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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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. .

Cricket:Ireland’s World Twenty20 hopes disappeared with the rain for a second straight tournament after the weather prevented a result in tonight’s final ICC World Twenty20 Group B match against the West Indies at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Australia are preparing to begin stage two of their World Twenty20 campaign in Sri Lanka after winning both their group matches.

A classy fifty from Nasir Jamshed helped Pakistan open their World Twenty20 campaign with a riveting 13-run victory over New Zealand. After a 47-run opening stand between Mohammad Hafeez and Imran Nazir, 22-year-old Jamshed struck four sixes in his 56 to propel Pakistan to 177-6. Ross Taylor kept

Colombo, Sep 24 (IANS) Police in Sri Lanka are looking out for the manufacturers of counterfeit merchandise after a factory raid revealed large quantities of fake team shirts of the ongoing International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Twenty20 in the country.

Australia qualified for the Super Eights round of the World Twenty20 by defeating the West Indies in a rain-interrupted group B match in Colombo yesterday. Australia, chasing a challenging target of 192, were 100 for 1 in 9.1 overs when heavy rain forced the match to be called off in front

World Twenty20 hosts Sri Lanka are to beef up security after angry fans clashed with baton wielding police in Hambantota where the home side lost a match to South Africa, officials said today.

COLOMBO, Sept 23, 2012 (AFP) - World Twenty20 hosts Sri Lanka are to beef up security after angry fans clashed with baton wielding police in Hambantota where the home side lost a match to South Africa, officials said Sunday.

World Twenty20 hosts Sri Lanka are to beef up security after angry fans clashed with baton wielding police in Hambantota where the home side lost a match to South Africa, officials said Sunday.

S Africa beat hosts Sri Lanka by a convincing 32 run margin in a World Twenty20 group C match on Saturday.

Sri Lanka have thrashed Zimbabwe by 82 runs in the opening match of cricket's World Twenty20 series.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - A clinical performance from South Africa saw them beat Sri Lanka by 32 runs in a rain-curtailed Group C match of the Twenty20 World Cup at Hambantota on Saturday. Heavy rain reduced the contest to seven overs a side and South Africa, put in to bat first, ran