To stay in the hunt in the World T20 here, India will not only have to beat last year's finalists Sri Lanka by 20 runs in their last Group F match of the Super Eights but also hope that the West Indies lose to Australia. India's chances were virtually over ...

Cameron White shouldered the responsibility with the bat, smashing an unbeaten 85, and then took a sensational catch to cut short dangerous Tillakaratne Dilshan's return to form as Australia crushed Sri Lanka by 81 runs in their second Super Eights match here Sunday. White and Michael Hussey (39 not out) rescued ...

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed the batsmen for his team's 14-run loss to hosts West Indies in the Group F match in the Super Eight stage of the World Twenty20 at the Kensington Oval here Sunday. "Batting hasn't been up to the expectation. Bowlers have done decently, give or take ...

Skipper Chris Gayle struck a whirlwind 66-ball 98 as hosts West Indies bounced India out of the World Twenty20 with a 14-run win in a Group F match of the Super Eight here Sunday. Gayle came agonisingly close to becoming the first to make two international Twenty20 centuries. But his superb ...

High on confidence after their victory against defending champions Pakistan, New Zealand will face in-form England in their last Group E Super Eight match for a place in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 here Monday. England tops the group with two wins from two matches and even a loss should ...

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke says it will not take legal action against Lancashire, Warwickshire and Yorkshire for talking to the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi for setting up a franchised Twenty20 league in England. The Daily Telegraph reported that in the leaked version ...

England batsman Kevin Pietersen flew back home Sunday, midway through the World Twenty20, to be with his wife Jessica for the birth of their first child. Pietersen is expected to join the England team for the semi-finals, if they qualify. Pietersen knew he would be returning to England after the match ...

Two back-to-back defeats in the Super Eight have left defending champions Pakistan with only a slim mathematical chance of making the semis of the World Twenty20. When they face South Africa in their last Group Eight match here Monday, Pakistan will not only be hoping for a big victory, but ...

India, battling for survival, need to play out of their skins when they meet hosts West Indies in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 here Sunday. After their shattering 49-run defeat against Australia Saturday, India need to bounce back with an emphatic victory against the home team to keep ...

Former Pakistan Test cricketer Intikhab Alam, who was the team's coach during their disastrous tour to Australia earlier this year, said the national players behaved like a bunch of "mentally retarded" people during the series. In the documents, secured by DawnNews television channel, members of the Pakistan team and the management ...