New Zealand snatches the opening thriller

May 01, 2010

What a start of the tournament. New Zealand wins the first T20 match of the T20 World Cup 2010 against the strong Srilanka side. A target of 136 was given by Srilanka after winning the toss that Newzeal and successfully chased to spare only one last ball. Match won well by mere two wickets.

Hosts win opening day match against Ireland

May 01, 2010

West Indies has won their opening match against Ireland in the ICC World T20 world cup. The hosts have won the match by 70 runs. West-Indies playing first scored 138 runs in 20 overs and bowled out the Ireland team for just 68 runs. Highest scorer from Ireland was GC Wilson who scored only 17 runs. Not a good start for Ireland. Rampal and Sammy both took 3 wickets each from West-Indies side.

Afghanistan puts up a good fight against India

May 01, 2010

Afghanistan is participating in the T20 World cup for the very first time. As a new team, they have done a decent job in their first match of T20 World Cup 2010. Against India, in 20 overs, they made 115 for 7. India completed the score in the 15th over at a loss of only three wickets. M. Vijay made 48 from India and Noor Ali scored a 50 being the top scores from the respective sides.

Pakistan vs Banladesh - Not a walk in the park for Pakistan

May 01, 2010

Pakistan team was the favorite in this match right from the beginning but it was not a free ride for them anyway. Pakistan won the match by 21 runs. Pakistan, playing first got a superb start from the openers and both openers Salman Butt and Kamran akmal scored 73 runs each. Rest of the batting line was a disappointment. The team could reach 172/3 in 20 overs.

Bangladesh responded well and at a time when Ashraful and Shakeebul Hassan were playing, it seemed they will actually reach the target with a few balls to spare, but then wickets started falling frequently and they could make only 151 runs in the 20 overs with a loss of 7 wickets.

ICC T20 World Cup 2010 is here

Apr 30, 2010

The stage is set for ICC T20 World Cup 2010. The tournament starts today with total of twelve teams participating in the tournament. The teams that are playing the world cup include Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, Srilanka, Newzealand, Zimbabwe, South Africa, India, Afghanistan, West Indies, England and Ireland.

Pakistan, being the defending champions and Australia being all time performers are being declared favorites for the tournament. While South Africa, India and Srilanka are the other strong sides. Rest of the teams are more than expected to do some upsets and change the face of the tournament.

The teams have been divided into four groups. Top eight teams from the first round will go into super 8 that is actually the quarter finals round. World is ready to witness some exciting cricket in next few weeks.

Brett Lee ruled out of ICC T20 World Cup 2010

Apr 29, 2010

Australian fast bowler and world's second fastest bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of Cricket T20 World cup 2010 being played in West Indies. Ryan Harris will replace the fast bowler to join the fifteen member squad. Brett Lee has been injured during a warm-up T20 match against Zimbabwe in St Lucia, West Indies. Australian fans were looking forward to have four fast bowlers to empower Australian team. The fierce four bowlers set will no more be headed by Brett Lee.

Australian Cricket team to bring Pace Fury against Bangladesh

Apr 26, 2010

Australian coach Tim Nielson has given some hints that Australian team may spruce up the pace attack by keeping all the four pacemen in one team. This is expected to happen on May 5 in Bridgetown against Bangladesh during the ICC World Twenty20 tournament. The pace attack headed by obviously Brett Lee who is the second fasted Bowler and has recovered from the elbow injury. Shaun Tait has also recently broken the 160 kilometers/hour barrier for his ball speed in T20 and Dirk Nannes and Mitchell Johnson are also adding to the already furious attack.

Chennai Super kings have one T20 IPL tournament

Apr 25, 2010

Chennai Super kings have won the IPL Twenty 20 tournament, a domestic hyped up Indian series. Chennai won the toss and Captain Dhoni, elected to bat first. The team scored 168 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. While chasing not so big total, Mumbai Indians could not quite reach it there. The whole team could make 146 for 9 in 20 overs and Sachin Tendulkar's 48 from 45 balls could not save his side.

It was no doubt a happening tournament. The series started with the same oomph and glare but there was always something missing as there were no players from Pakistan due to security clearance reasons. With a lot of controversies including the ex-chairman IPL's financial scandal and not involving Pakistan players, the tournament comes to an end finally.

USA to host T20 Cricket

Apr 23, 2010

Cricket is spreading in USA and to promote the game further, USA will host three T20 international matches next month. The matches will be played between Srilanka and Newzealand. The games will take place in Lauderhill, Florida and will help get more media attention this time as compared to past events in the country.

Shoaib Akhtar is fit and ready again?

Apr 23, 2010

After taking 6 wickets for 52 runs against K.P. Panthers in a domestic match, Shoaib Akhtar, once the fastest bowler of the world, hopes to get his form and his place in international cricket team back. Shoaib has been having problems with both his fitness as well as his discipline in the team and has been dropped several times. With his current performance in this local match, which is in no means less than international cricket, he has revived hopes that he can return to international cricket.

Cricket World Championship 20 - Coming Soon

Apr 20, 2010

Pepper.pk has announced Cricket World Championship 20 that is coming soon on iPhone platform. The game is a sizzling T20 game that brings the high scoring rate spirit and lets you chase large schores within 20 overs. Further information about the game, screenshots, top-scorers of the game and download information is available on the game's website: http://www.pepper.pk/cricket-world-cup-t20/index.php
 

Muhammad Sami is back in Pakistan Team

Apr 20, 2010

Muhammad Sami, Pakistani Fast bowler is back in the squad for the ICC T20 WorldCup that is going to be played from 30th April 2010. After a bit of a confusion among selectors, team management and captain, finally Muhammad Sami and left handed spinner Abudul-Rehman have been selected to be the part of the team due to other injured players.

Sami is a seasoned fast bowler who has played 34 tests, 83 ODIs and 15 T20 International matches and brings all this experience as a package to the team that is going to defend T20 World Cup in West-Indies this year. Sami has taken 14 wickets in his 15 T20 international matches with an average of 29.71 and a strike rate of 23.9.