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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.
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.
Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over after the opening Super Eights match of the ICC World Twenty20 ended in a tie.
Batting first in the extra over, Sri Lanka made 13 without managing to hit a boundary off Tim Southee, who bowled two costly wides.
Sri Lanka have won the opening match of the World Twenty20 Super Eights with a 'super over' win over New Zealand.
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Tillakaratne Dilshan cracked a scintillating 76 but it was Lasith Malinga's tight bowling that scripted Sri Lanka's thrilling Super Over victory against New Zealand in the Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday.
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat New Zealand via Super Over in a Super Eight stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Brief score: New Zealand 174-7 in 20 overs (R. Nicol 58, M. Guptill 38) v Sri Lanka 174-6 in 20
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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
At a Selection Committee meeting held the following squads were selected to participate in the above series to be held in China on the above stated dates. T20 Squad – Womens Team 1. Shashikala Siriwardane (Capt) 2. Sandamali Dolawatha (V.Capt) 3. Chamari Athapattu 4. Inoka Galegedara 5. Dilani Manodara 6. Eshani Lokusuriya 7. Chamani Seneviratne 8. Sripali ...
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The result of the New Zealand BlackCaps V Sri Lanka World Twenty20 Super 8 match - predicted by the statistics.
(Reuters):Sri Lanka could turn to uncapped teenager Akila Dananjaya if spinner Ajantha Mendis fails to recover from injury in time for the World Twenty20 Super Eight game against New Zealand at Pallekele on Thursday. “He’s certainly very close to playing,” Sri Lanka coach Graham
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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 put Sri Lanka
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If Sri Lanka’s biggest headache was the fitness of its lead spinner, and subsequently which slow bowlers it should put on the park, their opponents, New Zealand, is left thinking about how to play spin. After England’s implosion against the Indian pair of Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla, it’s clear that spin could play a ...
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It started with the Barmy Army, and now travelling fans have become a staple with international cricket, especially during ICC-run tournaments The Barmy Army, with its England flags, ridiculous costumes and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for lager, is a common sight at cricket matches around the world. In recent years, a Bharat Army, styled along ...
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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.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand begin the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20 in Pallekele
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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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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