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World T20 India cricket

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team have strutted around the cricket world, imposing themselves on their opponents, showing no regard to either reputations or history. Australia were beaten in Australia, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, New Zealand in New Zealand three boxes ticked, no sweat.All along, Dhoni grew steadily into Indian cricket calm and confident on the field, honest and outspoken off it. He backed his players at selection meetings, lashed out at the selectors for leaking information, charmed the media and the fans with his growing assurance. Such has been the aura, that even when things went wrong, it wasn't Dhoni captaincy that came under the scanner.Which is why today match could well be one of the most important this side has played in a while. Beaten convincingly by the West Indies in their first Super 8s game on Friday night, India take on England in a must-win clash in the ICC World Twenty20 championships at Lord, knowing full well that an early exit will bring with it more than just embarrassment.

Pakistan set Gul standard

Umar Gul became the first bowler to take five wickets in a Twenty20 International as Pakistan gave themselves a great chance of making the semi-finals.

Yuvraj and Ojha fashion strong win

It took Yuvraj Singh 18 balls to undo 10 overs' hard work by Bangladesh that had pulled India back after another solid start from Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma. It took Pragyan Ojha five balls to undo their eight overs of keeping pace with a stiff total and eventually India became the first side in this tournament to successfully defend.
The crisp sound from Yuvraj's bat resonated regularly at Trent Bridge, with sixes flying here and there as India managed 59 runs in their last four overs. Ojha came on and removed Junaid Siddique and Shakib Al Hasan in his first over, after which a promising chase stumbled.
If the defining moments of this Group A match were easy to identify, it was hard to not recognise the hard work Bangladesh put in to stay in the match and force India to come up with something special. The match started with Gambhir and Rohit continuing to ensure that India didn't miss the injured Virender Sehwag.
Rohit batted like a seasoned Twenty20 opener and took charge after Gambhir had got off to a quick start with a square-cut boundary off the second ball of the match. The first ball he faced today, he leant into a good-length and creamed Mashrafe Mortaza through extra cover. Bangladesh were apprehensive about using their spinners in the Powerplays, and Rohit capitalised on the medium-pace coming on to his bat. He drove well off either foot, clipped off his pads, and played only one slog shot.
Although Gambhir slowed down, India reached 54 in the first six overs, with Rohit scoring 32 off 18. Mohammad Ashraful immediately introduced spin, and Rohit got out trying to dominate them.
MS Dhoni came out first drop, but at the same time Shakib slowed things down, giving the batsmen no pace to work with. Shakib was exceptional with his control, making sure India stayed in that consolidation mode for a considerable period.
Shakib's three-over spell went for 17 and included Rohit's wicket, and India managed only 44 - with one seix and one four - between the seventh and 13th over. Mortaza came back to bowl one more tight over, and the pressure resulted in Dhoni's wicket in the next over. With Shakib finishing off strongly, India had got only 62 runs in the middle 10 overs. Gambhir managed a laboured 50 off 46 balls.
But Yuvraj carried out an assault that broke Bangladeshi hearts - and resistance. Just like lightning he struck after seven quiet deliveries. He took an impressive Naeem Islam for back-to-back sixes, and one more two balls later. He welcomed Rubel Hossain back with a six and consecutive boundaries before being dismissed for 41 off 18.
Bangladesh then clawed their way back, keeping Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan quiet. Rubel had bowled a superb first half of the 20th over, giving away only two and cleaning up Raina. But in walked Irfan Pathan and smote a six and a four to post a challenging total.
That final assault wasn't enough to deflate Bangladesh's confidence. Tamim Iqbal and Siddique came out swinging, tasting some success against the left-arm opening bowlers, Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan. Both the bowlers bowled length, and that's where most Bangladeshi batsmen love it. Especially spectacular was Siddique's approach - he pulled the first ball he played for six.
In the first two overs Bangladesh got 20, and although Tamim fell to Yusuf in the third, Siddique didn't slow down. He hit Zaheer for back-to-back boundaries, and then Yusuf for a six before Ashraful got out in an unfortunate manner in the sixth over. He played a crunching cover-drive off Ishant Sharma, backing away, but found Gambhir at cover.
Out came Bangladesh's best player, Shakib, but it was Siddique who kept the pace up even as Shakib looked to rebuild. He set the agenda by stepping out and hitting Harbhajan Singh for a six in his first over. Once again, just when it seemed Bangladesh had done well to stay with India, the defending champions produced another game-breaker Ojha, making his Twenty20 international debut.
Shakib looked to pull the first ball he bowled, but it skidded on, and took the top edge. Siddique chose an inopportune time to hit Ojha out of the ground, and holed out to wide long-on four balls later.
India could sense from there on that the chase had died, and so it turned with the inexperienced lower-middle order. Ojha took two more wickets and Yuvraj took two diving catches. Bangladesh managed only 81 runs from the time that Ojha came on to bowl, and India closed the game out professionally.

ICC World Twenty20 England 2009

The International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 England 2009 will be held this June in UK and promises to be an exciting event for all cricket lovers. The event will be conducted at four grounds - Trent Bridge, Lord's, Taunton and The Oval. The opening and closing ceremonies will be hosted at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London which will definitely dominate the tournament. A series of key matches, including the men's and women's finals will take place in London so make sure you book your central London hotel accommodation well in advance to make the most of it.
With around twenty teams challenging in the ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 in London, current men's champion India will be challenged with competition from other prominent players from South Africa, England and Australia. The ICC World Cup Twenty20 offers an exceptional opportunity to see the world's best cricket players and express your support to your favoured country. An exciting innovation at the London Lord's Cricket Ground will feature the 'double-header' format that will be used on most match days and will allow spectators to see two matches on the same day on the same ticket.
If you love cricket, don't miss your chance to attend the ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 at Lord's in London as it promises to be a phenomenal event. Choose from our central London hotels in Paddington area and enjoy an easy access to Lord's Cricket Ground in London for this exciting event!

ICC World T20 Match Schedule

Group Stage

JUNE 2009 GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D

05 FRI ENG vs NED
Lord's, England

06 SAT IND vs BAN
Trent Bridge, England AUS vs WI
Oval, England NZ vs SCO Oval, England

07 SUN ENG vs PAK Oval, England RSA vs SCO Oval, England

08 MON IRE vs BAN Trent Bridge, England
AUS vs SL Trent Bridge, England

09 TUE PAK vs NED Lord's, England
NZ vs RSA Lord's, England

10 WED IND vs IRE Trent Bridge, England
SL vs WI Trent Bridge, England

Tigers sniff a chance

Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons is expecting the Tigers to arrive at the party from the very first match of the ICC World T20 against India at Trent Bridge today.
I think everyone knows that we are dangerous at any time. We have some potential match-winners and one of them is sitting here (Mohammad Ashraful), at any form of the game but our consistency has not been there. We don't want to lose this game, we want to win it but we are the underdogs and we are very relaxed about the game. We want to put our best foot forward and put them under some pressure, said Siddons. The Group A match starts at 6pm local time (11pm Bangladesh Standard Time). The Bangladesh side had a three-hour training session at Lady Bay just across the road from Trent Bridge in the morning after which Siddons and skipper Ashraful attended the media session at Trent Bridge. The captain then headed for London to attend the opening ceremony of the World T20.

Netherlands shoked England

Netherlands shocked hosts England in the inaugural match of the ICC World Twenty20 Cup at Lord's in London yesterday beating the giants by four wickets in the last ball of the match.
The minnows staged a gutsy fightback as England made 162 for five.
But from 102 for none in the 12th over, England lost five wickets for 51 runs as their innings petered out.
Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate took two for 35 in his four overs as England, 89 without loss at the half-way mark, only managed 73 in the final 10 overs during an innings without a single six.
Bopara got England off to an ideal start by carving the first ball of the innings from left-arm quick Dirk Nannes, who has played at Lord's for Middlesex, for four before square driving him to the boundary later that over.
The duo shared a century stand in 71 balls before Bopara, in sight of his fifty, gave his Essex teammate ten Doeschate a wicket when he holed out to Pieter Seelaar at long-on.
Bopara's runs had come in 36 balls with seven fours. Wright though did get to his fifty, off 37 balls with five fours.
Netherlands had a shaky start losing two early wickets for just 23 runs in the third over but a quickfire 49 off 30 balls by TN de Grooth and PW Borren (30) brought the Dutchmen closer to history. With seven required off the last over and two relatively new batsmen at the crease the match was evenly poised for an exciting finish. But it was the consistent running between the wickets by DLS van Bunge and E Schiferli who took Netherlands to victory by four wickets in the last ball.

Lee is getting back to full fitness in time

Tim Nielsen, the coach with the twin aims of improving the team's mediocre Twenty20 record and optimising Ashes preparations, was gratified to see Johnson and Lee tear into the New Zealand top order, which crashed to 5-21 in the sixth over before the Black Caps staged a recovery to reach a respectable 147.
Lee removed Brendon McCullum with the third ball of the match, but it was his consistent, express pace and economy rate of 2.3 runs an over that suggested he is making encouraging progress, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
"He had a long break from international cricket. It's fine to be playing in the IPL and all those sorts of things but when you get back up against 11 international players on the big stage it starts to see how you're going and he is showing some good signs," Nielsen said after Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke steered Australia to victory with a partnership of 104.
"His pace was more consistent. Unfortunately we didn't have the television to give us the actual numbers but I thought he bowled quite quick. The ball was swinging out of his hand, which was nice, and he is happier tonight than he was (after the previous win against Bangladesh)," he added.The Australian campaign begins against the West Indies on Saturday.

ICC World T20 Event

The ICC World Twenty20 2009 will be the second time a world event for Twenty20 cricket has been held. The event, which feature 12 teams in the men's tournament and eight teams in the women's competition, will be staged in June 2009 at Lord's, The Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton. The competition, which lasted for just two weeks, was a thrilling event which culminated in India's dramatic five run defeat of Pakistan at Johannesburg. There were many memorable matches, not least the tie between India-Pakistan in Durban in the group stages which saw the first bowl out at an ICC World Twenty20 event, Bangladesh's victory over the West Indies and Zimbabwe's shock defeat of Australia at Cape Town.

ICC World t20 team

Netherlands

Ireland

ICC World T20 Team

England

Paul Collingwood(Captain)

Pakistan

Younus Khan(Captain)

West Indies



Chris Gayle(Captain)

New Zealand




Daniel Vettori(Captain)

Bangladesh





Mohammad Ashraful(Captain)

World T20 Team Captain

Australia

Ricky Ponting(Captain)

South Africa

Graeme Smith(Captain)

India



MS Dhoni(Captain)

Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara(Captain)

ICC World T20 match Shedule 2

Match Shedule 2
10 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 11 Sri Lanka Vs West Indies
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
10 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 12 India Vs Ireland
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
11 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 13 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
11 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 14 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
12 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 15 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Lord's, London
12 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 16 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Lord's, London
13 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 17 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
13 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 18 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Kennington Oval (The Oval), London
14 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 19 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Lord's, London
14 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 20 T.B.C vs T.B.C
Lord's, London

ICC World T20 Match Shedule

(Australia,Bangladesh,England,India,New Zealand,Pakistan,Sri Lanka,South Africa,Scotland,Ireland,West Indies,Netherlands)
05 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 1 England Vs NetherlandsLord's, London
06 Jun,2009 09:00 AM GMT Match 2 New Zealand Vs Scotland Kennington Oval (The Oval) London
06 Jun,2009 1:00 PM GMT Match 3 Australia Vs West Indies Kennington Oval (The Oval) London
06 Jun,2009 5:00 PM GMT Match 4 India Vs Bangladesh Trent Bridge, Nottingham
07 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 5 South Africa Vs Scotland Kennington Oval (The Oval) London
07 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 6 England Vs Pakistan Kennington Oval (The Oval) London
08 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 7 Ireland Vs Bangladesh Trent Bridge, Nottingham
08 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 8 Australia Vs Sri Lanka Trent Bridge, Nottingham
09 Jun,2009 12:30 PM GMT Match 9 Pakistan Vs Netherlands Lord's, London
09 Jun,2009 4:30 PM GMT Match 10 New Zealand Vs South Africa Lord's, London