Ahead of the first T20 match between South Africa and West Indies, Gayle will have to take some smart decisions, if he wants to compete. Although, like the hosts, SA also did not qualify for the semi-final, at the T20 World Cup many of their players performed well. For instance, Langeveldt took a lot of [...]
Before the final, I dreaded the prospect of having to witness a one-sided contest. The actual course of events proved my fear was not unfounded. Except, it was Australia, and not England, that was at the receiving end. Forgive the pun, but hindsight is always 20-20 vision. Look at the pattern of scores by teams [...]
When the Akmal brothers bashed the Aussie bowlers all over the park, I wondered whether Clarke had begun to regret his temporary insanity, in letting Pakistan bat first. And when the Aussies lost wickets in a heap, the feeling got stronger. For the third time, in the tournament, Mike Hussey was there, when it mattered. [...]
In my preview of the first semi-final I had stuck my neck out to predict a win for the team batting first. On the day, Sri Lanka lost little time in metaphorically decapitating my proferred head. In T20 cricket, we have seen batsmen thrive on wickets offering no perceptible help to bowlers, especially if there [...]
It’s only poetic justice in that all 4 semi-finalists at the T20 World Cup owe it to their younger players, for standing up to be counted. Conversely, the younger players of the losing teams failed to fire, when it mattered most. Consider England. The likes of Morgan, Bresnan, Lumb and Kieswetter have all performed consistently [...]
Arguably, the most dreaded of all cricket laws is the Duckworth and Lewis Method. Named after statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, who introduced it to cricket, it is one of those intriguing aspects of sport that never get discussed, despite much confusion as to its basis, or its fairness, in a rain-affected match. Messrs [...]
Past history, assuming it matters, tells us nothing. In the solitary match played between the teams, in June 2006, Lanka got the better of England, winning by 2 runs. In ODIs, England lead Lanka, head to head, by a wafer thin 23-21. Commentators never tire of that hoary old cliché, ‘the better team on the [...]
India lost to Sri Lanka and exited the T20 World Cup in what was an action replay of the 2009 edition of the tournament. On that occasion also, India won two matches in the group stage and lost three in the super eights. With the win over India, Sri Lanka have virtually cemented their spot [...]
Australia are clearly the best team on display. But of all the teams in the tournament, they should be most wary of unpredictable Pakistan. Now that Pakistan have entered the semi-final, they are capable of going all the way. And if they bat first against Australia, they have their best chance of entering the final. [...]
In a previous blog, I stated that a loss to WI would not matter if India beat SL, by a sufficient margin. To make things easier, Australia have thrashed SL by 81 runs. That should put India ahead of SL on net run rate, right? Wrong! Despite their mammoth loss to the Aussies, SL are [...]
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