KARACHI: Troubled but cricket-crazy Pakistan celebrated on Monday victory in the Twenty20 World Cup 3-½ months after an attack on the Sri Lankan team appeared to drive a nail into the coffin of Pakistani cricket. Pakistan beat in the final at Lord’s in London on Sunday to win its first major trophy since former captain Imran [...]
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Sri Lankans beat Windies to face Pak in final
Posted by shantanu on June 20th, 2009
The Sri Lankan juggernaut crushed West Indies by 57 runs in Friday’s lop-sided semi-final to set up a summit clash with Pakistan in the final of the World Twenty20 at Lord’s on Sunday. Put into bat, run-machine Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a sublime unbeaten 96 to help the Lankans overcome a mid-innings collapse and post 158 [...]
Dilshan, Mathews power Sri Lanka to T20 final
Posted by shantanu on June 20th, 2009
It will be an all-Asia final at the ICC World Twenty20 after Sri Lanka maintained their unbeaten record by crushing West Indies by 57 runs at The Oval. Tillakaratne Dilshan added another installment to his breathtaking tournament with an unbeaten 96, the highest score of the event, as his team-mates struggled for momentum. Angelo Mathews [...]
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