South Africa v/s NewZealand match scorecard / highlights

In the closest finishing match of this ICC T20 World Cup South Africa snatched a one run victory over newzealand in a low scoring match. both the teams have already booked their spot for next round of super eight

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Batting: South Africa Innings

Batsmen	South Africa (128/7 in 20 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s	SR
Jacques Kallis	run out (B McCullum)	24	23	2	1	104.35
Graeme Smith(c)	b I Butler	33	35	4	0	94.29
Herschelle Gibbs	c & b S Styris	3	7	0	0	42.86
Roelof van der Merwe	b N McCullum	0	6	0	0	0.00
Jean-Paul Duminy	c N Broom b K Mills	29	23	1	2	126.09
AB de Villiers	run out (N Broom)	15	8	2	0	187.50
Mark Boucher (wk)	c B McCullum b I Butler	6	6	0	0	100.00
Albie Morkel	not out	10	10	0	0	100.00
Johan Botha	not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
Wayne Parnell
Dale Steyn
Extras:	b - 0, w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 4	6
Total: (128 for 7 in 20 overs)		128	Run Rate: 6.40

Fall Of Wickets 1/49 (Jacques Kallis, 7.1 ov.), 2/63 (Herschelle Gibbs, 10.3 ov.), 3/63 (Graeme Smith, 11.2 ov.), 4/65 (Roelof van der Merwe, 12.4 ov.), 5/85 (AB de Villiers, 14.5 ov.), 6/107 (Mark Boucher, 17.2 ov.), 7/121 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 18.5 ov.) 

Bowling: New Zealand

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	ER
Kyle Mills	4	0	34	1	0	0	8.5
Jacob Oram	4	0	30	0	0	1	7.5
Ian Butler	4	0	13	2	0	1	3.2
Brendon Diamanti	2	0	19	0	0	0	9.5
Nathan McCullum	4	0	18	1	0	0	4.5
Scott Styris	2	0	10	1	0	0	5.0

Power Play: South Africa innings

Mandatory: (0.1 - 6) overs - 47 - Runs

Batting: New Zealand Innings

Batsmen	New Zealand (127/5 in 20 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s	SR
Brendon McCullum (c)	st M Boucher b Rvd Merwe	57	54	6	0	105.56
Martin Guptill	c Rvd Merwe b D Steyn	6	5	1	0	120.00
Neil Broom	c & b J Kallis	1	5	0	0	20.00
Ross Taylor	b Rvd Merwe	22	31	2	0	70.97
Jacob Oram	run out (G Smith)	24	18	2	0	133.33
Scott Styris	not out	7	7	0	0	100.00
Peter McGlashan(wk)
Nathan McCullum
Kyle Mills
Brendon Diamanti
Ian Butler
Extras:	b - 4, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 1	10
Total: (127 for 5 in 20 overs)		127	Run Rate: 6.35

Fall Of Wickets 1/19 (Martin Guptill, 2.1 ov.), 2/26 (Neil Broom, 3.3 ov.), 3/82 (Ross Taylor, 14.3 ov.), 4/93 (Brendon McCullum, 16.6 ov.), 5/127 (Jacob Oram, 20 ov.) 

Bowling: South Africa

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	ER
Dale Steyn	4	0	22	1	0	2	5.5
Wayne Parnell	4	0	38	0	0	0	9.5
Jacques Kallis	3	0	17	1	0	3	5.7
Johan Botha	3	0	17	0	0	0	5.7
Albie Morkel	2	0	14	0	0	0	7.0
Roelof van der Merwe	4	0	14	2	0	0	3.5

Australia fails to move to next round in T20 world cup

ICC World Champions Australia never fully recovered from a disastrous middle period of their innings when the slow bowlers pegged them back after a decent start.

An inspiring catch from David Warner lifted Australian hopes in reply when he took a fine leaping catch just inside the boundary rope to dismiss Sanath Jayasuriya for 2.

Dilshan and Sangakkara then saw their side to 62 off the six-over Powerplay as the runs flowed at a good rate.

Dilshan brought up his own 50 off 26 balls, when he flipped Watson over the head of the wicketkeeper for his 10th boundary, but he fell saw after when bowled by Michael Clarke.

Mahela Jayawardene (9) then took a wild swipe at Nathan Hauritz and got a top-edge to short third-man.

Two sixes off successive balls by Sangakkara off Hauritz then hastened the Sri Lankan victory although there was a slight stutter during Brett Lee’s third over when Silva pulled to short mid-wicket and three more dot balls followed. But Jehan Mubarak ended the over with a six just over the head of deep midwicket to leave the batting side with 24 to get off the last 18 balls.

Sangakkara reached his 50 off 40 with a delicate lap shot just wide of short fine-leg to help bring the equation down to 14 from 12 balls.

Mubarak brought the required rate down to less than a run a ball as Lee’s tournament ended as it had started and middle - by being hit into the stand for six.

Australia’s campaign was summed up when Mubarak (21 off 12 balls) smacked Lee to mid-off but the fielder could only palm the ball to the boundary as he leapt for what would have been a miraculous catch.

Mitchell Johnson’s wide to finish the match put the icing on the cake for Australia - not a sweet tasting one at that - as they bowed out of the tournament with an over to spare.

Australia’s total was much better than was expected at one time when they slumped to 94-6 towards the end of the 15th over.

David Warner (0) fell in the first over when he slashed Angelo Mathews to backward point but Shane Watson (22) and Ricky Ponting (25) steadied the Aussie ship in a stand of 48.

Spin then took hold as Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan (initially) put a block on the scoring. At that point Mendis had the exceptional analysis of 2-0-4-2.

Ponting was bowled by Mendis as he looked to make room to leg and then Watson was leg before during the off-spinner’s next over when he missed a sweep.

Brad Haddin went in embarrassing circumstances when he missed a slow full toss from Malinga and was bowled for 16.

Isuru Udana was another pace bowler to make full use of a slower ball when he deceived Michael Clarke, who could only send a leading edge back to the bowler who took a fine one-handed catch to his left.

Mendis and Muralitharan continued to put the squeeze on the batsmen and it was the former who struck for the third time when he trapped Mike Hussey in front of his stumps with a quicker ball.

From that point, however, the Aussie middle and lower order swung the match back towards parity with some lusty blows.

David Hussey and Johnson added 41 in 21 deliveries to destroy Muralitharan by taking 21 from his last over after the veteran spinner had conceded just eight from his first 18 balls.

Australia plundered 65 from their last five overs with Udana also suffering at the hands of Hussey and Johnson, although he did at least claim the wicket of the former, slicing a skier to backward point, during an over that cost 18.

Lasith Malinga’s final over of the innings encapsulated the whole batting effort at 12 were taken from it in between two wickets.

Lee was cleaned out by a yorker (but not before scoring 15 off five balls) and then a slower ball deceived Hauritz off the penultimate ball. An inside edge off the last delivery by Nathan Bracken meant Australia finished with all the momentum running their way.

It was not to last.

Courtesy: Yahoo

New Zealand Squad - T20 World Cup 2009

New Zealand Squad - T20 World Cup 2009

Daniel Vettori - Captain
Age 30 years
Playing role Bowler
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox

Neil Broom
Age 25 years
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium

Ian Butler
Age 27 years
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast

Brendon Diamanti
Age 27 years
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium

James Franklin
Age 28 years
Playing role Bowler
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Left-arm fast-medium

Martin Guptill
Age 22 years
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak

Brendon McCullum - Wicketkeeper
Age 27 years
Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting Right-hand bat

Nathan McCullum
Age 28 years
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak

Peter McGlashan
Age 29 years
Batting Right-hand bat

Kyle Mills
Age 30 years
Playing role Bowler
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium

Iain O’Brien
Age 32 years
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium

Jacob Oram
Age 30 years
Playing role All-rounder
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium

Jesse Ryder
Age 24 years
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium

Scott Styris
Age 33 years
Playing role All-rounder
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm medium

Ross Taylor
Age 30 years
Playing role All-rounder
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak

ICC T20 World Cup - history and introduction

(ICC T20 world cup 2009) -The ICC World Twenty20 is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament consists of 12 teams and is contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers. The championship is expected to be held around every two years.

The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa from 11-24 September 2007. The tournament was won by India, who become the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg.

Format of T2o world cup :

Question - Who qualifies for playing in tournament?
All Test-playing nations achieve automatic qualification to the tournament, with the remaining places filled by ICC associate member nations through a qualification tournament.

Qualification for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 came from the results of the first cycle of the ICC World Cricket League - a 50-over format league for non-Test playing nations. The two finalists of the Division One tournament - Kenya and Scotland - qualified for the inaugural World Twenty20 tournament alongside the Test-playing nations. Qualification for subsequent tournaments, beginning with the 2009 event, is achieved through a special event using the twenty20 format.

Tournament methodology / style/ events :

The tournament format consists of four stages:

-Group Stage - Four groups of three teams (two seeds and one qualifier) with two games per team and the top two teams qualifying for the Super 8s.
-Super 8s - Two four-team groups playing three games each. The make up of the groups was pre-decided based upon all seeds qualifying; if a seed failed to qualify the beneficiary took their allotted place in their respective group.
-Semi-Finals - Group Winners playing the runner up of the other Super 8 Group.
-Final