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Pakistan take high-voltage game vs Australia

If ever proof was needed that Pakistan are world cricket's most mercurial side, take this match as exhibit A. Bilawal Bhatti's first over cost 30 runs, Pakistan dropped two catches in three balls, they conceded an 18-ball half-century to Glenn Maxwell and in their own innings stumbled to 25 for 2 in their fifth over. Oh, and they won. Comfortably, in the end. So relaxed was Mohammad Hafeez by the end that he trusted Bhatti with the final over, with Australia needing 23. They managed six.

This really was a split personality of a game. The fielding from both sides was poor, as was some of the bowling. But the striking from Umar Akmal and Maxwell was breathtaking, and a couple of wonderful overs from two of Pakistan's spinners, Zulfiqar Babar and Saeed Ajmal, meant more than Bhatti's dirty 30-run over. Perhaps the most important feature of the match was the lopsided nature of Australia's scorecard; nobody but Maxwell and Aaron Finch reached double figures.

And yet while they were at the crease together, Australia rocketed into favouritism. Chasing 192, they had come together at 8 for 2 at the end of the first over, after Babar's quicker ball rattled David Warner's stumps and his turner caught the edge of Shane Watson's bat on the way through to Kamran Akmal. But from there, Maxwell and Finch lifted Australia to 126 for 2 in the 12th over, a position from which they could have and should have won.

Had Maxwell stayed there they would have. As he struck six after six with conventional strokeplay, it was hard to work out why he had tried to reverse-sweep Hafeez from the first ball of his innings. Nerves, perhaps. But when he stood still and played the ball on its merits, he was almost impossible to stop. He clubbed Hafeez over midwicket and square leg for two sixes in an over and struck another as Shahid Afridi leaked 15 in his first over.

Afridi seemed Scrooge-like compared to Bhatti, who was thumped for two consecutive sixes that brought Maxwell his half-century, the equal fastest in a T20 international by an Australia player. The record was set by David Warner, who struck an 18-ball fifty against West Indies in 2009-10 at the SCG, where the Arizona Diamondbacks and the LA Dodgers are playing Major League Baseball this week. Some of Maxwell's strikes belonged there.

He was put down on 70 by Ajmal in the deep - two balls earlier Kamran had failed to glove Finch's edge behind off Ajmal's doosra - but on 74 Maxwell fell when he picked out deep midwicket off the bowling of Afridi. And magically, the runs dried up. The rest of the Australians struggled to force the pace against Pakistan's spin; George Bailey was bowled by Afridi for 4 off nine balls and after Brad Hodge was well caught in the deep by Ajmal off Umar Gul, Ajmal got rid of the other main danger, Finch.

Australia needed 31 off the final three overs when Ajmal was given his last over, and it was a brilliant one. Finch, settled but still a little scratchy, was bowled by an Ajmal straight ball for 65 off 54 balls, and the over brought one run and one wicket. And, more or less, one Pakistan victory. Because 30 off two overs was too much for Australia's lower order; Gul and Bhatti picked up wickets and there was a run out, and Australia were bowled out from the last ball for 175.

It meant that Umar Akmal's batting had not been in vain. That Pakistan reached 191 for 5 was a remarkable effort given that they were struggling at 25 for 2 in the fifth over. But the Akmal brothers combined to give Bailey a headache for the next three quarters of an hour.

They scored at 11.29 during their 96-run partnership and although Kamran has an excellent record against Australia it was Umar who really did the damage this time. Powerful through and over midwicket, especially during an 18-run over from part-time spinner Finch, who was twice dispatched dismissively over deep midwicket, Umar was also able to rocket the ball down the ground straight back past the bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile.

Kamran struck four fours during his run-a-ball 31 but the partnership ended when he tried to lift a cut over deep point off Coulter-Nile but was well taken by Warner running around on the boundary. Coulter-Nile picked up a second wicket when he yorked Sohaib Maqsood for 5, but Umar remained at the crease and seemed destined to become the first Pakistan batsman to reach a century in a Twenty20 international.

That was not to be. In the final over of the innings, on 94 from 53 balls, he tried to clear the long-on boundary off Mitchell Starc and was caught in the deep by Maxwell. A quick unbeaten 20 from Afridi helped Pakistan to 191 for 5, but the Australians were left wondering what could have been had they been a little less sloppy in the field.

Umar had been dropped on 22 when he lifted Coulter-Nile to deep square leg and Brad Hogg put down a catch that was coming to him at pace, but should have been taken comfortably. Afridi was also put down by Hodge at point and Kamran was grassed by Doug Bollinger at short fine leg, although the umpire called a no-ball against the bowler Shane Watson in any case.

Bollinger's first international for two and a half years had started more promisingly - he struck in the second over of the match when Ahmed Shehzad top-edged a pull and was caught by Bollinger himself. When Hafeez played on off Watson in the fifth over, Australia could dream of a small chase. In their dreams

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India Beat Pakistan by 7 wickets

You don't often know what to expect in big India-Pakistan matches, but Pakistan are on to a disturbing trend of predictability of late. They work themselves up into a frenzy, try too many things, make too many mistakes, and India coolly stand in a corner doing little things right and stroll their way to a win. In the previous World T20 match between these two sides, Pakistan batted in a similarly nervous manner, got bowled out for 128, and lost despite a valiant attempt with the ball. Here they managed two runs more, succumbing to their own poor running and some clever spin bowling by India - in their 12 overs, the three specialists went for 63 and took three wickets - before putting up a fight with the ball, which was too little and too short.

Even in the lead-up, MS Dhoni spoke about how he was pleased a lot of acrimony had gone out of India-Pakistan matches, Mohammad Hafeez on the other hand sounded combative when asked about the lack of wins against India in World Cups. India were clear in their heads: they played three spinners, and didn't want to take a chance with the dew, so they put Pakistan in. Pakistan were a bundle of nerves.

Ahmed Shehzad ran out Kamran Akmal, who looked in good touch with his two early boundaries, before almost running himself out. With no loose balls on offer, Hafeez and Shehzad got more and more anxious before throwing their wickets away to Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra in the eighth and the ninth overs. It is a minor surprise that Mishra was only in his second Twenty20 international, but he bowled like a grizzled veteran for the most part. The delivery to get Shehzad was a beauty: for the batsman on the edge, he slowed a legbreak down, got some drift and dip, and drew as comprehensive a stumping as any you will see.

From 47 for 3 in the ninth over, Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik - the latter has feasted on Indian bowling in the past - tried a revival with a 50-run stand in seven overs, but the knowledge that a strong India batting lineup would need a total in excess of 150 to be challenged meant the percentages were always low. India again offered nothing loose, and Malik fell when trying to go inside-out off Mishra's bowling. He was beaten in the flight, the ball turned, and took a thick outside edge for long-off to catch.

What would have please India was that even in the last three overs - with the spinners' quotas exhausted - India conceded just 28 runs. The pitch was not the easiest to bat on, with good bounce and turn on offer, which would have actually left Pakistan a little more annoyed with their effort. About 15 more runs and their bowlers would have put India under serious pressure, especially with Shikhar Dhawan struggling at the top. Somehow, though, Dhawan scored 30 of possibly his most ungainly runs before falling. Rohit Sharma, who looked much better than Dhawan, managed 24 at a marginally better strike rate. Be that as it may, the two had given India a start, and despite a wobble in the middle Virat Kohli - in the company of Suresh Raina - did what he can do even in his sleep.

The only disturbing aspect of India's evening came through in this wobble: Yuvraj Singh had dropped a catch, conceded 13 in one over, and capped it off with a poor shot to be bowled for 1. That left India needing 66 in the remaining 9.5 overs, a situation that needs some panic from batsmen for some interest to be manufactured. No panic was forthcoming from Kohli, and once Shahid Afridi dropped Suresh Raina on 7 it was a cruise for India.

The key aspect of the finish provided by Kohli and Raina was how coolly they played Saeed Ajmal. Ajmal's analysis is worth a look: he was hit for three fours that Dhawan was not in control of, but still went for 18 runs and took one wicket in his four overs. However, the two India batsmen didn't show any desperation against him, and reached home with nine balls to go

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Zimbabwe finish in last-ball

 

On Monday, Zimbabwe wanted to bat second in Sylhet. On Wednesday, they did.

On Monday, Zimbabwe's captain Brendan Taylor asked his batsmen to put more value on their wickets. On Wednesday, they did.

On Monday, Zimbabwe's match against Ireland went down to the last ball and they lost. On Wednesday, the margins were just as close but the result was different.

Zimbabwe kept themselves in contention for the main draw of the World T20, despite making hard work of chasing 141 on a surface which, on Monday, Taylor had assessed as a 180-run pitch. They needed much less and were solid at the start, but almost left themselves with too much to do at the end.

Having watched their own bowlers pluck the Netherlands top-order in the Powerplay, and concede 37 runs in the next six overs, Zimbabwe approached their chase conservatively at first. Hamilton Masakadza and Sikandar Raza left as many deliveries as they hit upfront before Raza was hurried into skying one to deep midwicket.

The early setback did not rattle Zimbabwe. At the same stage in Netherlands' innings, after 4.3 overs, Zimbabwe had already taken four wickets. Prosper Utseya had two of those, removing Stephan Myburgh for a first-ball duck and having Peter Borren caught at mid-off.

The Cooper brothers held Netherlands' innings together, and Zimbabwe had Masakadza and Taylor. Tom and Ben Cooper put on 52 for the fifth wicket for Netherlands, with Tom, the senior partner, adding 29 of those runs. Masakadza and Taylor put on 62 and took Zimbabwe closer to the target.

The Zimbabwe pair showed patience, focusing as much as on singles, and trying to turn them into twos, as they did on clearing the boundary. They each managed the latter only once, off Tom Cooper in the 10th over, which left Zimbabwe with 75 to get off the second half of their innings.

Three boundary-less overs followed and the required run rate crept up but Masakadza and Taylor were resolute in not rushing. Then Masakadza decided one of them had to. He charged Pieter Seelaar for the second time in the over and missed to find the ball hitting the middle stump.

When Netherlands lost their fifth wicket, with 6.1 overs left in the innings, Mudassar Bukhari went in to bat. He shared a stand of 53 with Cooper and assumed the role of the finisher. Zimbabwe lost Masakadza with 6.3 overs left in their chase and decided not to hold their big-hitter back. Elton Chigumbura was promoted to No. 4 but was out two balls after he arrived. He slapped Seelaar straight to cover to leave Netherlands with the advantage and Taylor out in the middle on his own.

The next two overs yielded only ones and twos as Peter Borren's slower ball and Timm van der Gugten's full delivery proved miserly. Zimbabwe needed 40 runs off the last 24 balls but they would have known it was not impossible as Netherlands had scored 37 in the same period.

Ball one of the 17th over. Logan van Beek overpitched and Taylor hit over mid-on for four. Ball two: Van Beek was too short and Taylor got four more. Off the last ball of the over, Van Beek went short again and Sean Williams found the gap between mid-wicket and square leg, making the equation a manageable 25 off 18.

The next six balls from Ahsan Malik offered no width at all. Taylor and Williams carved out 10 runs anyway to bring it down to 15 off the 12.

Van der Gugten was back to bowl the penultimate over. Taylor tried to lift him over the covers, but Borren stuck out his hand to pull off a tough chance. Zimbabwe would have to score 14 off 11 without Taylor. Van der Gugten aimed at the toes for the rest of that over but Williams and Vusi Sibanda kept him out and took the runs on offer to bring it down to seven off the last six.

Malik started the final over with a yorker. Then he conceded two. Williams swung wildly at the next ball but the inside edge beat Wesley Baressi to go for four. One needed off three. Zimbabwe appeared to have turned into the South African class of 1999 when Williams missed the next ball and followed that up with a mindless run that found him well short of his ground.

With the fielders up to save the single, Malik missed the yorker and Sibanda lofted the ball over long-on, sending it into the stands. Borren covered his eyes so he did not have to look, Taylor opened his

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Cricket world Twenty 20 warm up matches

 
ICC T20I Wc 2014

Warm UP Matches:

Wed Mar 12
15:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST | 14:30 PKT
Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Wed Mar 12
15:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST | 14:30 PKT
Afghanistan vs Netherlands
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Wed Mar 12
19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST | 18:30 PKT
Ireland vs Nepal
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Wed Mar 12
19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST | 18:30 PKT
Hong Kong vs Zimbabwe
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Fri Mar 14
09:30 local | 03:30 GMT | 9:00 IST | 8:30 PKT
Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong

Fri Mar 14
13:30 local | 07:30 GMT | 13:00 IST | 12:30 PKT
Hong Kong vs Netherland
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Fri Mar 14
15:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST | 14:30 PKT
Nepal vs United Arab Emirates
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Fri Mar 14
19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST | 18:30 PKT
Bangladesh vs Ireland
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

 Mon Mar 17
15:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST | 14:30 PKT
New Zealand vs Pakistan
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Mon Mar 17
19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST | 18:30 PKT
India vs Sri Lanka
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Tue Mar 18
15:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST | 14:30 PKT
England vs West Indies
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Tue Mar 18
19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST | 18:30 PKT
Bangladesh A vs South Africa
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Wed Mar 19
15:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST | 14:30 PKT
Australia vs New Zealand
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Wed Mar 19
15:30 local | 09:30 GMT | 15:00 IST | 14:30 PKT
Sri Lanka vs West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Wed Mar 19
19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST | 18:30 PKT
South Africa vs Pakistan
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Wed Mar 19
19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST | 18:30 PKT
England vs India
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpu

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ICC T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eight Matches Schedule

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T20 World Cup 2012 Schedule

Date and Time	Match Details and Series
Tue Sep 18  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group C : 1st T20 - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe  Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Wed Sep 19  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group B : 2nd T20 - Australia vs Ireland  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Sep 19  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group A : 3rd T20 - India vs Afghanistan  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Sep 20  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group C : 4th T20 - South Africa vs Zimbabwe  Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Fri Sep 21  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group D : 5th T20 - New Zealand vs Bangladesh  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 21  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group A : 6th T20 - England vs Afghanistan  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 22  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group C : 7th T20 - Sri Lanka vs South Africa  Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Sat Sep 22  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group B : 8th T20 - Australia vs West Indies  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 23  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group D : 9th T20 - New Zealand vs Pakistan  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sun Sep 23  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group A : 10th T20 - England vs India  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Sep 24  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group B : 11th T20 - West Indies vs Ireland  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Sep 25  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group D : 12th T20 - Bangladesh vs Pakistan  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 13th T20 - TBC vs TBC (C1 v D2)  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 14th T20 - TBC vs TBC (A1 v B2)  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 28  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 15th T20 - TBC vs TBC (D1 v C2)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Sep 28  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 16th T20 - TBC vs TBC (B1 v A2)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 29  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 17th T20 - TBC vs TBC (A1 v D2)  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sat Sep 29  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 18th T20 - TBC vs TBC (C1 v B2)  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sun Sep 30  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 19th T20 - TBC vs TBC (B1 v C2)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 30  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 20th T20 - TBC vs TBC (D1 v A2)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Oct 1  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 21st T20 - TBC vs TBC (B2 v D2)  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Mon Oct 1  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 22nd T20 - TBC vs TBC (A1 v C1)  Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Tue Oct 2  15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 23rd T20 - TBC vs TBC (B1 v D1)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Oct 2  19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 24th T20 - TBC vs TBC (A2 v C2)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Oct 4  19:00 local | 13:30 GMT	1st Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC (SE Group-1 1 v SE Group-2 2)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Oct 5  19:00 local | 13:30 GMT	2nd Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC (SE Group-2 1 v SE Group-1 2)  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Oct 7  19:00 local | 13:30 GMT	Final T20 - TBC vs TBC  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

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