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*Official* ICC World Twenty20 Discussion and Results
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chaminda_00
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Ireland would have got 120 imo.
Jamee999
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Is 101 a double hundred?
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Monday 15 December
QF1: Pakistan v Australia @ Lord's
QF2: India v West Indies @ Trent Bridge
Tuesday 16 December
QF3: England v Cricket Web XI @ Edgbaston
QF4: South Africa v Sri Lanka @ The Oval
QF1: Pakistan v Australia @ Lord's
QF2: India v West Indies @ Trent Bridge
Tuesday 16 December
QF3: England v Cricket Web XI @ Edgbaston
QF4: South Africa v Sri Lanka @ The Oval
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Pretty sure 4 wickets in 4 balls is considered a double hat trick, so 6 in a row is a quadruple.
Stunning bowling from Pickup, what a man.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Sent to your cricketmail address.
Neil Pickup
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I haven't read that in years. Literally. Hotmail please.
kears_falcon_9
International Debutant
From my time using VC4, i found that this happened quite a bit, especially in the 20 over matches and using part time bowlers (i no Neil isnt a part timer, but maybe there is an error in the data files).
I guess theres not much you can do about it, just hope it doesnt happen every 3 or 4 matches.But yer 6 wickets in 6 balls happened quite a few times.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Quarter-final 1: Pakistan vs Australia
at Lord's
Australia were just too good at Lord's, overcoming early wobbles to reach the semi-final in style. Cameron White, an inspired selection to replace Dave Hussey, struck gold with three sixes and two wickets, demoralising the Pakistanis to complete their downward spiral of a tournament.
Pakistan started brightly after being put in the field, with Akhtar taking the wicket of Marsh first ball, and though Watson smashed a six with the third ball of the innings, he was thoroughly beaten by Akhtar's fifth. Ricky Ponting was scheduled to come in uncharacteristically late, hoping to take advantage of Alam and Afridi, but instead smashed out feebly in the eleventh over as Ronchi was the main destroyer.
At 98 for five, any awake Australian Twenty20 followers would have cause for concern. However, Mike Hussey played a brilliant innings, clattering advertising boards thrice on the way to 68 runs. He shared a stand of 69 with Cameron White, whose feats have already been mentioned, as the Pakistani target boomed to 200.
This was from the team who barely struggled to 68 against India. It had to go wrong. Though it took until the sixth over for Australia to strike, when Clarke held a subdued Salman Butt, Pakistan never looked likely to score at ten an over - even Afridi made do with nine, and missed at five deliveries during his 18. Shoaib Malik played a fine 47, but ultimately, he lacked support and Brett Lee could control the flow of runs in the final over to steer home the 48-run victory.
Australia 199 for six (20)
MEK Hussey 68*, L Ronchi 45, CL White 33*; Shoaib Akhtar 2/34
Pakistan 151 for eight (20)
Shoaib Malik 47; B Lee 2/9, SR Watson 2/23, CL White 2/28
Australia won by 48 runs
Man of the Match: M. E. K. Hussey (Aus)
Quarter-final 2: India vs West Indies
at Trent Bridge
Trent Bridge saw the West Indies' bowling attack back to its best from the Cricket Web match, as India were annihilated - and by a spinner, no less. Sulieman Benn took four wickets and started a horrifying collapse, possibly even worse than Zimbabwe's a couple of days ago, which means that Sri Lanka is the only subcontinent team left to chase Twenty20 glory in England's green and pleasant land.
Makeshift captain Sarwan chose to bat first, and was once again rewarded by Andre Fletcher; the Grenadian opener had a tiny misunderstanding with Xavier Marshall, resulting in a run out, but kept good rate despite Chanderpaul nipping back to Harbhajan and Sarwan being trapped by Tendulkar. Yet, India failed to find consistency with the ball, using eight bowlers to no avail as Fletcher batted through the twenty allotted overs to reach 78. His batting partners were the most effective, taking 91 to bring the total to 170, but also had ephemeral appearances; no one lasted more than 16 deliveries.
In this the Indians emulated the Caribbeans. However, they had no Fletcher - Tendulkar lasted eleven balls, hitting two fours before a ball from Benn spat back, onto the inside edge and into Ramdin's gloves. In a bizarre passage of play, India lost ten wickets in 40 balls, with Benn, Bravo and Pollard
at Lord's
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[b]Pakistan Australia[/b]
Salman Butt SE Marsh
Shoaib Malik (c) L Ronchi (wk)
Kamran Younis SR Watson
Misbah-ul-Haq MJ Clarke
Younis Khan RT Ponting (c)
Shahid Afridi MEK Hussey
Kamran Akmal (wk) A Symonds
Fawad Alam CL White
Sohail Tanvir B Lee
Umar Gul MG Johnson
Shoaib Akhtar NW BrackenPakistan started brightly after being put in the field, with Akhtar taking the wicket of Marsh first ball, and though Watson smashed a six with the third ball of the innings, he was thoroughly beaten by Akhtar's fifth. Ricky Ponting was scheduled to come in uncharacteristically late, hoping to take advantage of Alam and Afridi, but instead smashed out feebly in the eleventh over as Ronchi was the main destroyer.
At 98 for five, any awake Australian Twenty20 followers would have cause for concern. However, Mike Hussey played a brilliant innings, clattering advertising boards thrice on the way to 68 runs. He shared a stand of 69 with Cameron White, whose feats have already been mentioned, as the Pakistani target boomed to 200.
This was from the team who barely struggled to 68 against India. It had to go wrong. Though it took until the sixth over for Australia to strike, when Clarke held a subdued Salman Butt, Pakistan never looked likely to score at ten an over - even Afridi made do with nine, and missed at five deliveries during his 18. Shoaib Malik played a fine 47, but ultimately, he lacked support and Brett Lee could control the flow of runs in the final over to steer home the 48-run victory.
Australia 199 for six (20)
MEK Hussey 68*, L Ronchi 45, CL White 33*; Shoaib Akhtar 2/34
Pakistan 151 for eight (20)
Shoaib Malik 47; B Lee 2/9, SR Watson 2/23, CL White 2/28
Australia won by 48 runs
Man of the Match: M. E. K. Hussey (Aus)
Quarter-final 2: India vs West Indies
at Trent Bridge
Code:
[b]India West Indies[/b]
V Sehwag XM Marshall
SR Tendulkar ADS Fletcher
G Gambhir R Sarwan (c)
MS Dhoni (c, wk) S Chanderpaul
SK Raina DJ Bravo
Yuvraj Singh KA Pollard
R Sharma SE Findlay
IK Pathan D Ramdin (wk)
Harbhajan Singh SJ Benn
Z Khan DBL Powell
I Sharma JE TaylorMakeshift captain Sarwan chose to bat first, and was once again rewarded by Andre Fletcher; the Grenadian opener had a tiny misunderstanding with Xavier Marshall, resulting in a run out, but kept good rate despite Chanderpaul nipping back to Harbhajan and Sarwan being trapped by Tendulkar. Yet, India failed to find consistency with the ball, using eight bowlers to no avail as Fletcher batted through the twenty allotted overs to reach 78. His batting partners were the most effective, taking 91 to bring the total to 170, but also had ephemeral appearances; no one lasted more than 16 deliveries.
In this the Indians emulated the Caribbeans. However, they had no Fletcher - Tendulkar lasted eleven balls, hitting two fours before a ball from Benn spat back, onto the inside edge and into Ramdin's gloves. In a bizarre passage of play, India lost ten wickets in 40 balls, with Benn, Bravo and Pollard
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Matchfixing by India. There. I said it.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Quarter-final 3: England vs Cricket Web XI
at Edgbaston
A partisan yob crowd saw England crash to a feeble 63 all out after being inserted, which led to Cricket Web reaching the semi-finals despite bowling heroics from Stuart Broad and Andrew Flintoff. Once again, Neil Pickup turned out ridiculous figures, but this time the seamers got in on the act.
England, brittle at the best of times, started well when Matt Prior hoiked Kev Gough to the outfield, thus removing the danger of him hanging around for ten deliveries without scoring. A comical runout of Bopara followed, while Flintoff missed three balls and then sent the fourth to square leg, and Rose and Clapham took the next two wickets - England were 22 for five.
A recovery began against Fuller and Pickup, who struggled to take wickets, but in his third over Pickup retaliated with three men caught in four balls - brilliant fielding, but the strokes would not have looked out of place at an Under-8 club match in Sunndalsøra. Samit Patel, the last recognised batsman, had at 59 for eight the options of batting out heroically, committing hara-kiri or nicking a gentle 60mph dobber from David Kearsley behind; naturally, he chose the most English option, and Stuart Broad completed the humiliation by smashing a ball off his bottom edge up into the lower stratosphere. David Kearsley had approximately half a minute to get under it, and did as everyone expected by taking the catch.
No one seriously doubted that Cricket Web could make 64, except the players themselves, who completed an inestimably poor batting day by crashing from 23 for nought to 38 for five. James Stedman held out a number of deliveries to reach 25, but apart from that the batting was once again forgettable. Stedman, Mørk, Clapham and Rose struggled over the line, however, but Australia will surely set a slightly more testing target.
England 63 all out (11.2)
OA Shah 23, SR Patel 21; NS Pickup 4/18, XPA Rose 2/11
Cricket Web XI 65 for seven (10.5)
JE Stedman 25; SCJ Broad 3/9, A Flintoff 3/15
Cricket Web XI won by three wickets
Man of the Match: N. S. Pickup (CW)
Quarter-final 4: South Africa vs Sri Lanka
at The Oval
Another sublime bowling performance ensured a victory for the team batting first, as Sri Lanka were skittled for 77 by the Morkels. South Africa were struggling and needed help from their nine and eleven to score runs after a Muralitharan hat-trick, but triumphed after Albie Morkel came back to take six wickets amid plenty of boundaries.
An ICC official commented that the pitches in the tournament have been disgraceful.
South Africa 144 all out (19.2)
J Botha 29, DW Steyn 20*; M Muralitharan 4/7, Mendis 2/30
Sri Lanka 77 all out (10.5)
Kandamby 28; JA Morkel 6/28, J Botha 2/3, M Morkel 2/7
at Edgbaston
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[b]England Cricket Web XI[/b]
MJ Prior (wk) JE Stedman
RS Bopara AP Chaulk
KP Pietersen (c) DP Smith
A Flintoff SE Fuller
PD Collingwood CR Butler
OA Shah DA Kearsley
SR Patel H Mørk (wk)
GP Swann KR Clapham
RJ Sidebottom XPA Rose
SCJ Broad KJ Gough
JM Anderson NS Pickup (c)England, brittle at the best of times, started well when Matt Prior hoiked Kev Gough to the outfield, thus removing the danger of him hanging around for ten deliveries without scoring. A comical runout of Bopara followed, while Flintoff missed three balls and then sent the fourth to square leg, and Rose and Clapham took the next two wickets - England were 22 for five.
A recovery began against Fuller and Pickup, who struggled to take wickets, but in his third over Pickup retaliated with three men caught in four balls - brilliant fielding, but the strokes would not have looked out of place at an Under-8 club match in Sunndalsøra. Samit Patel, the last recognised batsman, had at 59 for eight the options of batting out heroically, committing hara-kiri or nicking a gentle 60mph dobber from David Kearsley behind; naturally, he chose the most English option, and Stuart Broad completed the humiliation by smashing a ball off his bottom edge up into the lower stratosphere. David Kearsley had approximately half a minute to get under it, and did as everyone expected by taking the catch.
No one seriously doubted that Cricket Web could make 64, except the players themselves, who completed an inestimably poor batting day by crashing from 23 for nought to 38 for five. James Stedman held out a number of deliveries to reach 25, but apart from that the batting was once again forgettable. Stedman, Mørk, Clapham and Rose struggled over the line, however, but Australia will surely set a slightly more testing target.
England 63 all out (11.2)
OA Shah 23, SR Patel 21; NS Pickup 4/18, XPA Rose 2/11
Cricket Web XI 65 for seven (10.5)
JE Stedman 25; SCJ Broad 3/9, A Flintoff 3/15
Cricket Web XI won by three wickets
Man of the Match: N. S. Pickup (CW)
Quarter-final 4: South Africa vs Sri Lanka
at The Oval
Code:
[b]South Africa Sri Lanka[/b]
GC Smith (c) WU Tharanga
LL Bosman ML Udawatte
HH Gibbs KC Sangakkara (wk)
JH Kallis DPMD Jayawardene (c)
AB de Villiers SHT Kandamby
JP Duminy AD Mathews
MV Boucher (wk) K Weereratne
JA Morkel WPUJC Vaas
J Botha T Thushara
M Morkel BAW Mendis
DW Steyn M MuralitharanAn ICC official commented that the pitches in the tournament have been disgraceful.
South Africa 144 all out (19.2)
J Botha 29, DW Steyn 20*; M Muralitharan 4/7, Mendis 2/30
Sri Lanka 77 all out (10.5)
Kandamby 28; JA Morkel 6/28, J Botha 2/3, M Morkel 2/7
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Haha, decimated. Good job guys.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
4/4.
AUST_HiTMaN
International Debutant
Pickup.
Decent character.
Decent character.
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You think you're getting paid for this?!THis is the beauty of T20. Get paid a pot load for bowling 1 over a game