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Post by paulgilb on Sept 17, 2012 18:42:19 GMT 1
This starts tomorrow and takes place in Sri Lanka. There are 4 groups of 3 teams, 2 teams from each group proceeding through to the Super Eight stage.
Group A
England
India
Afghanistan
Group B
Australia
West Indies
Ireland
Group C
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Group D
Pakistan
New Zealand
Bangladesh
In each group, the first listed team is Seed 1, the second is Seed 2. In the Super Eight stage, teams A1, B2, C1, and D2 will be in one group, and A2, B1, C2, and D1 will be in the other. If an unseeded team gets through, they take the place of whichever team does not make it through.
The top 2 from each Super Eight group go through to the semi-finals.
Odds to win:
India 5/1
Sri Lanka 11/2
South Africa 11/2
West Indies 13/2
Pakistan 13/2
Australia 7/1
England 8/1
New Zealand 20/1
Bangladesh 66/1
Zimbabwe 250/1
Ireland 250/1
Afghanistan 1000/1
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Post by Elmer on Sept 18, 2012 16:51:03 GMT 1
Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on at the moment. Sri Lanka cracked a formidable total of 180+. Will be too much for Zimbabwe.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 18, 2012 23:03:03 GMT 1
Group C:
Sri Lanka (182/4) beat Zimbabwe (100) by 82 runs.
Having been out of international cricket for 8 months, Ajantha Mendis took 6/8 - the best figures ever in a T20 International. Jeevan Mendis (who appears to be no relation) took 3 of the other wickets. Zimbabwe managed the rare feat of scoring 7 off their penultimate ball (3 runs then 4 overthrows).
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Post by Elmer on Sept 18, 2012 23:15:16 GMT 1
The Zimbabwean fielding was as shocking as I've ever seen in a T20 match !!
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 19, 2012 22:36:47 GMT 1
Group A: India (159/5) beat Afghanistan (136) by 23 runs
Group B: Australia (125/3) beat Ireland (123/7) by 7 wickets (29 balls remaining)
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 20, 2012 23:14:10 GMT 1
Group C: South Africa (94/0) beat Zimbabwe (93/8 ) by 10 wickets (44 balls remaining).
Zimbabwe's participation in the tournament is thus over (before several other teams have even played a match!), and confirms Sri Lanka's and South Africa's places in the last eight.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 21, 2012 18:20:58 GMT 1
Group D: New Zealand (191/3) beat Bangladesh (132/8) by 59 runs
Brendon McCullum hit 123 (the highest ever T20I score, and the first batsman to score 2 T20I centuries), leading to a comfortable win for NZ.
Group A: England (196/5) beat Afghanistan ( 80 ) by 116 runs
England recovered from losing Craig Kieswetter in the first over, with Luke Wright hitting 99 not out (equalling Alex Hales' record for the highest T20I score by an Englishman).
Afghanistan slumped to 26/8 before Gulbodin Naib's 44 (the only batsman to reach double figures) helped them recover to 80.
This result eliminates Afghanistan, and puts England and India through to the Super Eight stage.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 22, 2012 23:44:24 GMT 1
Group C: South Africa (78/4) beat Sri Lanka (46/5) by 32 runs (match reduced to 7 overs per side)
Apparently this was the first T20I between the 2 sides.
Group B: Australia (100/1 off 9.1 overs) beat West Indies (191/8 off 20 overs) by 17 runs (D/L method)
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 23, 2012 19:03:54 GMT 1
Group D: Pakistan (177/6) beat New Zealand (164/9) by 13 runs Due to the Net Run Rate position, New Zealand are guaranteed to go through to the Super Eight stage. Group A: India (170/4) beat England (80) by 90 runs  Thankfully the result of this match was irrelevant (given that the draw for the next stage is based on seedings rather than group placings). Current position re Super Eight Stage: Group EEngland West Indies/Ireland New Zealand Sri Lanka West Indies and Ireland's match tomorrow will determine who goes through. A tie or no-result will send WI through. Group FIndia Australia South Africa Pakistan/Bangladesh Bangladesh have to beat Pakistan by quite a large margin to go through. |
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 24, 2012 23:22:36 GMT 1
No result between West Indies and Ireland, so West Indies go through.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 25, 2012 23:03:30 GMT 1
Group D: Pakistan (178/2) beat Bangladesh (175/6) by 8 wickets (8 balls remaining).
Bangladesh needed to win by at least 36 runs to go through, but they didn't even win, so they are out and Pakistan go through.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 27, 2012 23:16:53 GMT 1
Group E: Sri Lanka (174/6) beat New Zealand (174/7) in a Super Over eliminator. A 4 off the penultimate ball of Sri Lanka's innings tied the scores, which remained tied after a run-out off the last ball. A catch by Tillakaratne Dilshan (who had earlier scored 76) during the Super Over won the game for Sri Lanka. Tim Southee managed the unusual feat of bowling 14 consecutive deliveries (he bowled the last over of Sri Lanka's innings followed by the Super Over, the latter including 2 wides). West Indies (179/5) beat England (164/4) by 15 runs. This match unusually featured two century partnerships - Johnson Charles and Chris Gayle put on 103 for the first WI wicket, and Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan put on 107 for England's 4th wicket (England lost Craig Kieswetter and Luke Wright for no score in the first 3 balls). |
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Post by Panda on Sept 28, 2012 19:48:27 GMT 1
I don't understand the logic in having Morgan bat at 5 in a T20 game at all...
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 28, 2012 23:03:56 GMT 1
Group F:
Pakistan (136/8) beat South Africa (133/6) by 2 wickets (2 balls remaining)
Pakistan were struggling at 76/7 before a 49-run stand between Umar Akmal and Umar Gul. Pakistan needed 58 from the last 5 overs.
Australia (141/1) beat India (140/7) by 9 wickets (31 balls remaining)
India still haven't won a Super Eight match in a World Twenty20 since winning the 2007 tournament.
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 29, 2012 20:01:33 GMT 1
Group E:
England (149/4) beat New Zealand (148/6) by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka (130/1) beat West Indies (129/5) by 9 wickets (28 balls remaining)
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Post by paulgilb on Sept 30, 2012 22:08:43 GMT 1
Group F:
Australia (147/2) beat South Africa (146/5) by 8 wickets (14 balls remaining)
India (129/2) beat Pakistan (128) by 8 wickets (14 balls remaining)
As alluded to above, this is India's first Super Eight win in a World Twenty20 since 2007. India also maintain their 100% win record against Pakistan in World Cups and World Twenty20s.
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Post by rubcale on Oct 1, 2012 19:00:12 GMT 1
England (150-9) out - beaten by Sri Lanka (169-6)
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Post by Panda on Oct 1, 2012 19:58:23 GMT 1
England's bowlers did OK but they simply didn't bat well enough throughout the tournament and it's a problem that's been apparent in all forms of the game in the last year.
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Post by Elmer on Oct 1, 2012 21:32:59 GMT 1
Well if they drop their best player and who is rated the number one 20/20 player in the world what do they expect. A bit of pathetic petty pride. The ECB should be ashamed of themselves !!
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Post by Panda on Oct 1, 2012 21:37:03 GMT 1
Why? Not for the first time, KP was the one in the wrong. No player is bigger than the team and he deserved to be dropped. It'll be KP that makes a grovelling apology this week and comes crawling back to the England set-up.
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