Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
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
South Africa asserted their superiority in every area of the game and gave the inexperienced Scottish
side a massive thrashing when they defeated them by 130 runs . Batting first, South Africa were off to a
good start with Graeme Smith (38) and Jacque Kallis (48) laying the ground work for their innings. AB de
Villiers remained not out after scoring a dynamic 79 off only 35 balls . South Africa amassed 211/5, the
highest total by any team in this tournament so far. The Scotland innings crumbled from the very
beginning and they were 13/4 after 3 overs. Coetzer (42) and Haq(15) were the only two players whose
scores were in double-digits. Scotland were bowled out for 81, in 15.4 overs. For South Africa, Botha and
van der Merwe both took 2 wickets each giving away 17 runs in 4 overs.
2009 ICC World Twenty20 Match 5: SAF vs SCO, Group D, June 7: South Africa 211-5 (de Villiers 79*,
Kallis 48) beat Scotland 85 (Coetzer 42) by 130 runs about 4 hours ago
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
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.
South Africa asserted their superiority in every area of the game and gave the inexperienced Scottish
side a massive thrashing when they defeated them by 130 runs . Batting first, South Africa were off to a
good start with Graeme Smith (38) and Jacque Kallis (48) laying the ground work for their innings. AB de
Villiers remained not out after scoring a dynamic 79 off only 35 balls . South Africa amassed 211/5, the
highest total by any team in this tournament so far. The Scotland innings crumbled from the very
beginning and they were 13/4 after 3 overs. Coetzer (42) and Haq(15) were the only two players whose
scores were in double-digits. Scotland were bowled out for 81, in 15.4 overs. For South Africa, Botha and
van der Merwe both took 2 wickets each giving away 17 runs in 4 overs.
