Story ICC World T20 2008 England {cricket 2007} - WI are 82-1

[pavanbharadwaj]

Due to the increasing popularity of T20 cricket,ICC announced that the T20 world cup will be held every year.This time 16 teams is going to participate in the tournament and it is to be held in England



Welcome to all planet cricket viewers as we bring you live action of the ICC World T20 2008 as it takes place in England.This is the only website which will update ball to ball action with some pictures of all the matches.

So dont miss the action as 16 teams fight for the title of the "T20 world champions".

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[shantanu_rooney]

dunno why u started two threads

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

Did not do it intentionally but I dont know why it happened.

Divisions are out.

 

[freddiw]

England should be easily through.....good luck

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

Fixtures of group stage matches.

 

[formula1man]

cool cant wait. go ozzies and pakistan
check out my IPL story

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

All squads have been announced

England

Paul Collingwood(C)
Ravi Bopara
Stuart Broad
Andrew Flintoff
James Kirtley
Darren Maddy
Kevin Pietersen
Phil Mustard(WK)
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Owais Shah
Ryan Sidebottom
Jeremy Snape
Vikram Solanki
Chris Tremlett
Luke Wright

West Indies

Chris Gayle(C)
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Dwayne Bravo
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Pedro Collins
Narsingh Deonarine
Fidel Edwards
Runako Morton
Daren Powell
Denesh Ramdin(WK)
Ravi Rampaul
Darren Sammy
Marlon Samuels
Devon Smith
Dwayne Smith

Bangladesh

Mohammad Ashraful(C)
Tamim Iqbal
Aftab Ahmed
Shakib Al Hasan
Alok Kapali
Mushfiqar Rahim(WK)
Farhad Reza
Abdur Razzak
Rajin Saleh
Mashrafe Mortaza
Syed Rasel
Mushfiqar Rahman
Nadif Chowdhury
Tushar Imran
Mehrab Hossain

South Africa

Graeme Smith(C)
Mark Boucher(WK)
Abraham de Villiers
J.Kallis
Makhaya Ntini
Andre Nel
D.Steyn
Morne Morkel
Albie Morkel
Justin Kemp
Johan van der Wath
Vernon Philander
Herschelle Gibbs
Jean-Paul Duminy
J.Botha

Australia

Ricky Ponting(C)
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Michael Clarke
Ben Hilfenhaus
Brad Haddin(WK)
Matthew Hayden
Brad Hodge
A.Noffke
Michael Hussey
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Andrew Symonds
James Hopes
Shane Watson.

Zimbabwe

Prosper Utseya(C)
Gary Brent
Elton Chigumbura
Keith Dabengwa
Timycen Maruma
Hamilton Masakadza
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Christopher Mpofu
Tawanda Mupariwa
Vusi Sibanda
Tatenda Taibu
Brendan Taylor(WK)
Sean Williams
R.Higgins
P.Rinke

Kenya

Steve Tikolo(C)
M.Patel
Jimmy Kamande
Tanmay Mishra
J.Ababu
Collins Obuya
David Obuya
Nehemiah Odhiambo
Thomas Odoyo
Peter Ongondo
Lamec Onyango
R.Shah
Maurice Ouma
A.Suji
Hiren Varaiya

New Zealand

Daniel Vettori(C)
Shane Bond
Peter Fulton
Mark Gillespie
Gareth Hopkins
Chris Martin
Craig McMillan
Brendon McCullum(WK)
J.How
Jacob Oram
Jeetan Patel
J.Franklin
Scott Styris
Ross Taylor
Lou Vincent

Sri Lanka

Mahela Jayawardena(C)
Dilhara Fernando
N.Kulasekara
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Sanath Jayasuriya
Farveez Maharoof
Lasith Malinga
Jehan Mubarak
Muttiah Muralidaran
Kumara Sangakkara(WK)
Chamara Silva
Upul Tharanga
Tilakarathne Dilshan
Chaminda Vaas
Gayan Wijekoon

Bermuda

Irving Romaine(C)
Delyone Borden
Lionel Cann
David Hemp
Kevin Hurdle
Malachi Jones
Stefan Kelly
Dwayne Leverock
Dean Minors (WK)
Saleem Mukuddem
Stephen Outerbridge
Oliver Pitcher
Clay Smith
Janeiro Tucker
Kwame Tucker

Netherlands

Jeroen Smits(C) (WK)
Adeel Raja
Peter Borren
Tom de Grooth
Mark Jonkman
Alexei Kervezee
Hendrik-Jan Mol
Darron Reekers
Edgar Schiferli
Billy Stelling
Eric Szwarczynski
Ryan ten Doeschate
Bas Zuiderent
L.Van Troost
D.Van Bunge

Pakistan

Shoaib Malik(C)
Abdur Rehman
Fawad Alam
Iftikhar Anjum
Imran Nazir
Kamran Akmal(WK)
Misbah-ul-Haq
Mohammad Asif
Mohammad Hafeez
Salman Butt
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanvir
Umar Gul
Yasir Arafat
Younis Khan

Scotland

Ryan Watson(C)
John Blain
Dougie Brown
P.Hoffman
Gavin Hamilton
Majid Haq
Ross Lyons
Gregor Maiden
Neil McCallum
Dewald Nel
Navdeep Poonia
Qasim Sheikh
Colin Smith(WK)
Fraser Watts
Craig Wright

Canada

J.Davison
G.Barnett
A.Bagai
I.Bilcliff
A.Samad
A.Mulla
S.Dhaniram
U.Bhatti
A.Cummins
K.Sandher
H.Osinde
D.Chumney
A.Codrington
H.Dhillon
D.Maxwell

Ireland

W.Porterfield
J.Bray
E.Morgan
N.O'Brien(WK)
A.Botha
K.O'Brien
A.White
T.Johnston(C)
K.McCallam
D.Langford-Smith
V.Rankin
J.Mooney
K.Carrol
P.Gillespie
P.Mooney

India

Mahendra Singh Dhoni(C)
Ishant Sharma
Piyush Chawla
Gautam Gambhir
Dinesh Karthik
Irfan Pathan
Praveen Kumar
Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh
Rohit Sharma
RP Singh
Yuvraj Singh
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Robin Uthappa

 

[Highlander999]

Good work. Are you playing every match or just auto-playing?

 

[lightbulb]

Make some changes to the England squad!

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

Good work. Are you playing every match or just auto-playing?

I am playing every match

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

First match is between England and West Indies.So stay tuned for the updates.

Pitch report

Its a good batting surface.But the only problem is the overcast conditions.The ball will swing in the air.But still the captain winning the toss might bat first.

Toss

Chris Gayle has won the toss and decided to bat first.

Teams

Predict the winner contest.Guess who will win this match.

Predict who will hit most number of sixes in this match.

 

[formula1man]

im terrably excited about this.
Pieterson most sixes
WIndies for the match

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

Openers D.S.Smith and C.Gayle make their way into the middle.C.Gayle to face the first ball of the match.Opening bowler from England is R.Sidebottom.

Good start from West Indies as 8 runs come from the first over with 3 singles,1 wide and a four as D.S.Smith edges the ball and it safely reach the boundary.

Tremlett is the next bowler and he give away 8 runs as Gayle smashes 2 boundaries.

Sidebottom continues and he strikes in the third ball as Tremlett takes an excellent catch in the slips and D.S.Smith is out for just 5 runs off 7 balls.New batsman in is Samuels who smashes 2 consecutive boundaries of the first two balls of his arrival.Once again 8 runs of the over.

After 3 overs West Indies are 24-1.

Photo Gallery


D.S.Smith edges it,but its safe and its a four.

Gayle smashes a four in the second over.

Tremlett takes an excellent catch in the slips

Samuels smashes a four

Scorecard after 3 overs.

 

[formula1man]

yes yes brilliant. i can tell its gonna be a cracka of a story. screenies are great, i love it.
go WIndies

 

[pavanbharadwaj]

4.Just 4 runs came of the fourth over as Tremlett bowls to
Gayle.

5.Then Broad replaces Sidebottom for the fifth over and another
good over for England as he give away only 4 singles.

6.Tremlett continues and Gayle smashes another good two
boundaries.

7.Seventh over by Broad proved to be very expensive as 13 runs
came of the over with 2 fours,three singles and two wides.

After 7 overs West Indies are 53-1


8.Mascarenhas replaces Tremlett to bowl the next over.11 runs
came of this over with 2 fours and three singles.

9.Flintoff replaces Broad to bowl the ninth over of the innings
and give away 10 runs.

10.Mascarenhas continues as Gayle completes his half century of
just 37 balls.


After 10 overs West Indies are 82-1


Photo Gallery

Gayle smashes a four to Tremlett in the sixth over.

Good fielding by England throughout the innings.

Gayle smashes another four to Mascarenhas in the eighth over.

Samuels shows some good hitting.

Gayle completes his half century.

Scorecard after tenth over.