West Indian skipper Darren Sammy has admitted that his bowlers need to come up with an improved act to win the decisive World T20 Group B match against Ireland on Monday. The Windies are currently in a do-or-die situation after facing a terrible loss at the hands of Australia. In a rain-hit match, Sammy’s men […]
Sep 24 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan are all set to start their 2012 World T20 campaign with a crucial game against New Zealand – a buoyant side after beating Bangladesh comprehensively. Without a doubt, spin bowling will be Pakistan’s biggest strength in the tournament, as the Men in Green have some quality spinners, such as Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi and […]
Sep 23 2012 | Posted in
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India’s ‘Man of the Match’ in the first World T20 game against Afghanistan, Virat Kohli is not over-confident about his team’s chances in the mega event, and wants his teammates to learn a lesson even from an easy win. The in-form batman was not reluctant to admit that while batting department is India’s biggest strength, […]
Sep 20 2012 | Posted in
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Zimbabwean captain Brendan Taylor is seriously disappointed over his team’s awful loss in the opening game of ICC World T20 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Batting first, the Lankans put a huge score of 182 on the board. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Jeevan Mendis all batted superbly to take their side to a decent […]
Sep 19 2012 | Posted in
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Former Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has said that spin bowling and dynamic batting line-up will be the key elements for India in the ongoing ICC World T20 championship in Sri Lanka. He also talked about his native side’s chances, and predicted that the struggling Kangaroos would not be able to reach the final. MacGill’s comments […]
Sep 18 2012 | Posted in
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Mohammad Hafeez happy with Pakistan’s positive run-chase against India Pakistan T20 captain Mohammad Hafeez has expressed satisfaction at the positive way his side went for run-chase against India in a crucial warm-up game on Monday. Just a day before the start of the World T20, the arch-rivals met in a tense encounter. As expected, the […]
Sep 17 2012 | Posted in
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Irfan Pathan pleased with his current form Irfan Pathan has been bowling quite well since returning from a long injury. He was India’s most successful bowler in the recently concluded One Day International series against New Zealand. The left-arm medium pacer showed a few stunning performances, including a classy five-wicket haul. Pathan himself is pretty […]
Sep 15 2012 | Posted in
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Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has expressed satisfaction at Yuvraj Singh’s performance post serious illness, and said that it was an incredible comeback by the Punjab-born all-rounder. Yuvraj underwent chemotherapy in America earlier this year. Straight after his return to India, the left-hander started training, and made a wonderful comeback to the national setup in […]
Sep 14 2012 | Posted in
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Aggressive West Indian opening batsman Chris Gayle is all set to revive happy memories in Sri Lanka, where he played his career-best Test innings of 333 a couple of years ago. In the first Test at Galle in 2010, the explosive left-hander smashed his maiden triple-century. The sweet memories of his wonderful knock are still […]
Sep 13 2012 | Posted in
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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that the pressure is now off Yuvraj Singh’s head, as he performed magnificently in his comeback game post a serious illness. After getting his cancer cured, the all-rounder returned to the national setup in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand on Tuesday. Despite being under tremendous pressure, […]
Sep 12 2012 | Posted in
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Javed Miandad to give batting tips to Green Shirts Pakistan batsmen’s terrible failure in the third and last Twenty20 International against Australia has made the team management realise that the Green Shirts certainly need some help in the batting department. In order to made things slightly better ahead of the imminent World T20 championship, Pakistan […]
Sep 11 2012 | Posted in
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Michael Vaughan is widely regarded as one of the fine English skippers ever, but James Anderson has a different take on this. Recalling the sour memories of his past, the right-arm pacer slammed Vaughan for leaving him ‘alone and isolated’, adding that the former skipper lacked the ability to talk to his players. Vaughan led […]
Sep 10 2012 | Posted in
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