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Post by paulgilb on Apr 28, 2010 22:41:22 GMT 1
This starts on Friday, and is taking place in the West Indies. As "the 2008 Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan was postponed due to security concerns and there was a need to correct the international cricketing tournament calendar" (according to Wikipedia), this tournament is thus taking place only 10 months after the last one.
There are 4 groups of 3 teams, with the top 2 from each group going through to the Super 8:
Group A
Pakistan (1)
Bangladesh (9)
Australia (10)
Group B
Sri Lanka (2)
New Zealand (5)
Zimbabwe
Group C
South Africa (3)
India (7)
Afghanistan
Group D
West Indies (4)
England (6)
Ireland
There is no #8 seed as Ireland (who are a non-test-playing nation) reached the Super 8 last year.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 28, 2010 22:45:54 GMT 1
There is no #8 seed as Ireland (who are a non-test-playing nation) reached the Super 8 last year. But there is a #9 and #10 seed. That's logic for you. |
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 28, 2010 22:47:47 GMT 1
There are 4 groups of 3 teams, with the top 2 from each group going through to the Super 8: One of the features of the Twenty20 World Cup is that the structure is well geared for some shocks and surprise exits. Bangladesh through at the expense of holders Pakistan - not entirely implausible. Ireland eliminating England - could happen. |
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Post by Panda on Apr 28, 2010 23:18:33 GMT 1
I'm very interested to see how Afghanistan go. They've come a very long way in a short space of time.
Are there any highlights on terrestrial TV?
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Post by paulgilb on Apr 30, 2010 22:22:14 GMT 1
Group B: New Zealand (139/8) beat Sri Lanka (135/6) by 2 wickets (1 ball remaining)
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Post by paulgilb on May 1, 2010 10:28:57 GMT 1
Group D: West Indies (138/9) beat Ireland (68) by 70 runs
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Post by paulgilb on May 1, 2010 22:59:13 GMT 1
Group C: India (116/3) beat Afghanistan (115/8) by 7 wickets (31 balls remaining)
Group A: Pakistan (172/3) beat Bangladesh (151/7) by 21 runs
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Post by paulgilb on May 2, 2010 22:58:00 GMT 1
Group C: India (186/5) beat South Africa (172/5) by 14 runs (confirms India's place in the last eight)
Group A: Australia (191) beat Pakistan (157) by 34 runs (Australia lost 5 wickets in their last over!)
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Post by paulgilb on May 3, 2010 22:43:33 GMT 1
Group B: Sri Lanka (173/7 from 20 overs) beat Zimbabwe (29/1 from 5 overs) by 14 runs (D/L) (confirms Sri Lanka's place in the last eight) Group D: West Indies (60/2 from 5.5 overs) beat England (191/5 from 20 overs) by 8 wickets (D/L) (confirms West Indies' place in the last eight)  |
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Post by Panda on May 3, 2010 23:12:44 GMT 1
England screwed over by D/L in the World T20 again...
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Post by Elmer on May 4, 2010 0:05:05 GMT 1
England losing in that manner was a disgrace. You could see the rain coming so easy to throw your bat for 5 overs  |
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Post by paulgilb on May 4, 2010 22:37:13 GMT 1
Group B: New Zealand (36/1 from 8.1 overs) beat Zimbabwe (84 all out from 15.1 overs) by 7 runs (D/L). New Zealand reach last eight, Zimbabwe are out.
Group D: No result between England (120/8 from 20 overs) and Ireland (14/1 from 3.3 overs). England thus reach last eight (without winning a match), Ireland are out (due to England's superior net run rate).
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Post by paulgilb on May 5, 2010 22:35:01 GMT 1
Group A: Australia (141/7) beat Bangladesh (114) by 27 runs.
The Super Eight stage will comprise the following groups:
Group E
Pakistan
New Zealand
South Africa (or Afghanistan)
England
Group F
Australia
Sri Lanka
India
West Indies
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Post by paulgilb on May 6, 2010 17:49:21 GMT 1
Group C: South Africa (139/7) beat Afghanistan (80) by 59 runs (confirms South Africa's place in the last eight). And now for the Super Eight stage... Group E: England (148/4) beat Pakistan (147/9) by 6 wickets (3 balls remaining).  |
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Post by paulgilb on May 6, 2010 22:22:02 GMT 1
Group E: South Africa (170/4) beat New Zealand (157/7) by 13 runs.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 7, 2010 10:42:23 GMT 1
Tournament hasn't really stimulated much interest yet.
Perhaps it is the bad weather, and the forced results / non-results ?
Perhaps it is the fact that none of the minnows even came close to springing a surprise ?
Perhaps it is too soon after the last T20 WC ?
Perhaps it is the fact that it is not available on free-to-air tv ?
Hopefully, England's fine win over Pakistan is the start of something good in this cricket format.
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Post by paulgilb on May 7, 2010 18:03:48 GMT 1
Group F: Australia (184/5) beat India (135) by 49 runs.
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Post by Panda on May 7, 2010 18:38:13 GMT 1
Tournament hasn't really stimulated much interest yet. Perhaps it is the bad weather, and the forced results / non-results ? Perhaps it is the fact that it is not available on free-to-air tv ? These are the biggest reasons for me. I'm not bothered about it being so close to the last one. I'd happily have a World T20 every year if it meant scrapping the Champions Trophy. |
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Post by paulgilb on May 7, 2010 22:14:07 GMT 1
Group F: Sri Lanka (195/3) beat West Indies (138/8) by 57 runs
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Post by paulgilb on May 8, 2010 23:00:46 GMT 1
Group E:
New Zealand (133/7) beat Pakistan (132/7) by 1 run
England (168/7) beat South Africa (129) by 39 runs
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