England outplayed us: Clarke

Bridgetown: Australian captain Michael Clarke conceded that his side had been outplayed by a better side in the ICC World Twenty20 final against England at the Kensington Oval.
“We got beaten by a good side. England outplayed us. We got to credit them for the performance, though we are disappointed not to win. [...]

Indian team has to look ahead: Tendulkar

Zirakpur: Despite being disappointed with the early ouster of the Indian cricket team from the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies, Sachin Tendulkar still considers them as the No.1 team.
“We have to remain positive; ups and downs are part of life, not only in cricket but everywhere. We have to ignore [...]

Send Indian team to NCA – Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar has come down hard on India’s shortcomings against the short ball during the World Twenty20 in the West Indies, suggesting they train at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore to rectify their difficulties. For the second time in succession, India bowed out of a World Twenty20 without registering a win in a single [...]

Australia’s pace against Pakistan’s spin

Much about the way these two teams have arrived at this juncture suggests that we could have on our hands a repeat of last year’s tense, compelling semi-final between South Africa and Pakistan.
Even more than last year, Pakistan’s progress this time has been deeply unimpressive. They have only won two games from [...]

Australian T20 team has best depth: Mark Waugh

Melbourne: After struggling to come to grips with the short format since it became an international fixture in 2005, Australia are now one win from advancing to their first ICC World Twenty20 final.
Former Opener Mark Waugh believes the selectors have sent a squad to this year’s tournament with the “best depth of any [...]

Clarke maturing into a fine captain: Warne

Brisbane: Former Australian spinner Shane Warne believes Michael Clarke is turning out to be a fine captain.
“At the moment he is captain of the Twenty20 side and he is a doing bloody good job,” Warne said in Brisbane, where he was coaching the nation’s developing spinners at the Centre of Excellence.
“I think [...]

India bring out the calculators, yet again

Ranging from fifth grade mathematics to the utterly ridiculous, India’s annual habit is at fever pitch again. The situation is simplified by several television channels and a nation on their calculating machines.
The current equation: Australia must beat West Indies, while India need to beat Sri Lanka by 20 runs or a [...]

India in T20 WC semis? Not that tough

New Delhi: There’s good news for Team India fans. The Men in Blue have a realistic chance of still making it to the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup. Sri Lanka’s loss to Australia in the match on Sunday night has given fresh hopes to the team.
Barring Australia, all the [...]

Pakistan knock South Africa out of ICC World Twenty20

GROS ISLET: Defending champions Pakistan beat South Africa by 11 runs to knock the Proteas out of the ICC World Twenty20 and keep their own semi-final hopes alive here on Monday.
In a must-win game for both sides, Pakistan were in dire straits at 18 for three but made 148 for seven thanks [...]

‘There is problem within Team India’

Pakistan former captain Moin Khan and discarded pacer Shoaib Akhtar feel the body language of the Indian cricket team in the ongoing T20 World Cup is not positive which indicate there are problems within the side.
“Yuvraj is a top class and fearless player and a key to India’s success in T20 [...]

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