What Made West Indies Beat Sri Lanka in ICC World Twenty20 Final?

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 9, 2012: As at the end of the Super Eight stage of the ICC World Twenty20 2012, we all thought that it was close to inevitable that the final would be Sri Lanka vs Australia.

Hafeez thinks he is bigger captain than Wasim, alleges Razzaq

By Ubaid Awan

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 6, 2012: Pakistan’s veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has opened a Pandora Box of allegations against skipper Mohammad Hafeez.

WT20: ICC official admits to poor pitch for Pakistan-Sri Lanka Semi-Final

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) October 6, 2012: Amid growing criticism on quality of the pitch used for the all-important Semi-Final match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, an official of the International Cricket Council has admitted to the poor quality of the pitch.

Pakistani, Indian senior cricketers face quit calls

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI, India (TheSportsNEXT) October 6, 2012: Pakistani and Indian skippers are under tremendous pressure to step down from their position after their respective team’s exit from the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 2012.

Pakistan team to win semi-final: Zaka Ashraf

By AM Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 4, 2012: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Broad (PCB) Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf expressed his hope on Wednesday that the national cricket team would win semi-final against Sri Lanka because players are united and have performed very well throughout the ICC World Twenty20 2012.

ICCWT20: Blunders and Controversies hitting Pakistan, Sri Lanka skippers

By Hamad Hussain

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 4, 2012: As former World T20 champions Pakistan and title favorites Sri Lanka will fight for the place in the final of ICC World T20 2012 today, I want to bring my readers’ attention towards the controversies hitting captains of the two teams during their Super Eights matches.

India WT20 debacle’s conspiracy theory

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 4, 2012: In case you weren't aware, Indian cricket, from the players, administrators, sports journalists and fans, are all convinced that other teams conspired to get them knocked out of the ICC World T20 semi-final stage.

Shane Watson glitters at ICC Twenty20 Rankings

By Nadene Smith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 3, 2012: Australian star all-rounder Shane Watson has achieved the highest pinnacle of his Twenty20 International career as the stylish opening batsman and pacey fast bowler has surged in all categories at the Reliance ICC Twenty20 Rankings, updated on Wednesday.

2012 ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights Review

By ‎Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 3, 2012: Ah, the permutations! To put it simply, all 8 teams had a chance of making the semi finals and all 8 had a chance of missing out. There you go. For the top two in each group, winning would guarantee a spot, while for the bottom 2 a loss would mean that they couldn't make it; but for the middle two a win might not be enough and a loss may be enough. Gah! Anyway, enough of that, let's focus on the matches.

Shortcomings of ICC World Twenty20 Format

By Mark Richardson

WELLINTONG, New Zealand (TheSportsNEXT) September 30, 2012: Former New Zealand top-order batsman Mark Richardson wrote in an article published in NZ Herald on Sunday, “Twenty20 cricket is fast becoming the preferred shorter version of the game and I believe will supersede 50-over cricket”.

Watson helps Australia maul India by 9 wickets in ICC WT20

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 29, 2012: Shane Watson came up with another all-round performance as Australia easily defeated India by nine wickets in their first Super Eights Group 2 match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 at R Premadasa Stadium on Friday.

ICCWT20: Umar, Gul help Pakistan stun South Africa in a low-scoring thriller

By Jawad Hussain

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) September 28, 2012: Amid sheer criticism, Umar Akmal and Umar Gul exhibited their class and strong nerves on Friday to help Pakistan stun high-flying South Africa by two wickets in their first Group 2 match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

ICC World T20 Super Eights Preview

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) September 28, 2012: A quirk of the scheduling system is that it is based on rankings from a year ago, not on who finishes 1st or 2nd in each group and hence we have a situation where all of the unbeaten sides (Australia, India, Pakistan and South Africa) are in the same super 8 group, with only 2 of them going to make the quarter finals, while the other group features the 4 sides that have all lost a match (England, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies).

Pakistan into WT20 Super Eights with 8wkts win over Bangladesh

By Jawad Hussain

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 25, 2012: It was one of those luckiest days when Pakistani batsmen raised their game to clinch victory for the nation and what a day they chose to steal the limelight as Pakistan needed their heroics badly enough to book a place in the Super Eights stage of the ICC World Twenty20 2012.

Harbhajan Singh blows England away in ICCWT20

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 23, 2012: Indian offspinner Harbhajan Singh heralded his return to international cricket with an astounding performance on Sunday when India mauled defending champions England by 90 runs in their Group A match of ICC World Twenty20 2012 at R Premadasa Stadium.

ICCWT20: Pak victory over Kiwis fills Lahoriites with joy

By AM Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNext) September 23, 2012: The enthusiastic youth of Lahore expressed joy over victory of Pakistan cricket team in their first match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) against New Zealand terming it collective effort of the whole team.

Pakistan start ICCWT20 with 13-run win over New Zealand

By Fathima Zanaida

Man of the Match: Nasir Jamshed of Pakistan

 

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 23, 2012: Pakistan started their ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) campaign on a winning note on Sunday when they defeated fighting New Zealand by 13 runs at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

ICC World T20: Highlights and Best Performances in first 8 matches

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) September 23, 2012: The fourth edition of ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament is in full swing in Sri Lanka these days where 10 group matches have been played so far where Zimbabwe and Afghanistan have already crashed out of the tournament.

Australia, NZ women win Women’s WT20 warm-ups

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 23, 2012: A fighting knock by Jess Cameron and impressive bowling by Ellyse Perry helped Australian women cricket team defeat West Indies by 19 runs in their warm-up match played at Moors Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Sunday ahead of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2012.

ICCWT20: Australia vs Ireland Scorecard

By TheSportsNEXT

 

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 19, 2012: Australia defeated Ireland by seven wickets in their opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) on Wednesday as Shane Watson did the job with both and ball to demolish the Irish opponents.