AUSTRALIA AND BANGLADESH SHOWN THE EXIT DOOR

It was a day of upsets as australia and bangladesh were knocked out of the tournament...the first match was ireland vs bangladesh...bangladesh batting first got of to a good start but kept losing wickets at regular intervals...the innings never got going as trent johnston with clever variations troubled the tigers...however a breezy knock by mortaza saw them to a respectable total of 137/8.....ireland started of their chase very cautiously but neil o'brien once got his eye in played some glorious shots and targetted the short boundary...he eventually got out when they still needed a 77 in 10 overs...but the oher o'brien carried on the innings left by his brother..with some intelligent hitting he saw the irish thru and it meant bangladesh were handed a heart break.....

Neil o'brien with the man of the match award

















The second match was a do or die match for aussies....after put into bat by the lankans they got off to a horrible start as warner left early in the first over...ponting looked good until mendis came to bowl...the aussies found mendis too hot to handle and kept losing wickets...malinga also picked up wickets with his yorkers and slower ones...then some hitting from dave hussey,johnson and lee in the slog overs saw them to a fighting total of 159...srilanka opened with dilshan and jayasurya...but jayasurya left early and the pressure was on....dilshan's stroke filled fifty and sangakkara's crafty half century ensured that australia were knocked out...

A visibly dejected ponting in the dug out

PAKISTAN FACE A TRICKY SITUATION

Last years runner up pakistan are now in spot of bother as they get ready for their do or die match against the dutch..their poor show against england not only makes this one a must win match but also makes the net run rate a very crucial factor...if pakistan had to reach the super eight they have to beat the dutch by a margin of 30 odd runs..their top order is not performing to their potential and execution of plans is very poor...the captain has shown huge faith in afridi by saying that "t20 is fun game and its all about entertaining...and i hope afridi gets a hundred in the next game"...what ever said is history...can they come together and put a great show to make it to the super eights??..keep your fingers crossed....

SOUTH AFRICA TOO GOOD FOR THE SCOTS

After the opening match where england lost to minnows holland...there was a sense of expectation for more such upsets....but south africa cleared all such doubts by stamping scotland in their opening game ....south africa were put into bat and they accepted it gleefully as their batsmen made merry of the poor scott bowlers..smith and kallis opened the innings...the pair added 87 runs for the first wicket...gibbs came at three and was scratchy as it was unusual position for him to bat...de villiers who started cautipusly then smashed it to all parts scoring at a rapid pace ....with albie and duminy giving useful contributions from the other end the proteas got to 213 in their 20 overs...it was too much for scotland as they lost a flurry of wickets in the opening four overs..steyn and parnell bowled with pace and movement...then botha was tight in his line and chipped in with a few wickets...and eventually scotland were all out for 81...the south africans have made a rollicking start and are one of hte favourites to win the cup...

MUMBAI INDIANS WIN IPL-2 OPENER

The IPL-2 kicked off today at newlands,capetown..the inaugural match was played between chennaisuper kings and the mumbai indians.and mumbai won by 19 runs...While in last season's opener brendon mccullum smashed an unbeaten 153 to set up a crushing victory for his side,this time around the opener got underway with overcast conditions and sachin tendulkar played a brilliantly compiled 59 not out and batted through the 20 0vers to post a competitive total of 166 for 7..the innings was initially subdued and gained momentum as abishek nayar smacked a few out of capetown in a flintoff over and some lusty blows in the final overs saw them post a decent total..THE chennai innings started disastrously as parthiv was gone in the second ball of the innings..hayden and flintoff batted well and looked threatening during their 50 run stand..harbhajan then bowled an excellent spell choking them for runs and accounting for dangerous flintoff...this opened the gates as wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals...dhoni was the only hope the chennai had with more than 30 needed in the last 3 overs..but some great swing bowling from malinga took mumbai home comfortably by 19 runs...

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FREDDIE'S HAT TRICK WINS ENG THE SERIES

Andrew flintoff back from an injury has been having a tough time with the bat and the ball in the ongoing series against west indies produced a great spell of bowling to win the series for england..england managed to square the series and it was the deciding match.a large english crowd,the barmy army has arrived and rain spoilt the party and kept the players out of the field for almost a sessionn...after a long haul the match was started as a 29 over game..west indies won the toss and put england to bat...england had a mixed innings and managed to reach a decent total of 172..west indies were 140 for 6 when flintoff came to bowl the 27th over in which he took a hat trick and sealed the victory..First to go was Denesh Ramdin, who shuffled into line to a full-length inswinger, but worked the ball onto the base of his own stumps. One delivery later, and Ravi Rampaul was gone pinned on the crease by a shin-high full-toss, and then, with the England fans finding their voice he produced a superlative yorker to demolish Sulieman Benn's defences...edwards did well to dug at the yorker first ball as it might have been four from four..flintoff became the third england bowler to take a hat-trick in odi..