World Twenty20 2009 England Exclusive Photos
2009 ICC World Twenty20, England
ICC World Twenty20 England 2009
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is the World Championship for Cricket in the Twenty20 format. There are 12 teams competing in the Group Stages. The first two placed teams from each of the four groups (Group A to D) will move on to the Super Eights. Each team plays three games against teams they have not already played. (Teams divided into Group E and Group F). Fixtures are predetermined and have no connection to who finished first and second in the group. No points are carried forward from group stages. Top two teams in Groups E and F qualify for semi-finals.
Complete News Coverage of the Second ICC World Twenty20
ICC World 20/20 Championship 2009
| ICC World Twenty20 2009: WT20 2009 Cup Index | Latest News | Results | Warm-up Matches | Group Stage Matches | Super Eights | Championship Schedule | Groups & Points | Twenty20 Teams | Venues | Live Telecast | Photos |
ICC World Twenty20 2009
IRELAND (A2) vs SRI LANKA (C2) at Lord's Super Eight
News
Ireland give Srilanka a good fight, but ultimately lose by 9 runs
June 14, 2009
The Irish team who played against Sri Lanka today were a far cry from the team that lost by 83 runs to New Zealand earlier in the tournament. Dilshan, Sri Lanka's star batsman was out for a duck in the second ball of the match, caught by Niall O' Brien off a ball by Boyd Rankin. Sangakkara was out (c N O'Brien b Johnston) in the third over for only 3 runs. Alex Cusack took 4 wickets for Ireland in 3 overs, conceding only 18 runs. Jayasuriya (27) and Jayawardene (78) steadied the Sri Lankan innings and set the Ireland team a target of 145 runs in 20 overs. Porterfield and Niall O' Brien laid the foundation of the Irish innings taking 31 runs each. Sri Lanka failed to take any wickets till the 10th over when Porterfield was caught by Sangakkara off a ball by Muralitharan. Ireland's run rate declined steeply after Ajantha Mendis took down both the O'Brien brothers in the 14th over. Needing 18 runs from the last over, Ireland was able to get only 8 runs and their final score was 135/7.
With this defeat, Ireland are eliminated from progressing further in this World Twenty20 tournament. Sri Lanka will play against New Zealand on Tuesday, June 16th at trent Bridge and Ireland will face Pakistan tomorrow at Kennington Oval in their final match.
2009 ICC World Twenty20 Match 19: SRI vs IRE, Group F, June 14: Sri Lanka 144 for 9 (Jayawardene 78, Cusack 4-18) beat Ireland 135 for 7 (Malinga 2-18) by nine runs
ICC World Twenty20 2009
IRELAND (A2) vs SRI LANKA (C2) at Lord's Super Eight
Scores
Sri Lanka: 144/9 (20 ov)Ireland: 135/7 (20 ov)
Overs
Sri Lanka - . W . 4 . . | 1wd . . 1 . . 1lb | 1 . . 1 1wd 1 1 | . 2 lb W . . . | 4 . 1 1 4 . | . 4 . . . . | . . . 1 1 . | 4 2 . 1 4 | 1 4 2 2 4 2 | 1 1 4 1 2 1 | . . 6 . 1 | . 4 3 W 1 1 | 4 4 . 1 . . | 1 2 1 1 W . | . 1wd . . 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 2 4 | 1 2 1 1 4 4 | . 2 W 1 1 W | 1 1wd 1 1 W 4 1 | 2 W . 1 W 4 Ireland - . . . . 4 1 | . . . . 4 2 | . . 1 3 . 4 | 1 . 1 . 4 4 | . 1 1 . . 1wd . | . . . 1wd 4 . . | 1lb 1 . . 4 1 | 1 . 1 1 1 1 | . 2 . 4 4 . | W . . . 1 . | . 1 3 2 1 . | 1 1 1 1lb 1 . | . 1 1b . . 1 | 2 6 4 . W 1 | 1lb . W 1 1 W | . . 2 1 . . | . 1 1 1 6 2 | 1 W W 2 . 1wd . | 4 . 4 2 4 3nb 1 | . 2 W 1 4 1FOW
Sri Lanka : 1-0: Tillakaratne Dilshan c N OBrien b Rankin 0(2); 2-14: Kumar Sangakkara c N OBrien b T Johnston 3(10); 3-81: Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b McCallan 28(27); 4-97 : Chamara Silva c Rankin b McCallan 2(5); 5-126: J Mubarak c N OBrien b Cusack 7 (9) ; 6-128: Mahela Jayawardene b Cusack 80(54); 7-132: Nuwan Kulasekara c J Mooney b Rankin 1(2); 8-139: Mathews b Cusack 10 (7); 9-140: Muttiah Muralitharan st Obrien b Cusack 0(1) Ireland : 1-4: 1-59: William Porterfield c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 31(29); 2-87: Andrew White c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 22 (21); 3-89: Kevin O'Brien c Dilshan b Mendis 0 (2); 4-91: Niall Obrien st Sangakkara b Mendis 31(37); 5-106: Johnston b Malinga 9 (6); 6-106: Andre Botha b Malinga 0(1); 7-29: Alex Cusack run out 2(3)Toss: Sri Lanka; elected to bat
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)