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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

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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.

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Sri Lanka and New Zealand begin the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20 in Pallekele

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South Africa kicked off their women's Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka.

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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.

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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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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. .

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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.

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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

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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.

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The World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka has been hit by suspicions that bottled water supplied to players by the International Cricket Council is behind a gastro illness that affected at least three teams at the event. The ICC declined to comment last night but it’s believed the brand of bottled

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Women's World Twenty20 cricket set to start in Sri Lanka

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The Women's World Twenty20 will begin on Wednesday, with hosts Sri Lanka facing South Africa in Galle.

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Weather and ground conditions hog attention ahead of ICC Women’s World Twenty20 kick-off today Even as the men’s competition is nearing the Super Eights stage, eight teams are preparing to battle it out in the third edition of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in Galle, starting

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A look at the history of cricket’s support for UNAIDS and UNICEF over the past decade The sight of leading cricketers wearing red ribbons on their shirts at ICC events has become a familiar one in recent years, but have you ever wondered why the players do this? South Asia, Africa and Caribbean, three geographical ...

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South Africa women’s captain Mignon du Preez is hoping the expectation of being tournament hosts will weigh down Sri Lanka in Wednesday’s ICC Women’s World Twenty20 opener in Galle. Rain has affected practice for all the eight teams during the build-up to the women’s event

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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

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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

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Sri Lanka's female World Twenty20 team prepare to share the spotlight with the men’s tournament.

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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

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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.

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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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The ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 kicks off on Wednesday in Galle, with host Sri Lanka taking on South Africa in the opening match at Galle International Cricket Stadium. This Group B fixture will be followed by what is expected to be a cracker of a match between the previous event’s

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The ICC has denied that the drinking water supplied to teams during the World Twenty20 cricket tournament was the cause of players becoming ill, but admitted to changing the supply of water as a result of an investigation. .

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India must have believed Christmas had come early, as England gifted wickets away on a platter to subside to a 90-run drubbing in the Group A clash between the two teams in the ICC World Twenty20 2012 at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday night.  Chasing India’s 170 for 4, England

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