 WI see off England in rain-hit clash on D/L methodPROVIDENCE, Guyana: West Indies won through to the second round of the World Twenty20 after beating England by eight wickets in a match whose context was completely changed by rain here on Monday. England made a challenging total of 191 for five, featuring 55 from former Ireland batsman Eoin Morgan, after being sent-in to bat by West Indies captain Chris Gayle. But rain, which had interrupted Sri Lanka's match against Zimbabwe here earlier in the day, returned after the West Indies had started their reply in barnstorming fashion to be 30 without loss at the Guyana National Stadium. And when play resumed, the West Indies were left with a revised target of 60 in six overs, under the Duckworth/Lewis method for rain-affected matches. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (15 not out) and Andre Fletcher (12 not out) saw the hosts to victory with a ball to spare as they scored the eight runs they needed off the last over, from fast bowler Stuart Broad. England now have a winner-takes-all clash against Ireland, who suffered a 70-run Group D thrashing by the West Indies last week, here on Tuesday to decide which team will join the hosts in the Super Eights. Left-hander Morgan faced just 35 balls and struck three sixes and six fours. Together with Luke Wright, unbeaten on 45 off 27 balls, he put on 95 for the fifth wicket. England started well thanks to their new South Africa born opening pair of Michael Lumb and Craig Kieswetter. Lumb, on his international debut, took 16 off one Ravi Rampaul over. Fast bowler Rampaul's three overs cost a hugely expensive 52 runs in total. Wicketkeeper Kieswetter struck three sixes in as many balls, one off Rampaul and two off Nikita Miller. But in-form West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy checked England's progress with two wickets in the tenth over, bowling England captain Paul Collingwood for six and inducing Kevin Pietersen (24) to hole out to midwicket. With England 88 for four at the halfway mark, Morgan and Wright consolidated before going for their shots, Wright striking two sixes off Kieron Pollard's first over. Morgan then demonstrated his dexterity by sweeping Dwayne Bravo for six, with England scoring 76 runs in the final five overs of their innings. |
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| Pakistan’s Oz nightmare continues GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: Shane Watson top-scored with 81 as Australia punished lax Pakistan fielding to win their opening World Twenty20 match by a convincing 34 run margin here on Sunday. | |
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| Pakistan need Asif, says Akram NEW DELHI: Wasim Akram is surprised at the exclusion of Mohammed Asif from Pakistan’s first two matches in the World Twenty20 and feels the defending champions need the fast bowler to streng... more | |
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| Raina hails Dhoni and Kirsten GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: Suresh Raina praised the influence of India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Gary Kirsten after he became only the third player to scored a Twenty20 internatio... more | |
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| Afridi rues poor fielding KARACHI: It was a new venue and a different competition but Pakistan came out with the same old excuse as their captain Shahid Afridi declared that poor fielding let the Greenshirts down in ... more | |
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| Mahela, rain give Lanka crucial win GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Rain did not give Zimbabwe even a chance to chase the big target as they lost on the Duckworth-Lewis method by 14 runs against Sri Lanka, after just batting for five over... more | |
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| Clarke enthused by Australia’s ‘Plan B23 GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: Australia captain Michael Clarke was confident his side had all bases covered after they began their World Twenty20 campaign with a 34-run win over defending champio... more | |
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| Need to rethink team strategy ISLAMABAD: Pakistan completed their group matches in the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies on Sunday night with a 1-1 win-loss record. Shahid Afridi’s men have not been impressive... more | |
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| Easy wins for Pakistan, England ST KITTS: Pakistan women eased to a six-wicket victory over West Indies in a warm-up game at Basseterre. In a fourteen-member-a-side match, the home side posted 117 after choosing to bat, wi... more | |
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| Sarfaraz slams lack of strategy in Oz loss ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan fast bowler Safraz Nawaz termed the poor planning, that saw Mohammad Hafeez being ask to bowl up front, as the reason of defeat against Australia in the second poo... more | |
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| Pakistan beaten because of complacency: Zaheer Abbas KARACHI: Highly pleased by their 21-run triumph in their World Cup opener against Bangladesh, Pakistani players showed complacency in their second match of the event against Australia and as... more | |
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| Ronaldo keeps Real in title hunt MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals, including a late headed winner, as Real Madrid twice came from behind to beat Osasuna 3-2 on Sunday and cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona t... more | |
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| Lippi names 29-man squad for training camp MILAN Amauri’s hopes of playing at the World Cup look to be over after the Brazil-born Juventus striker was not included in an Italy training squad on Sunday. The 29-year-old, never c... more | |
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| Germany’s Kuranyi overlooked for World Cup BERLIN: Germany coach Joachim Loew said on Monday that Schalke striker Kevin Kuranyi, one of the Bundesliga’s top scorers this season, will not be in the World Cup squad to be unveiled later... more | |
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| Inter close in on treble MILAN: Treble-chasing Inter Milan powered back to the Serie A summit on Sunday with a 2-0 win at Lazio which was bizarrely celebrated by both sets of fans. Even though the defeat mean... more | |
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| Awesome Nadal shows no signs of letting up ROME: Rafael Nadal breezed to a fifth Rome Masters title in six years and then revealed that he is losing none of the fire that has seen him dominate clay tennis since 2005. The 23-ye... more | |
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| India’s CWG boss told his time is up NEW DELHI: India’s long-serving Olympic chief Suresh Kalmadi was on Monday given a government deadline to quit, prompting criticism exactly five months before the country hosts the Commonwea... more | |
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| Hamza wins golf title in Austria ISLAMABAD: Hamza Amin, son of country’s leading senior Taimur Hasan has made the country proud by winning the Austrian Amateur Golf beating one of the European top golfer in the process. ... more | |
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| Bits and Pieces BCCI panel endorses charges against Modi MUMBAI: Lalit Modi’s alleged financial irregularities dominated the discussion in Sunday’s BCCI working committee meeting, during which the me... more | |
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| Briefs... Injured Murali out of World T20 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka suffered a major blow to their World Twenty20 campaign when veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was sidelined with a groin inju... more | |
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| Windies beat England by 8 wickets in rain-hit match PROVIDENCE: West Indies cricket defeated England by eight wickets in a rain-interrupted match of World Twenty20 cup here on Monday. After the rain interruption, the target was revised, be... more | |
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