ICC 2010 Twenty20 World Cup THREAD

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[mehru]

PHOTO OF THE DAY

 

[shining eyes]

achaaa hoya tu har gya ..............
HAMARI SARI AWAAM ESAY E thi jab pakistan hara tha..........
ABHI THORA DIL KO ARAAAM MILA HA

 

[S.U.R.B.]

I couldn't see the match ...but well done England.truly deserved.


Aussies


England crush Aus by 7 wickets, crowned world Twenty20 champs

by Joseph Hoover

Bridgetown (Barbados), May 16 (PTI) Craig Krieswetter struck a sparkling 63 as England were crowned Twenty20 world champions after crushing Australia by seven wickets in the summit clash to win their maiden ICC tournament title here today.

Krieswetter made the much vaunted Australian bowling attack look like pedestrian with an explosive 49-ball innings which was studded with seven fours and two sixes as England chased down the target of 148 with three overs to spare in the grand finale at the Kensington Oval here.

He was given able support by Kevin Pietersen who made a valuable 31-ball 47 which had four boundaries and a six in it. The awesome pair brought the hitherto mighty Australians to their knees by stitching 111 runs from just 68 balls for the second wicket to set up the win for England.

Earlier, England produced a clinical bowling performance to restrict Australia to 147 for six, made possible mainly due to David Hussey's 54-ball 59, after Paul Collingwood inserted their Ashes rivals after winning the toss.

By beating Australia in the final today, England won their first ICC event title after finishing runners-up in three 50-over World Cups -- in 1979, 1987 and 1992 -- and Champions Trophy at home in 2004.

Australia, the reigning 50-over world champions, failed to win the only trophy that have eluded them after making to the final of the showpiece event of the slam-bang format in its third edition in the Caribbean.

England made a cautious start in their run chase scoring just three from the opening over bowled by Dirk Nannes but they lost opener Michael Lumb (2) in second over, holing out to David Hussey as the batsman failed to keep down a rising Shuan Tait delivery.

Nannes, Tait and Mitchell Johnson generated good pace with deliveries clocking above 150 kph on quite a few occasions but Kieswetter and Pietersen played safe by shunning big shots though at the same time scoring above the asking rate. The duo later treated the pace trio with disdain once they smell victory.

Teams
Australia: David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Brad Haddin (wkt), Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, Dirk Nannes

England: Michael Lumb, Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIS)
TV umpire: Billy Bowden (NZL)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Engla...crowned-world-T20-champs/Article1-544524.aspx

 

[Gin ka Pakistan]

England played positively and is the true champions of 20/20. So happy for England.

 

[Super Falcon]

im so much happppy that ausies lost and i never ever want to seeee them champs in T 20 and also dont want to seee them champs in odi for next 100 years i hope international teams fevour each other against ausies

 

[DesiGuy]

im so much happppy that ausies lost and i never ever want to seeee them champs in T 20 and also dont want to seee them champs in odi for next 100 years i hope international teams fevour each other against ausies

why so much hate for them even in the sport?

 

[DesiGuy]

Anyways, glad that England won for the first time.

But Aussies played better than anyone else throughout the whole tournament.

 

[dabong1]

Well done england

 

[U-571]

aaj pakistan hota, in se mukabla tu kerta, saale kutte ki tarha haare hain aaj yeh, pakistan deserved to be the winner of this WC

 

[---RequieM]

I think it's fair to say the best team won...

 

[Frankenstein]

Aaj Subah nashtay main jab pee thandi thandi lasi

-- yad aa gya khutay da putar Micheal Hassy

 

[Al-zakir]

Congratulation England for the championship and beat up Aussie for a change.....Thanks lot..

Zaki must not be unhappy...........

 

[Chappal Chor]

inhain to haarna hi tha 18 crore baddua lekar kaun jeet sakta hai.....

thank god sri lanka nahi thi unke sath to 1 billion baddua chal rahi thi.

i love my subcontinent.