News to Digest - World T20 2010

World witnessed an amazing display of up-coming cricketing nations through ICC World Twenty 20 Qualifier held in Dubai over a week.

Afghanistan and Ireland made their way to the big stage of World T20 2010 to keep the existing 10 World Twenty20 playing nations guessing! Lets enjoy what is to be a grandeur, starting April 30th 2010.


Venue: West Indies

Kensington Oval will host the final of WCT20 on April 30th 2010

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Pakistan	Srilanka	South Africa	West Indies
Bangladesh	New Zealand	India	England
Australia	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Ireland

Afghanistan and Ireland qualify via, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010 held in Dubai

Victory by Largest Margin

By Runs

130 runs by South Africa vs Scotland (Target 212)

By Wickets

8 wickets by India vs Ireland (Target 113)

Summary of 1st Semi-Final

Cricket fervent witnessed a splendid performance of two teams and no doubt both the team kept the spirit of the game going.

Pakistan winning by just the 7 runs to enter into Grand Finale at Lord's on Sunday 21st of June 2009 with Shahid Afridi being man of the match for his contribution of 2/16 from 4 Overs.

South African Score Card 1st Semi-Final(WC T20)

Total Score
142/5 in 20 Overs (7.10 runs per over)

Extras: 16

Overs	1st ball	2nd ball	3rd ball	4th ball	5th ball	6th ball	Bowler
1	0	0	0	4	0	1	Razzaq
2	4	0	4	0	0	2	Aamer
3	4	1	1	0	4	1	Razzaq
4	2	0	1	0	1	0	Aamer
5	0	1	2	1	4	1	Razzaq
6	0	1	0	0	W	0	Aamer
7	4	0	1	0	1	W	Afridi
8	1	0	1	0	1	0	Ajmal
9	1	0	W	0	1	1	Afridi
10	4	1	2	0	1	1	Ajmal
11	0	1	0	0	1	1	Afridi
12	1	0	0	1	1	2	Malik
13	1	1	0	0	1	1	Afridi
14	4	0	1	0	0	4	Gul
15	1	1	1	4	6	2	Alam
16	1	1	1	1	2	1	Ajmal
17	0	1	1	1	2	1	Gul
18	W	1	1	4	4	0	Ajmal
19	1	1	1	1	1	1	Gul
20	0	6	W	2	4	2	Aamer

World T20 1st Semi-Final - Pakistan vs South Africa

Pakistan have won the toss and will bat

Pakistan Playing XI

S Hasan
K Akmal
A Razzaq
S Malik
Y Khan
Misbah
S Afridi
F Alam
Umar Gul
S Ajmal
M Aamer

South Africa Playing XI

G Smith
J Kallis
H Gibbs
AB de Villiers
JP Duminy
M Boucher
J Morkel
RE van der Merwe
W Parnell
J Bhota
D Steyn

South Africa v/s India (Super 8 match)

SA won by 12 runs

South African Score Card
130/5 in 20 Overs (6.50 runs per over)

AB de Villiers 63 runs with 7 fours

Indian Bowling Card
Harbhajan
4 Overs 1/20

Indian Batting Card
118/8 in 20 Overs (5.90 runs per over)

R Sharma 29 runs with 3 fours
Yuvraj 25 runs with a four and six respectively

South African Bowling Card
Botha
4 Overs 3/16

Srilanka v/s Newzealand Score Card

Sri Lanka won by 48 runs

Srilankan Score Card
158/5 in 20 Overs (7.90 runs per over)

Dilshan 48 runs with 5 fours
Jayawardene 41 runs with 6 fours and 1 six

New Zealand Bowling Card
Vettori
4 Overs 2/32

New Zealand Score Card
110/10 in 17 Overs (6.47 runs per over)

Guptill 43 runs with 4 fours and 1 six

Srilanka Bowling Card
Mendis
3 Overs 3/9

England v/s WestIndies

England won the toss and chose to bat

England Playing XI

Bopara
Wright
Pietersen
Shah
Colingwood
Foster
Swann
Broad
Rashid
Sidebottom
Anderson

West Indies Playing XI

Gayle
Fletcher
Simmons
Bravo
Pollard
Chanderpaul
Sarwan
Ramdin
Sammy
Tayor
Benn

India v/s West Indies(World T20 Super 8)

WEST INDIES SCORE CARD

West Indies won by 7 wickets

Total Score: 150/3 in 18.4 Overs

Extras: 6

Overs	1st ball	2nd ball	3rd ball	4th ball	5th ball	6th ball	Bowler
1	0	0	0	4	0	4	Zaheer
2	0	W	1	0	1	1	Irfan
3	1	0	1	0	4	0	Yusuf
4	4	0	1	0	1	0	Irfan
5	1	4	0	1	0	2	Yusuf
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	Harbhajan
7	4	1	0	0	1	1	Ishanth
8	1	1	1	W	1	1	Yusuf
9	1	0	2	1	1	4	Ojha
10	1	4	0	0	2	1	Yusuf
11	1	1	1	4	1	1	Ojha
12	2	4	1	0	1	2	Harbhajan
13	0	0	0	2	4	1	Zaheer
14	1	1	1	1	4	1	Ishanth
15	1	1	W	6	2	1	Ojha
16	1	1	2	1	0	1	Harbhajan
17	1	2	6	2	1	4	Ishanth
18	0	4	2	1	4	4	Harbhajan
19	1	2	1	6	-	-	Zaheer
20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HARBHAJAN's Madien Over 'The 6th Over' in West Indies innings

India v/s West Indies(World T20 Super 8 : Match 4 )

India won the toss and elected to bat

India Playing XI

Gambhir
Sharma
Dhoni
Raina
Yuvraj
Yusuf Pathan
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Ishanth Sharma
Ojha

West Indies Playing XI

Gayle
Fletcher
Sarwan
Chanderpaul
Simmons
Bravo
Pollard
Ramdin
Taylor
Benn
Edwards

Srilanka v/s Pakistan(T20 Worldcup Super Eight Match 3)

Srilanka won the toss and chose to bat

Srilanka won the match by 19 runs

Srilankan Score Card

150/7 in 20 Overs(7.50 runs per over)

Top Scorer

Dilshan 46 runs form 39 balls with 8 fours

Jayasuriya 26 runs from 24 balls with 2 fours and 1 six

Best Bowler

Malinga
4 Overs 3/17


Pakistan Score Card

151 allout in 20 Overs (6.55 runs per over)

Top Scorer

Younis Khan 50 runs from 37 balls with 4 four's

Shoaib Malik 28 runs from 20 balls with 5 four's

Best Bowler

Afridi
4 Overs 2/23

Australia vs West Indies (T20 Worldcup Match 3 )

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

West Indies won the match by 7 wickets and 4.1 overs to spare

Man of the Match - Chris Gayle

West Indies Score Card

172/3 in 15.5 Overs (10.86 RPO)

Player Name	runs	balls	4's	6's
Gayle(out)	88	50	6	6
Fletcher(out)	53	32	7	1
Marshall(out)	8	12	0	0
Chanderpaul	0	1	0	0
Sarwan	8	2	2	0

Australia ScoreCard

169/7 in 20 Overs (8.45 RPO)

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Player Name	runs	balls	4's	6's
Watson(out)	0	3	0	0
Warner(out)	63	53	6	1
Ponting(out)	0	1	0
Clarke(out)	2	7	0	0
Haddin	24	19	2	1
D.Hussey(out)	27	16	0	3
M.Hussey	28	15	3	1
Johnson(out)	9	7	1	0
Lee	1	1	0	0

Australia Playing XI

Ponting
Watson
Warner
Haddin
Clarke
M Hussey
D Hussey
Hopes
Johnson
Lee
Bracken


West Indies Playing XI

Gayle
Fletcher
Chanderpaul
Marshall
Sarwan
Bravo
Ramdin
Pollard
Taylor
Edwards
Benn

England Vs Netherland - 1st Match(Inaugural Match)

Netherland won the toss and elected to bowl

England Playing XI

Morgan
Rashid
Broad
Foster
Bopara
Sidebottom
Wright
Collingwood
Anderson
Shah
Key

Netherlands Playing XI

Borren
D van Bunge
Schiferli
Smits
Reekers
T de Grooth
D Nannes
Kervezee
R ten Doeschate
Seelaar
Zuiderent

NewZealand squad for T20 Worldcup

Coach: Andy Moles

No.	Name	Age
1	Daniel Vettori	30
2	Brendon Mccullum	27
3	Martin Guptill	22
4	Jesse Ryder	24
5	Ross Taylor	25
6	Scott Styris	33
7	Neil Broom	25
8	Jacob Oram	30
9	James Franklin	28
10	Nathan Mccullum	28
11	Ian Butler	27
12	Peter McGlashan	29
13	Kyle Mills	30
14	Brendon Diamanti	28
15	Iain O'Brein	32

Australia squad for T20 WorldCup 2009

Coach: Tim Nielsen

No.	Name	Age
1	Ricky Ponting	34
2	Micheal Clarke	28
3	Nathan Bracken	31
4	Brad Haddin	31
5	Nathan Hauritz	27
6	Bel Hilfenhaus	26
7	James Hopes	30
8	Mickeal Hussey	33
9	David Hussey	31
10	Mitchell Johnson	27
11	Bret Lee	32
12	Peter Siddle	24
13	Andrew Symonds	33
14	David Warner	22
15	Shane Watson	27

Bangladesh squad for T20 WorldCup 2009

Coach: Jamie Siddons

No.	Name	Age
1	Mohammad Ashraful	24
2	Abdur Razzak	26
3	Junaid Siddique	21
4	Mahmudullah	23
5	Mashrafe Mortaza	25
6	Mushfiqur Rahim	20
7	Mithun Ali	19
8	Naeem Islam	22
9	Rubel Hossain	19
10	Raqibul Hasan	21
11	Shakib Al Hasan	22
12	Tamim Iqbal	20
13	Shahadat Hossain	22
14	Syed Rasel	24
15	Shamsur Rahman	20

Srilanka squad for Worldcup T20 2009

No.	Name	Age
1	Kumar Sangakkara	31
2	Indika De Saram	35
3	Sanath Jayasuriya	39
4	Tillakaratne Dilshan	32
5	Mahela Jayawardene	31
6	Nuwan Kulasekara	26
7	Farveez Maharoof	24
8	Lasith Malinga	25
9	Angelo Mathews	21
10	Jehan Mubarak	28
11	Ajantha Mendis	24
12	Muttiah Muralitharan	37
13	Chamara Silva	29
14	Thilan Thushara	28
15	Isuru Udana	21

Ireland's squad for T20 2009

Coach: Phil Simmons

No.	Name	Age
1	William Porterfield	24
2	Jeremy Bray	35
3	Peter Connell	27
4	Andre Botha	33
5	Alex Cusack	28
6	John Mooney	27
7	Trent Johnston	35
8	Kyle McCallan	33
9	Kevin O’Brien	25
10	Naill O’Brien	27
11	Boyd Rankin	24
12	Pauk Stirling	18
13	Regan West	30
14	Andrew White	28
15	Gary Wilson	23

Netherlands squad for Worldcup T20 2009

Coach: Peter Drinnen

No.	Name	Age
1	Jeroen Smits	36
2	Peter Borren	25
3	Mudassar Bukhari	25
4	Tom De Grooth	29
5	Maurits Jonkman	23
6	Alexei Kervezee	19
7	Ruud Nijman	26
8	Darron Reekers	35
9	Edgar Schiferli	32
10	Pieter Seelaar	21
11	Daan Van Bunge	26
12	Bas Zuiderent	32
13	Ryan Tan Doeschate	28
14	Eric Szwarczynski	26

Indian Squad for Worldcup T20 2009

Coach: Gary Kirsten

No.	Name	Age
1	MS Dhoni	27
2	Virender Sehwag	30
3	Gautam Gambhir	27
4	Suresh Raina	22
5	Rohit Sharma	22
6	Yuvraj Singh	27
7	Yusuf Pathan	26
8	Irfan Pathan	24
9	Zaheer Khan	30
10	Ishant Sharma	20
11	Ravindra Jadeja	20
12	Pragyan Ojha	22
13	Harbhajan singh	28
14	Praveen Kumar	22
15	RP Singh	23