India vs Sri Lanka in India, Nov-Dec 2009

Sri Lanka in India Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series

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.

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.

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ICC World Twenty20 2009

First Semi Final at Trent Bridge

Boom Boom lifts Pakistan into World T20 final

Shahid Afridi shone with bat and ball at Trent Bridge as Pakistan dumped South Africa by seven runs to storm into the World Twenty20 final. Boom Boom smashed 51 from 34 balls and then grabbed 2-16 with his leg-spin as Pakistan successfully defended 149-4 to restrict the favoured Proteas to 142-5 before a sell-out crowd.
Afridi, coming on to bowl in the seventh over, struck twice in four deliveries when he bowled Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers to make South Africa 50-3 in 8.3 overs. Veteran Jacques Kallis made a brave attempt to take the South Africans home, striking seven fours and a six in 64 from 54 balls, but the other batsmen faltered against the spot-on attack.

2009 ICC World Twenty20, First Semi-final at Trent Bridge, PAK vs SAF, June 18 2009: Pakistan 149/4 (Afridi 51, Malik 34) beat South Africa 142/5 (Kallis 64, Duminy 44*, Afridi 2-16) by seven runs

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16:30 GMT | 12:30 EDT | 22:00 IST :: 1st Semi-Final - Thursday, June 18
South Africa v Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
South Africa is one of the only two teams in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 to reach the Semis without losing a single match (Sri Lanka is the other). The perennial favorites in any form of cricket, and big time chokers at crunch time, South Africa will have to overcome their nerves to go on to the semis when they meet a resurgent Pakistan team which is looking stronger and stronger with each match. AB de Villiers is currently South Africa's top scorer with 185 runs in five matches, and teammate Jacques Kallis is not far behind with 174 from four matches.
Seamer Roelof van der Merwe is the team's best bowler with 9-106 from 17 overs, while Wayne Parnell has 8-93 from the same number of overs.
Right-arm seamer Umar Gul is the main reason the Pakistanis have progressed so far in the tournament after a stuttering start. Gul, who was the highest wicket-taker in the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa when Pakistan ended runners-up to India, again tops the list with 12 scalps in this tournament. Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal is joint second with Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga in the wicket-taker's list with 11 wickets, while leg-spinning allrounder Shahid Afridi has eight.

Pakistan were routed by South Africa in a practice match ahead of the tournament at Trent Bridge, losing by 59 runs after being bowled out for 127 in reply to South Africa's 186-7.

Tournament Results

South Africa
beat Scotland by 130 runs at The Oval
beat New Zealand by one run at Lord's
beat England by seven wickets at Trent Bridge
beat West Indies by 20 runs at The Oval
beat India by 12 runs at Trent Bridge

Pakistan
lost to England by 48 runs at The Oval
beat Holland by 82 runs at Lord's
lost to Sri Lanka by 19 runs at Lord's
beat New Zealand by six wickets at The Oval
beat Ireland by 39 runs at The Oval

16:30 GMT | 12:30 EDT | 22:00 IST :: 2nd Semi-Final - Friday, June 19
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kennington Oval, London
Sri Lanka, the unbeaten, strongest, and best balanced team in the tournament, will face West Indies in the second semi-final at the Oval on Friday. Three of Lanka's big four batsmen have been in form, with the opening partnership of Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillekeratne Dilshan performing consistently well. Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene showed in the match against New Zealand that they have the class and composure to lead their side to victory on the big stage. Dilshan is the tournament's top runscorer.
While spinner Ajantha Mendis is an absolute terror, veteran spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has been successfully strangling sides in the middle overs. Mendis already has 10 victims in the tournament while sling-shot fast bowler Lasith Malinga lies joint second in the leading wicket-takers in the tournament with 11 and are expected to provide the main obstacle to West Indies' chances of progress.

West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, after beating England in a do-or-die match went on to remark that some teams were now scared of his team. Dwayne Bravo, with 154 runs from 4 matches and eight wickets for 123 runs from 14 overs, has been the best all-rounder in the tournament so far. Lendl Simmons with 150 runs from 4 matches is also in terrific form.

Tournament Results

West Indes
beat Australia by 7 wickets at The Oval
lost to Sri Lanka by 15 runs at Trent Bridge
beat India by 7 wickets at Lord's
lost to South Africa by 20 runs at The Oval
beat England by five wickets at The Oval (D/L method)

Sri Lanka
beat Australia by 6 wickets at Trent Bridge
beat West Indies by 15 runs at Trent Bridge
beat Pakistan by 19 runs at Lord's
beat Ireland by 9 runs at Lord's
beat New Zealand by 48 runs at Trent Bridge

ICC World Twenty20 2009

First Semi Final at Trent Bridge

Scores

Pakistan Innings 149 for 4 (20.0 overs)

South Africa Innings 142 for 5 (20.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Kamran Akmal	c A Morkel	b Steyn	23	12	4	1
Hasan	c van der Merwe	b Parnell	0	2	0	0
Shahid Afridi	c de Villiers	b Duminy	51	34	8	0
Shoaib Malik	c J Botha	b van der Merwe	34	39	2	0
Khan	not out		24	18	1	0
Razzaq	not out		12	15	0	0
Extras		3w 2lb	5
Total		for 4	149	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 4.0 0 28 1 Parnell 4.0 0 26 1 Kallis 2.0 0 14 0 A Morkel 2.0 0 13 0 van der Merwe 4.0 0 29 1 J Botha 2.0 0 23 0 Duminy 2.0 0 14 1

Fall of wicket   8 Hasan 28 Kamran Akmal 95 Shahid Afridi 124 Shoaib Malik

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Kallis	c Shoaib Malik	b Saeed Ajmal	64	54	7	1
Gm Smith	c and b	Aamer	10	14	1	0
Gibbs		b Shahid Afridi	5	4	1	0
de Villiers		b Shahid Afridi	1	5	0	0
Duminy	not out		44	39	3	1
A Morkel	run out		2	4	0	0
Boucher	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		1w 4b 11lb	16
Total		for 5	142	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Razzaq 3.0 0 19 0 Aamer 4.0 0 30 1 Shahid Afridi 4.0 0 16 2 Saeed Ajmal 4.0 0 23 1 Shoaib Malik 1.0 0 5 0 Umar Gul 3.0 0 19 0 Fawad Alam 1.0 0 15 0

Fall of wicket   40 Gm Smith 46 Gibbs 50 de Villiers 111 Kallis 134 A Morkel

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Umpires: B F Bowden, S J Davis, B C Broad, S J A Taufel
South Africa: Gm Smith (C), Kallis, Gibbs, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher (W), A Morkel, van der Merwe, Parnell, Steyn, J Botha
Pakistan: Hasan, Kamran Akmal (W), Shoaib Malik, Khan (C), Misbah, Shahid Afridi, Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aamer