T20 WC Warm up games

[Roshanrocks]

this is not good, the australians have been jolted before the tournament started, now they will be back more dangerous than ever :nervous:

[Sachinism]

Warm up games today: Sri Lanka v South Africa Bangladesh v England (13:30 local, 17:30 GMT) West Indies v New Zealand (17:00 local, 21:00 GMT) Afghanistan v Ireland (13:30 local, 17:30 GMT) SL getting pwned by SA 77-5 in 15 They were 42-5 at one stage

[FairCricket]

SA vs SL , playing now , SL 93/5 in 16.1 overs

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125/7 19 overs

[gaurav92]

SAF needs 65 more runs to win in 7 overs with 7 wickets in hand.This shouldn't be much of a worry.

[Karan114]

Afghanistan have beaten Ireland by five wickets. All teams are underway with their warm up games. Meanwhile our guys haven't even landed in the Caribbean yet - but oh, well, Dhoni won that Karbon Kamaal Citi Success Tournament thing so who cares if India flops yet again in a world competition!

[Serani]

NZ 16/3 after 4 overs, bad times.

[Sachinism]

24/4 in 6.1

[Sachinism]

38/6 in 10 :omg:

[Serani]

Musse be a difficult track, its probably one that wont be used in the tournament and is used for practice hence the low score. I guess we will see when WI bat.

[Serani]

Ross Taylor seems to be having little problem, could just be the fact NZ are rubbish.

[vvvslaxman]

WI opening with Benn clearly is another proof what kind of surfaces that are going to be on the offer.

[Sachinism]

WI opening with Benn clearly is another proof what kind of surfaces that are going to be on the offer.

Benn opens for WI quite often Anyways Vettori has bowled 1 over for 18 so far

[Sachinism]

Vettori 3 overs 43 runs now

[Laaloo]

:WTF: how did the windies lose this one? from 68-0 to 117 all out. They lose by 7 runs :hahaha:

[Jersey #10]

Do we have a different Indian kit design this time around or not?

[veer]

Afghanistan have beaten Ireland by five wickets. All teams are underway with their warm up games. Meanwhile our guys haven't even landed in the Caribbean yet - but oh, well, Dhoni won that Karbon Kamaal Citi Success Tournament thing so who cares if India flops yet again in a world competition!

ohhh chache... thodi thand rakh.. we were warming up for last 6 weeks..

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Ravi Bopara helps steer England past Bangladesh in Twenty20 warm-up Ravi Bopara impressed with 62 runs as England began their ICC World Twenty20 campaign by coasting to a seven-wicket warm-up win over Bangladesh at the Kensington Oval today. More... Ravi Bopara helps steer England past Bangladesh in Twenty20 warm-up • Bangladesh 126-7, England 127-3 • Batsman scores 62 in warm-up game guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 28 April 2010 23.11 BST Ravi Bopara impressed with 62 runs as England began their ICC World Twenty20 campaign by coasting to a seven-wicket warm-up win over Bangladesh at the Kensington Oval today. Bopara, back in the England reckoning after a winter left to his own devices because of his loss of form in last summer's Ashes, completed a 44-ball half-century by crunching a straight drive off Rubel Hossain for his sixth four. The Essex batsman got his chance at No3, with Kevin Pietersen a late arrival in Barbados after spending a little extra time at home with his pregnant wife. He did not disappoint, sharing stands of 45 with Craig Kieswetter and then 71 with Paul Collingwood to help England ease home with almost three overs to spare and put them in good heart for tomorrowtoday's second warm–up fixture against South Africa at this same venue. After Bangladesh had chosen to bat first and struggled with the spin of Michael Yardy (three for 20) to set 126 for seven, Michael Lumb slapped a catch to cover off Syed Rasel to go early in England's reply before a fair assessment could be made of his and Kieswetter's new Twenty20 opening partnership. But Kieswetter put his mark on proceedings with a six over wide long–on off Rasel's left-arm pace and then a huge shot over long-off from Shakib al-Hasan's left-arm slow bowling. By then, Bopara was under way with a steered edge for four past slip off Rasel first ball and despite a maiden from Abdul Razzaq, bowling the innings' first over of spin, the second-wicket pair appeared set to negotiate the trial by lack of pace on an increasingly slow surface. Kieswetter was undone, however, by a flatter ball from Shakib which turned and left him stranded yards out of his crease. Bopara escaped on 30 when he poked a return chance back at Razzaq but made no other mistakes – until he ran himself out with victory already assured – as he cashed in again on a ground where he made his maiden Test hundred against West Indies last year. Bangladesh had ridden their luck to get their uneven innings off to a handsome start, rushing to 39 without loss after five overs. Imrul Kayes was dropped by Luke Wright, running in from deep midwicket, in the first over off James Anderson.Mohammad Ashraful was then caught behind off a Stuart Broad no-ball, in an over whose first two deliveries went for 10 but in the end cost only 12. Imrul was first to go, well held by a diving Lumb on the third-man boundary from an upper-cut at Anderson. But it was the introduction of Yardy and Graeme Swann that predictably stalled the Bangladesh charge. As wickets began to fall – six for 50 in 10 overs – the big shots subsided on a surface offering some turn. Mohammad Ashraful was neatly caught down the leg-side by Kieswetter in Yardy's first over and the – Sussex strangler soon had two more, Aftab Ahmed holing out in the leg-side deep and Shakib playing on as he moved out of his crease to try to alter the length. From 88 for five at the 15-over mark, Bangladesh were indebted to Mahmudullah's sensible and unbeaten 38. It was a bonus when he counted two boundaries to fine-leg from the last two deliveries, bowled by Tim Bresnan. In the end, though, it was a target which provided little challenge to England's batsmen.

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South Africa squeeze past Sri Lanka A combined team effort set up victory with three balls to spare as South Africa brushed past Sri Lanka in their first warm-up match ahead of the World Twenty20. A late fightback from Sanath Jayasuriya and Chamara Kapugedera allowed Sri Lanka to post a modest 137 for 8 and the match was finely balanced when AB de Villiers was dismissed in the 14th over with 63 still needed, but a 61-run partnership between Mark Boucher and Johan Botha took South Africa home in the final over. more http://www.cricinfo.com/world-twenty20-2010/content/story/457714.html SL Batsman , Chamara Kapugedara using Mongoose bat , ( 61 from 35 )

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Bopara Gets Rav Reviews TWENTY20 WARM-UP ENGLAND STORM HOME More... BOPARA GETS RAV REVIEWS By Dean Wilson 29/04/2010 TWENTY20 WARM-UP ENGLAND STORM HOME Ravi Bopara made a confident case for World Twenty20 inclusion by guiding England to a seven-wicket warm-up win over Bangladesh. Bopara's first taste of action in an England shirt since last summer brought him 62 from 48 balls and was a timely reminder of his talents on the ground that launched his international career. Just over a year ago his maiden Test ton on the Kensington Oval ground was celebrated with a Usain 'Lightning' Bolt pose before he went on to hit two further hundreds in England. This time around there was no posing as he and Paul Collingwood took England past the under par Bangladeshi total of 126 with 17 balls to spare to put himself right in the frame for selection in their opener against the West Indies on Monday. Whether a classy fifty like this will be enough to move him above Michael Lumb or Luke Wright in the pecking order once Kevin Pietersen is back in the side is another matter though. But coach Andy Flower certainly has no problem with players leapfrogging the queue to play for England as we saw with Steve Finn in Bangladesh. England had made clear their intentions to use a 16th opening pair in 26 matches by choosing the South African born and raised pair Craig Kieswetter and Lumb at the top of the order. But Lumb could only crack one boundary before he sliced Mahmudullah to cover for just eight, to bring Bopara to the crease - and he brought out the full range of strokes to show he is in rude health. Kieswetter hit two huge sixes to start the chase and one off Shakib Al Hasan cleared the impressive Worrell, Weekes and Walcott stand on its way out of the ground. He was stumped by the same man, but it hardly mattered. Earlier the Bangladeshi batsmen showed that although they might have spent the best part of a month recently playing England, they still haven't quite got to grips with how to dominate them. Without the fire-cracker Tamim Iqbal at the top of the order yesterday, Imrul Kayes tried to get things started with a booming six over square leg off James Anderson, but that was not a sign of things to come. When he fell to the same bowler in the sixth over, Bangladesh never really got going again as Michael Yardy showed just how influential spin will be during the tournament. He had Mohammad Ashraful well caught down the leg-side by Kieswetter before snaffling Aftab Ahmed and Shakib Al Hasan in consecutive overs. With Graeme Swann putting the spinning shackles on at the other end, the Bangladesh batsmen found i t hard to put the accelerator on and when they tried they lost wickets. Tim Bresnan (left) took a catch but no wickets. Part of the problem was the pitch and the outfield in Barbados which were both slow and doesn't bode well for fans expecting a crash, bang, wallop tournament. Pitches with pace and bounce make for the most entertaining Twenty20 matches. But here it was hard to get the ball away and when the batsmen did, it wouldn't reach the boundary without some extra rocket fuel behind it. The other reason is that Bangladesh did not bat particularly well. Their wild slogs didn't connect and bar one poor drop from Wright, England held their catches. Nine fours and one six tells a story about the Bangladeshi batsmen. But England's bowlers were well drilled and accurate with what they tried to do. There is every chance that this Twenty20 could become a bit of a grinding affair with low scores and tight, tense cricket being the order of the day which might just suit England. Without the devil of a mystery spinner, express paceman or proven blaster, England are a tenacious side and that is a quality that should flourish in the Caribbean.