IPL 2012

Indian Premiere League

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India Vs England T20I, Oct 2011

One-off India vs England Twenty20 International at Calcutta

Consolation win for England in the T20I match

After winning the toss and electing to bat, the Indian team lost Rahane and Uthappa in the first two overs. Virat Kohli followed soon in the 5th over when India's score was only 26. Raina was the top-scorer for the Indian side with 39 runs and took the total up to 74/5. Bopara took 2 more wickets in the 17th over and India plummeted to 91/8. Thanks to MS Dhoni (21) and Ashwin (17*), India were able to get their total into the triple digits with 120/9 in 20 ov. For England, Finn (4-0-22-3) and Bopara (3-1-16-2) were the key bowlers.

England cruised through their innings without any major problems and comfortably found their target 121/4 in 18.4 ov. Player of the Match Pietersen's (53) half century was the highlight of the England innings. Kohli, Raina, Jadeja and Pathan took one wicket each for India.

After losing the ODI series to India 5-0, England were able to find some consolation with this T20 win and remain the No.1 ranked T20 team in the world.

Engand 121/4 (Pietersen 53, Patel 21) beat India 120/9 (Raina 39, Dhoni 21, Ashwin 17*, Finn 3-22, Bopara 2-16, Bresnan 2-19) by 6 wickets

Uthappa likely to play in T20I match

Karnataka batsman Robin Uthappa who hit three back to back half-centuries in domestic Twenty20 tournament for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and a 132 for India Green in the Challengers, Mumbai opener Ajinkya Rahane, and Yusuf Pathan might be in the Indian team for the Twenty20 International against England at Kolkata. Meanwhile, Gautam Gambhir will miss out because of his marriage. Varun Aaron, touted as India's fastest, will also be in the team, on the slow-looking Eden track.

Teams (from):
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Varun Aaron, Robin Uthappa, Rahul Sharma, S Arvind.
England: Graeme Swann (captain), Craig Kieswetter (wicketkeeper), Alex Hales, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Jonathan Bairstow, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Scott Borthwick, Stuart Meaker, Steven Finn, Graham Onions, Jos Buttler.

Match starts at 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST | 10:30 EDT

Reigning World Twenty20 champions England #1 T20 side, India 5th

Reigning World Twenty20 champions England are the #1 ranked side in the Twenty20 International team rankings released by ICC in Dubai on Oct 24th. England, which is also the top ranked Test side, has 127 points and leads second-placed Sri Lanka by just one ratings point. Only six ratings points separate the next four sides with New Zealand occupying 3rd position on 117, followed by South Africa, inuagural Twenty20 winner in 2007 India, and Australia. The 2009 champions Pakistan are seventh in the list.

India vs Srilanka T20 Cricket Series Nov-Dec 2009

India vs Sri Lanka - 2nd Twenty20 international in Mohali

Mohali T20: Sehwag, Yuvraj help India thrash Sri Lanka (IND-SRL: 1-1|2)

A spectacular finish by birthday boy Yuvraj Singh (60 of 25 balls) helped India win the second T20 match in Mohali by six wickets and draw the two-match series 1-1. A dazzling half-century by Virendra Sehwag (64 off 36 balls) set things in motion for India, chasing a mammoth target of 207 runs, thanks largely to Kumara Sangakkara's superb 59 off 31 balls. Sangakkara won the Man of the Series award, as this came after the match winning 37-ball 78 in Nagpur.

The match saw India dropping about six catches, and Sri Lanka missing one run-out chance after another. The Indian bowlers also bowled 17 wides in 20 overs. India would have lost this match (making it the fifth loss in a row) but for the Yuvraj - Dhoni partnership which blasted 80 runs off just 6 overs to secure the highest successful chase in T20 internationals.
Yuvraj Singh won the Man of the Match award for his 60 not out that included 3 fours and 5 sixes off just 25 balls, and taking 3-23 in 3 overs.

India 211/4 (Sehwag 64, Yuvraj 60*, Dhoni 46) beat Sri Lanka 206/7 (Sangakkara 59, Jayasinghe 38, Yuvraj 3-23) by six wickets

Mohali T20: Sreesanth diagnosed with swine flu, Team manager also in hospital

Indian cricket team manager Mayank Sekhar was admitted to a local hospital in Mohali late Friday night - the evening before the second T20 match - with flu-like symptoms. Pacer S Sreesanth was diagnosed with swine flu on Thursday.

After Wednesday's thrashing at Nagpur - India's fourth loss in succession - the former World Twenty20 Champions are looking to win this match to level the series 1-1. Rohit Sharma, who injured his shoulder during India's 29 run defeat, will also miss the game.

Teams for Twenty20: INDIA T20 (from) MS Dhoni (Capt/Wkt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ashok Dinda, Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha.
SRI LANKA T20 (from) Kumar Sangakkara (Capt/Wkt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muthiah Muralitharan, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Dilhara Fernando, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Chanaka Welegedara.

India vs Sri Lanka - 1st Twenty20 international in Nagpur

Nagpur T20: Sri Lanka beat India by 29 runs (IND-SRL: 0-1|2)

Man of the Match Kumar Sangakkara hit 78 off 37 balls which included 11 boundaries and two sixes to lead Sri Lanka to a 29-run win over India in the first of two Twenty20 internationals. Sri Lanka raced to 215-5 with help from Chamara Kapugedera (47 not out from 20 balls), Tillakaratne Dilshan (34) and Sanath Jayasuriya (26).

Gambhir (55 off 26 balls) gave India a great start, but the middle order collapsed and India finished the 20 overs at 186/9. Ashish Nehra’s 22 in 13 balls was not enough to see the team through. Jayasuriya took 2-19 and Angelo Mathews 2-30.
India's losing T20 streak extended to four with this loss.

Sri Lanka 215 for 5 (Sangakkara 78*, Kapugedera 47) beat India 186 for 9 (Gambhir 55) by 29 runs

Nagpur T20: Srilanka's fight for honor

Recently crowned World Number One Test team, India, will look to assert their supremacy in the shortest format as well when they clash against Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 International in Nagpur today. For India, youngsters Ashok Dinda and R Ashwin are in the team, replacing fast bowler Zaheer Khan and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan and Rohit Sharma would shore up the middle-order along with Yuvraj Singh and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After winning the World Twenty20 in 2007, India has not played well in the international arena. In nine Twenty20 internationals since 2008, they have lost six and won only three - one each against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Ireland.

The tourists have brought in right-arm sling-action bowler Lasith Malinga, who missed the Test series because of an injury, to strengthen their pace bowling attack. Muttiah Muralidaran, who is nursing an injured finger, might not play.

Teams for Twenty20: INDIA T20 (probable team) Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Pragyan Ojha, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra.
SRI LANKA T20 (probable team) Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Chanaka Welegedara.

ICC World Twenty20

ICC World Twenty20 England 2009

The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is the World Championship for Cricket in the Twenty20 format. There are 12 teams competing in the Group Stages. The first two placed teams from each of the four groups (Group A to D) will move on to the Super Eights. Each team plays three games against teams they have not already played. (Teams divided into Group E and Group F). Fixtures are predetermined and have no connection to who finished first and second in the group. No points are carried forward from group stages. Top two teams in Groups E and F qualify for semi-finals.

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International Twenty20 Matches

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka T20I Series, Sept 2009

Colombo - Second T20I: New Zealand embarrass Sri Lanka again in T20 (NZL 2:0|2)

New Zealand recorded their second Twenty20 success over Sri Lanka in three days with a 22-run victory on Friday that helped them sweep the two-match series.
34-year-old Shane Bond, into his second international comeback-match, claimed three wickets for 18, while Jesse Ryder clobbered 52 off 37 deliveries and Brendon McCullum made 49 off 34, the two putting on 84 for the opening wicket in quick time as the visitors piled on a formidable 170-4 after Daniel Vettori won a good toss.

In reply, Mahela Jayawardene then made 41 and Kumar Sangakkara struck a valiant 69, but the home side managed only 148-8.

New Zealand 170/4 (Ryder 52, McCullum 49) beat Sri Lanka 148/8 (Sangakkara 69, Jayawardene 41, Bond 3-18, Nathan McCullum 2-18 ) by 22 runs

Colombo - First T20I: Oram hat-trick stun Sri Lanka (NZL 1:0|2)

Sri Lanka opener Tillakaratne Dilshan slammed 57 off 28 deliveries to put the hosts well on course to reach a target of 142 at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, before Jacob Oram took a hat-trick to help New Zealand secure a three-run success in the first T20 international.

Oram's hat-trick - the second in a T20 international after Australia's Brett Lee - started with the last ball of the 17th over when he got the wicket of Angelo Mathews. Oram returned to bowl the final over and stunned Sri Lanka by claiming two more wickets from the first two balls.
The second and final match of the series is also in Colombo on Friday.

New Zealand 141/8 (Taylor 60, Malinga 2-21) beat Sri Lanka 137/9 (Dilshan 57, Oram 3-32) by three runs

Australia vs England, In England, Aug-Sep 2009

Manchester - Second T20I: No result, again! (ENG 0:0|2)

The second Twenty20 international between England and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to waterlogged bowlers' run-ups at the Brian Statham End of the ground.

Match abandoned: No ball bowled.

Manchester - First T20I: Play abandoned due to rain (ENG 0:0|2)

A flashy start by Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson at Old Trafford had reduced England to four for two in reply to Australia's 145, when rain brought an early end to the match.

Match abandoned: Australia 145/4 (White 55, Collingwood 2-20) v England 4/2

Australia v South Africa Cricket Series 2009

AUS v SA, 2nd T20, Centurion: South Africa beat Australia to clinch series (SA 2:0|2)

Johan Botha led his team from the front to guide South Africa to a 17-run victory over Australia in the second Twenty20 international in Pretoria on Sunday.
The Proteas captain took two wickets for 16 runs and was given good support from debutants Yusuf Abdullah (one for 16) and Roelof van der Merwe (one for 30), while Johann Louw (two for 36) also chipped in as the visitors were limited to 139 for eight. Van der Merwe also made a useful contribution with the bat, slamming 48 from only 30 deliveries as the hosts posted 156 for five.

AUS v SA, 2nd T20, Centurion: South Africa 156-5 (20.0 overs) beat Australia 139-8 (20.0 overs) by 17 runs

AUS v SA, 1st T20, Johannesburg: South Africa beat Australia by four wickets (SA 1:0|2)

Powerful boundary-hitting from Albie Morkel and Mark Boucher in the last five overs of the innings Friday took South Africa to a four-wicket victory with four balls to spare over Australia in a Twenty20 cricket match.
South Africa finished on 168-6 in reply to Australia's 166-7 to go 1-0 up in the two-match series. The second game will be played at Centurion on Sunday.
Earlier, David Hussey smashed 88 not out off 44 balls to guide Australia to a defendable total. He smacked five fours and six sixes after coming to the wicket with the score on 16-2. The only other Australian batsman to make a meaningful contribution was opener David Warner, who hit four fours and a six to score 38.

AUS v SA, 1st T20, Johannesburg: South Africa 168-6 (19.2 overs) beat Australia 166-7 (20.0 overs) by 4 wickets

West Indies vs England Cricket Series 2008-09

WI v ENG, Twenty20, Trinidad: Sarwan steers West Indies to six-wicket win over England (WI 1:0|1)

An inspired performance by Ramnaresh Sarwan steered the West Indies to a comfortable six-wicket victory over England in their one-off Twenty20 match at the Queen's Park Oval on Sunday.
Sarwan helped run out two England players and then hit a fine 59 to spur the West Indies to 123-4 off 18 overs, finishing with 12 balls remaining, in reply to the visitors' modest 121 all out off 19.1 overs. Opener Steve Davies, on his international debut, topscored for England with 27. But Sulieman Benn took 3-24 and a total of three run outs caused England's innings to stutter.
There was also a wicket apiece for Lionel Baker (1-12), Darren Sammy (1-14), Fidel Edwards (1-18) and Dwayne Bravo (1-34). The West Indies lost an early wicket but Sarwan, the standout batsman in the preceding test series, guided his side to victory.
Having already engineered the runouts of Gareth Batty and Dimitri Mascarenhas, the 28-year-old right-hander lashed four fours and two sixes off 46 balls before he fell with the victory in sight. Lendl Simmons contributed a level-headed 23 not out while Kieron Pollard (4 not out) ended the match with a boundary.

WI v ENG, Twenty20, Trinidad: West Indies 123-4 (18.0 overs) beat England 121 (19.1 overs) by 6 wickets

Twenty20 International History

First Twenty20 Internationals

On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's full international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland. The game was played in a light-hearted manner - both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the 1980s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by the Beige Brigade. Some of the players also sported moustaches/beards and hair styles popular in the 1980s taking part in a competition amongst themselves for best retro look, at the request of the Beige Brigade. Australia won the game comprehensively, and as the result became obvious towards the end of the NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously - Glenn McGrath jokingly replayed the Trevor Chappell underarm incident from a 1981 ODI between the two sides, and Billy Bowden showed him a mock red card (red cards are not normally used in cricket) in response.

The first Twenty20 international in England was played between England and Australia at the Rose Bowl in Hampshire on the 13 June 2005, which England won by a record margin of 100 runs.

On 9 January 2006 Australia and South Africa met in the first international Twenty20 game in Australia. In a first, each player's nickname appeared on the back of his uniform, rather than his surname. The international match drew a crowd of 38,894 people at the The Gabba. Australia convincingly won the match with man of the match Damien Martyn scoring 96 runs.

On 16 February 2006 New Zealand defeated West Indies in a tie-breaking bowl-out 3-0; 126 runs were scored apiece in the game proper. The game was the last international match played by Chris Cairns - NZC handed out life-size cardboard masks of his face to patrons as they entered the ground.

Indian Cricket League Season 2

2008 ICL 20-20 Indian Championship

Lahore Badshahs lift ICL Trophy

Favourites Lahore Badshahs lived up to their reputation and annexed the ICL Twenty20 League title after an easy eight-wicket win over Hyderabad Heroes in the third final on Sunday. Imran Nazir cracked a huge six to land the winning runs as Lahore won the best-of-three finals 2-1.

LB v HH, 3rd Final: Lahore Badshahs 160 for 2 (13.5 overs) beat Hyderabad Heroes 158 for 7 (20.0 overs) by 8 wickets

Twenty20 Cup

Twenty20 Cup 2009

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When the Benson And Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the England and Wales Cricket Board needed another one day competition to fill its place.

Inter-Provincial Twenty20

Inter-Provincial Twenty20 2009

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State Twenty20

State Twenty20

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National Elite League Twenty20

National Elite League Twenty20 2009

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