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

Second Semi Final at Kennington Oval

Sri Lanka storms into World T20 final

Tillakaratne Dilshan's 96 not out, and a three-wicket opening over spell for one run by Angelo Matthews took Sri Lanka into an all-Asia final at the ICC World Twenty20 to be played on Sunday. Man-of-the-match Tillakaratne's unbeaten 96, the highest score of the event, came as his team-mates struggled for momentum. He batted through out the innings in Sri Lanka's 158 for five, and was involved in the opening wicket partnership of 73 with Jayasuriya, who looked strangely subdued while making 24 in 46 balls.
Angelo Mathews then stunned West Indies with three wickets in the opening over before the spinners strangled the middle order, leaving Chris Gayle, who played a captain's role, unbeaten on 63 as he carried his bat while no one else reached double figures.
The Sri Lankan opening bowler finished with three for 16 from four overs. Muttiah Muralitharan took 3-29 and Ajantha Mendis 2-9 as West Indies was all out in less than 18 overs for 101.

2009 ICC World Twenty20, Second Semi-final at The Oval, SRL vs WIN, June 19 2009: Sri Lanka 158/5 (Dilshan 96*) beat West Indies 101 (Gayle 63*, Mathews 3-16, Muralitharan 3-29) by 57 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

Second Semi Final at Kennington Oval

Scores

Sri Lanka Innings 158 for 5 (20.0 overs)

West Indies Innings 101 all out (17.4 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Dilshan	not out		96	57	12	2
Jayasuriya	c Taylor	b DJ Bravo	24	37	3	0
Sangakkara	c Pollard	b DJ Bravo	0	2	0	0
M Jayawardene	c Chanderpaul	b Pollard	2	3	0	0
Silva	c Ramdin	b Benn	11	12	2	0
Mubarak	c Sammy	b Taylor	7	5	1	0
Mathews	not out		12	4	1	1
Extras		3w 3lb	6
Total		for 5	158	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sammy 4.0 0 19 0 Taylor 4.0 0 31 1 DJ Bravo 3.0 0 32 2 Benn 4.0 0 24 1 Gayle 3.0 0 35 0 Pollard 2.0 0 14 1

Fall of wicket   73 Jayasuriya 73 Sangakkara 77 M Jayawardene 127 Silva 134 Mubarak

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gayle	not out		63	50	8	2
Marshall		b Mathews	0	1	0	0
Simmons		b Mathews	0	2	0	0
DJ Bravo		b Mathews	0	2	0	0
Chanderpaul	lbw	b Mendis	7	15	0	0
Sarwan	c Mathews	b Muralitharan	5	11	0	0
Pollard	st Sangakkara	b Muralitharan	3	10	0	0
Ramdin	c M Jayawardene	b Udana	9	5	2	0
Taylor	c Sub	b Muralitharan	2	2	0	0
Sammy	c Mubarak	b Mendis	1	4	0	0
Benn		b Malinga	0	4	0	0
Extras		8w 1b 2lb	11
Total		all out	101	(17.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Mathews 4.0 0 16 3 Udana 3.0 0 20 1 Malinga 2.4 0 24 1 Mendis 4.0 0 9 2 Muralitharan 4.0 0 29 3

Fall of wicket   1 Marshall 1 Simmons 1 DJ Bravo 43 Chanderpaul 64 Sarwan 75 Pollard 86 Ramdin 95 Taylor 97 Sammy 101 Benn

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Umpires: Aleem Dar, R E Koertzen, A G Hurst, D J Harper
Sri Lanka: Dilshan, Jayasuriya, Sangakkara (C/W), M Jayawardene, Silva, Mubarak, Mathews, Udana, Malinga, Muralitharan, Mendis, Sub
West Indies: Gayle (C), Marshall, Simmons, DJ Bravo, Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Pollard, Ramdin (W), Sammy, Taylor, Benn