitement in the matches. In the Super eights stage of the T20 world cup 2012, all the match has been exciting and very close except the exception of the match played between India and Australia yesterday. India got out to a good start but once wickets fell, they were restricted to a small total of 140 which the 5 specialist bowlers they played were unable to defend. Australian easily achieved the target in the 15th over. Perhaps keeping Virendar Sehwag out of the playing eleven cost the match to team India.

 T20 World Cup Matches Today
Two matches will be played today in ICC World T20 . Here is the detail of the matches:

1.  England v New Zealand at Pallekele from 3:30 local (+5:30 GMT) onwards
2. Sri Lanka v West Indies at Pallekele  from 7:30 local (+5:30 GMT) onwards

West Indies and Sri Lanka have won their previous matches in the Super Eights, thus the winning team from the two today will increase their chances of making it to semi finals. However the real knock out punch would be in the match between England and New Zealand. For the  team loosing in the match it would be virtually end of T20 dream unless some strange calculations comes into play for make the team eligible for the next round.

Both England and New Zealand teams may need to pick the playing combination carefully. Opening batting has been a headache for England with not a single two digit opening partnership so far from the team.New Zealand team on the other hand have lost the match from close margins, they have let victory slip from theirf hands, thus a couple of changes might bring the good luck to the team.

If we consider the second match to be played today between Sri Lanka and West Indies, both the teams  seems to continue with the winning combinations. Let see how both the matches progress and what would the points table look like at end of day today.

Pakistan Take South Africa in a Must win match

Pakistan Take South Africa in a Must win match today. Instead this is a must win match for both the team because a victory here would make life little bit easier for the reaming Super Eight matches for both the team as both team will play against strong India and Australia later.

One thing everybody would love about the super eight matches in ICC Twenty Twenty world cup is that the super eights had made the tournament go live wire. Two matches were played yesterday and we saw T20 cricket magic at its peak. Match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was decided by a super over and Sri Lanka emerged as the winners here.  Second match between West Indies and England was also a close encounter. Though England has lost the match, the way England batsmen chased the score this might have given some tension to the management of Sri Lanka and New Zealand teams.

Let focus on the first match to be played between South Africa and Pakistan. I believe this will be the first tough match for the strong Pakistan team, that have a easy going in T20 world cup so far. Given that they have Australia and India to face later, Pakistan team might need to win this match at any cost. So far the batting of Pakistan team has been consistent and openers have given quick starts to the team, however this time they will face the likes of Dale Steyn and Morkel who are very lethal with the ball in T20 format.

Match is about to begin soon and you all can tune in to your TV sets for pre-match discussions or stay tune at this blog for live scoreboard.

Please note that another interesting match is to follow after this match where India and Australia will be face to face in another close T20 encounter.

Super Eights Match 2 - West Indies vs England

I hope you all liked the Super Eights match one between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.  Before I write here about the second match today between West Indies and England which is just about to begin in next few minutes, I'd like to ask for your appologies about my previous post. There is one correction that I'd like to make that the Super Eight stage is not a knock out state rather all the eight team that have qialified have been placed in two groups, thus each team here will play 3 games each and 2 team from each group will qualify for the semi finals. 

Though England are the defending champions and currently ranked one in the ICC T20 rankings, they have some problems against spin bowling. Since West Indies team have some very quality spin bowlers like Sunil Narine, Gayle, Badree etc, it'd be interesting to see how England batsmen make up for this. West Indies batting on the other hand is most strong batting line in T20s, with some players that can single handly win matches for the team. England team has the dual pressue first to face the spin attach and then stop West Indies hitter from scoring runs. Let see if England can win this match or not.

If you ask me I'd favor the West Indies team as the winners of this match, but since cricket is a game of uncertainity specially the Two format anything can happen. In any cast the game would be an entertainer I guess. Let wait few minutes to catch all the live action and see the scorebaordh ticking live for the match.
 

Super Eights Match Live Score - Sri Lanka v New Zealand

In the first match of the Super Eights in ICC Twenty 20 world cup, host Sri Lanka will face New Zealand. As the group stages matches are over now all the remainng matches are knockout matches i.e the 4 winners from the Super Eights will qualify for the semi finals and then the 2 winners from semi finals will play the final to decide the New T20 world champions.

Both Sri Lanka and New Zealand team have average performance in the T20 world cup 2012 so far. Both teams have won one group stage match and lost one as well. However given that ew Zealand team is little inconveninet against the spin bowlers Sri Lankan team might have a upper edge but at the same time one must not forget that Sri Lankan pitches are not dead for fast bowlers as in the past. Thus New Zealand fast bowler might provide the team a start needed for winning the match.

Match will be played tomorrow, 27-Sept at 15:30 local  (+5:30) at Pallekele stadium Sri Lanka. I hope the weather will not play any spoil sport and we'll see full and entertaining match tomorrow.  Please note that this is not the only match to be played in Super Eights tomorrow, England & West Indies will be face to face in another exciting knock out match that will start after the match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Match will be played at the same ground and you can easily catch all thelive action at our blog.
 

Knock out match for West Indies & Ireland in ICC T20

West Indies and Ireland play an important match today as the winner of the match will proceed to the super eight stage of ICC World T20 tournament and for the other it would be the way for exit. West Indies team was little unlucky to lose the previous match to Australia due to rain.  West Indies team seems to be on the favorites to win the match with the presence of players who have plenty of T20 exposure. West Indies team have players who can win them  matches alone however they need to pick the best bowling combinations and the bowling is little less lethal as compared to batting.

Ireland team on the other team has been playing good cricket at associate levels and they need to give good perfomance to improve the cricket in the nations and the Ireland cricket team is very much focused on the target. A win here for Ireland would the there best performance at an international cricket.

Who they will play in super eights: 
Any of the team who wins the Twenty twenty world cup match today will play against the defending champions England on Thursday, 27th September. That match might be of little less pressure to both the team given the heavy defeat of England by the hands on India in the group stage match yesterday.

Updates from ICC women's T20 world cup:
ICC women's twenty twenty world cup is going to be begin in Sri Lanka on 26th September and the opening match will be played between SL Women v SA Women.  For updates on  ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012 visit the link

India & Pakistan play tough opposition today in ICC T20 world cup

Yesterday in the group stage two important games get spoiled due to rain but fortunately we'd results for both the games. South Africa won the rain hit match against Sri Lanka, the match was shortened to seven overs a side. In the second game which I think was the most interesting game of this T20 world cup far, Australia best West Indies by Duckworth Luis system. In the West Indies innings we saw West Indies post a total of 191runs against strong bowling of Australia. I now understand the difference Chris Gayle makes in a team.

Today India and Pakistan will play their respective matches against England and New Zealand. For India, England and New Zealand these matches are of less importance as both the teams has already qualified for the super eight. However Pakistan is playing their first match of the tournament thus they need to start it off in a winning fashion. We may expect some changes in the playing eleven for India,New Zealand and the defending champions England. However Pakistan team need to pick best eleven in the team and that's what the captain Mohammad Hafeez and coach Dav Whatmore might be thinking about. The match between Pakistan will start at 3:30 pm local time (+5:50 GMT) and though it forecasts about rains I am confident of a full play today.

The second match today between India and England will be played at 7:30 pm local time and this might be another interesting match to watch. England are the defending champions of the twenty twenty world cup while Indians are the winners of the first T20 world cup played.  One thing might be interesting to see is the battle between Stuart Broad and Yuvraj Singh. 5 years back in the history it was Yuvraj Singh who hit the England bowler for 6 consecutive sixes in an over. You can read more about it at this post
Lets wait and watch if something similar happens in the match today or we can see someone taking a ha-trick of wickets. Catch all the live scores and action of the matches in few hours from now. Stay tuned. 

ICC World Twenty20 2012 Match Today

Today on the fourth day of the tournament called ICC World Twenty20 2012, two matches will be played. Before I start my overview of the matches to be played today a sad news for the supporters of Zimbabwe cricket team. Zimbabwe team lost their second consecutive match in the tournament, this time to South Africa. This defeat means end of the gates for the super 8 stage of twenty twenty world cup 2012 for the team. Thus Zimbabwe is officially the first team to be knocked out from  ICC World Twenty20 2012 Match.

Another team is on the verge fo exit from the tournament today. Afghanistan plays against the defending champions and current number one team in T20 i.e. England. If Afghanistan looses the match today then this means they;ll exit the tournament. However given the way the Afghan team played against India, I am sure the match against would be very very interesting and not a dull one sided affair like the match played yesterday between South Africa and Zimbabwe. My best wishes to the defending champions and the Afghanistan team.

Second match will be played between Bangladesh and New Zealand. Both the teams have not won any major international tournament and would like to make a solid start in the tournament by winning the match. Bangladesh team might have the home conditions advantage but New Zealand had some enough practice with the recent outing to India and the practice matches. With Pakistan as the other team of the group it'd be important for Bangladesh and New Zealand to win this match.

So stay tuned for all the major updates about  ICC World Twenty20 2012 Matches !