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PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Sept 27, 2012 (AFP) - Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 Super Eights group one match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Pallekele stadium on Thursday.
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over in the first Super Eight stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Opting to bat first, New Zealand posted 174 for seven wickets after Rob Nicol (58) and Martin Guptil
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Sri Lanka won the opening match of the World Twenty20 Super Eights in dramatic fashion after a 'super over' was required to settle the clash with New Zealand in Pallekele.
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over in the first Super Eight stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Opting to bat first, New Zealand posted 174 for seven wickets after Rob Nicol (58
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The World Twenty20 Super Eights group one match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand ended in a tie at Pallekele stadium on Thursday, and will be decided by a "super over".
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Sept 27, 2012 (AFP) - The World Twenty20 Super Eights group one match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand ended in a tie at Pallekele stadium on Thursday, and will be decided by a "super over".
Opening batsman Rob Nicol hit a career-best 58 as New Zealand reached 174-7 against Sri Lanka in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20.
Nothing but victory will be on the minds of Sri Lanka and New Zealand as they prepare to face each other in the first Super Eight match of the 2012 World Twenty20.
Galle, Sep 27: South Africa hardly broke sweat as they cruised past Sri Lanka in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012 opener at Galle on Wednesday. Set a target of 80 runs, South Africa achieved victory in 17.2 overs with six
The result of the New Zealand BlackCaps V Sri Lanka World Twenty20 Super 8 match - predicted by the statistics.
Invented in 2003 by the England and Wales Cricket Board, Twenty20 cricket is designed as a crowd-pleasing, fast-paced version of the game completed in around three hours. The T20 format has become so popular that the T20 World Cup is now one of the most popular cricket events in the world.
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October 7, 2012, will see a world champion crowned at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The shortest format of the sport of cricket, known as Twenty20, has seen three World Cup's take place since the first was staged in 2007; India, Pakistan, and England have each won the competition
Galle, Sep 26 (IANS) South Africa hardly broke sweat as they cruised past Sri Lanka in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 opener here Wednesday.
South Africa kicked off their women's Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka.
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka — There were no jitters for the big teams in the first round of the World Twenty20 as all eight of them cruised into the Super Eights starting from Thursday.
World Twenty20 hosts hoping their 'magician' spinner can recover from injury to face New Zealand Super Eights match.
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- Six campuses, one name: Northeast Minnesota colleges to merge (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Preservation rules hinder couple's plans to renovate old Excelsior property (Category: USA, Minnesota)
- Preservation rules hinder couple's plans to renovate old Excelsior property (Category: USA, Minnesota)
GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Trisha Chetty spent a productive day on either side of the stumps as South Africa kicked off their women's Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka in a Group B match on Wednesday. South Africa captain Mignon du Preez
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GALLE, Sri Lanka, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Trisha Chetty spent a productive day on either side of the stumps as South Africa kicked off their women's Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka in a Group B match on Wednesday. South Africa captain Mignon du
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Sri Lanka is hoping off spinner Ajantha Mendis regains complete fitness for their Twenty20 World Cup Super Eight match against New Zealand on Thursday in Kandy after suffering a side strain during hosts opening win against Zimbabwe last week. .
Colombo, Sep 26(ANI): Sri Lanka is hoping off spinner Ajantha Mendis regains complete fitness for their Twenty20 World Cup Super Eight match against New Zealand on Thursday in Kandy after suffering a side strain during hosts' opening win against Zimbabwe last week.
The ICC Womenandrsquo;s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 kicks offandnbsp; today in Galle, with host Sri Lanka taking on South Africa in the opening match at Galle International Cricket Stadium.
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KANDY (Reuters) - Sri Lanka hope spinner Ajantha Mendis can be fit for the opening World Twenty20 Super Eight match with New Zealand on Thursday after he returned to the nets following a side strain. He suffered the injury during the hosts' opening win against Zimbabwe last week and was left
Sri Lanka hope spinner Ajantha Mendis can be fit for the opening World Twenty20 Super Eight match with New Zealand after he returned to the nets following a side strain.
Women's World Twenty20 cricket set to start in Sri Lanka
The Women's World Twenty20 will begin on Wednesday, with hosts Sri Lanka facing South Africa in Galle.
KANDY (Reuters) - Sri Lanka hope spinner Ajantha Mendis can be fit for the opening World Twenty20 Super Eight match with New Zealand on Thursday after he returned to the nets following a side strain. He suffered the injury during the hosts' opening win against Zimbabwe last week and was left
Sri Lanka's female World Twenty20 team prepare to share the spotlight with the men’s tournament.
KANDY, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka hope spinner Ajantha Mendis can be fit for the opening World Twenty20 Super Eight match with New Zealand on Thursday after he returned to the nets following a side strain. He suffered the injury during the hosts' opening win against Zimbabwe last week
COLOMBO: A local drinking water supplier strongly defended its product Tuesday even as World Twenty20 organizers jettisoned their bottled water after several players went down with stomach flu.
COLOMBO, Sept 25, 2012 (AFP) - A local drinking water supplier strongly defended its product Tuesday even as World Twenty20 organisers jettisoned their bottled water after several players went down with stomach flu.
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