Category: T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup 2012 Final Preview: Sri Lanka Vs West Indies

| October 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka and the West Indies are set to clash in the final of the T20 World Cup, on Sunday, October 7, and both teams will be desperate to win it. For Sri Lanka, a win in front of their home fans will be especially sweet after being beaten to the title on the last [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Semi-final Preview: Australia Vs West Indies

| October 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Australia and the West Indies are due to face off on Friday, October 5, to help decide which of the two will join Sri Lanka in the final on Sunday. Australia have been the most dominant team of the competition so far and their solitary loss in their last super eights game to Pakistan has [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Semi-final Preview: Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka

| October 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Sri Lanka will clash with Pakistan, at Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium, on Thursday, October 4, for a place in the final of the T20 World Cup. The game will give the hosts a chance to avenge their loss to Pakistan in the 2009 final and they will bank on their home advantage to accomplish that against [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights Preview: Australia Vs Pakistan

| October 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

Australia remain the only unbeaten team ahead of the last two Super Eight games of the 2012 T20 World Cup, as they prepare to take on Pakistan, on Tuesday, October 2, in what could seal the sub-continental team’s fate in the contest. While a win could propel Pakistan into the semi-finals alongside Australia, a loss [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights Preview: Can India Qualify for the Semi-finals?

| October 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

India and South Africa are set to clash on Tuesday, October 2, in a match whose winner could qualify for the semi-finals. For South Africa, winless in two Super Eight group games, Tuesday’s match is a do-or-die affair. A loss would mean curtains, for the Proteas. ———————————————————————————————- Breaking news: Batting first, India have scored 152/6 [...]

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T20 World Cup Super Eights Preview: Australia Vs South Africa

| September 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium will come alive on Sunday when Group 2 giants, Australia and South Africa, clash in a crucial Super Eights that could end the Proteas’ campaign were they to lose it. Australia remain the only unbeaten team of the competition – other than Pakistan — with three wins in as many games played [...]

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T20 World Cup Super Eights Preview: India Vs Pakistan

| September 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

India and Pakistan will cross swords again on Sunday, September 30, when they meet in a group 2 Super eights game. Pakistan have come off a nerve-wracking win against South Africa, while India are still licking their wounds after a walloping by the Aussies, in the sides’ respective first group games. But the results of [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights Preview: Pakistan Vs South Africa

| September 28, 2012 | 0 Comments

Pakistan and South Africa, two in-form teams of the ongoing World Cup, are set to clash in a Group 2 Super Eights encounter at Colombo, on Friday, September 28. Pakistan have had a settled look about them and the return of Imran Nazir to the side has boosted the batting partnering skipper Hafeez at the [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights Preview: England Vs West Indies

| September 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

England and the West Indies are set to clash at Kandy’s Pallekele International Stadium in a Group 1 encounter. Both teams ended up second best in their respective league groups and will have a point (or two) to prove. England crashed to their lowest T20 international score of 80 all out against India and that [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights Preview: Australia Vs India

| September 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

With both India and Australia topping their respective groups, both teams will be charged up ahead of their Super eights clash on Friday, September 28, when they meet at Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium. If their mediocre showing against Afghanistan was a wake up call for India, Dhoni’s did shed their slumber against England and the dominant [...]

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