South Africa Beat Australia in Twenty20 Series

Johan Botha

South Africa Won the second Twenty20 match against the Mighty Australians by 17runs at Centurion Park on Sunday.

At One Stage it was looking difficult to South Africa reaching 150, but Van der Merwe hit 48 off 30 balls which saw South Africa reached a respectable score. Van der Merwe was surprisingly sent in at number five and initially he struggled to find his timing. But as the Match progressed he gain confidence slammed four sixes and two fours.

Australia begin their inning with Bang with Michael Clarke and David Warner putting on 37 for the first wicket.

Australian Bowling was superb giving only 4 extras. were as South Africa were struggling at the beginning.

Botha's teasing spin prevented the Australians from recovering their momentum and wickets fell at regular intervals as the batsmen went for big shots.

After winning the Twenty20 Series South Africa Skipper Botha said "The new players have shown they can play at international level and have given the selectors a nice headache". it would be challenge to the selector for selecting a side for the World Twenty20 in England in June".

Live 20-20 South Africa Vs Australia | 2nd Twenty20 Centurion

Live 2nd Twenty20
South Africa Vs Australia

After the Test Series loss to Australia by 2-1. South Africa are back by winning the first Twenty20 comfortable.

South Africa are the leading the Twenty20 by 1-0 and would be looking to wrap up the series. South Africa strongest feature is there fielding they are at their best.

While Australia after the lost of first twenty20, Pointing and his men would be looking to level the series.

Squad For South Africa
Herschelle Gibbs , Hashim Amla , AB de Villiers , Jean-Paul Duminy , Vaughn van Jaarsveld , Mark Boucher (w) , Albie Morkel , Johan Botha (c) , Robin Peterson , Wayne Parnell , Dale Steyn , Johann Louw (sub) , Yusuf Abdullah (sub) , Justin Lee Ontong (sub) , Roelof van der Merwe (sub)

Squad For Australia
David Warner , Brad Haddin (w) , Ricky Ponting (c) , Michael Clarke , David Hussey , Mike Hussey , Cameron White , James Hopes , Mitchell Johnson , Shane Harwood , Brett Geeves , Nathan Bracken (sub) , Callum Ferguson (sub) , Nathan Hauritz (sub) , Marcus North (sub) , Ben Laughlin (sub)

South Africa Vs Australia | South Africa won the First Twenty 20

Mark Boucher

South Africa won the First Twenty20 Match against the Mighty Australians by four wickets.

After wining the toss South Africa elected to field, South Africa superb fielding performance helped the south africa to win the First twenty20.

For Australia Hussey Scored unbeaten 87runs with 43balls with 5Fours and 6 Sixes, At one Stage Australia were difficult to get score of above 130runs, Australia were losing wickets at regular Intervals.

South Africa reached the target in 19.2 overs.

Second Twenty20 will be played on Sunday 29th March 09, Australia will be looking to level the series as South Africa are leading the series by 1-0.

Twenty20 World Cup | Lara Predicts India or Pakistan Will Win T20 World Cup

Brian Lara

Former West Indies Captain Brian Lara feels that India or Pakistan could win this year's Twenty20 World Cup.

Lara quit test cricket two years ago, but remains a keen observer of the game.

He told the media that even though he projects a win by either one, the winner is still hard to predict because of the nature of Twenty20 cricket.

Twenty20 world Cup will Schedule to start in England from 5th June 2009.

Lara Said that both Asian countries were adept at batting on 'flat wickets thus giving them the advantage in the batsman-friendly form of the game

Lara further added 'A team like India or Pakistan, accustomed to good batting tracks, flat tracks and capable of being innovative could be the ones to walk away with the trophy"

I'm still a connoisseur of test cricket as the true test of any sportsman. But I think Twenty20 cricket is a great invention, especially for the spectator. It's a great addition to the game and I look forward to see the ICC World Tweny20,' he said.

In 2007, he supported the West Indies due to the fact that as a team, 'we may have been short in test cricket but very good over a shorter game and Twenty20 was a version of the game, with players like Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo, I thought we would love.'

Live Twenty20 Australia Vs South Africa | Australia In South Africa

Australia Vs South Africa

After the Test Series Defeat South Africa will looking to win the Twenty20 Match against Australia.

Australia and South Africa will Two Twenty20 International Match.

Head to Head Series Both the Teams have met 4times out of South Africa manged to won once.
Were as Australia have Good record wining the Match three times.

Australia Squad For Twenty20 :-
Ricky Ponting(Captain),Brad Haddin,Simon Katich,Nathan Hauritz,Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Andrew McDonald, Marcus North, Peter Siddle, Bryce McGain, Philip Hughes, Brett Geeves, Steve Magoffin,Doug Bollinger

South Africa Squad For Twenty20:-
Graeme Smith(Captain),Jacques Kallis,Mark Boucher,Neil McKenzie,Makhaya Ntini,Makhaya,Ashwell Prince,Albie Morkel,Hashim Amla,Dale Steyn,AB de Villiers,JP Duminy,Paul Harris,Morne Morkel,Wayne Parnell,Imraan Khan

Match Schedule
Australia Vs South Africa
First Twenty20
27 Mar,2009 4:00 pm GMT
New Wanderers Stadium,
Johannesburg

Second Tewty20
29 Mar,2009 4:00 pm GMT
SuperSport Park,
Centurion Verwoerdburg

West Indies Vs England T20 | Live From Port of Spain Trinidad

West Indies Vs England T20

Fifth and Final Test is looking to be Draw, After the Defeat in the Test Series 1-0, England will be looking to win the Twenty20 Match. Only One match will be played on 15th March 2009.

West Indies moral will be high after wining the test against the England.

England will be looking to win the Twenty20 Match.

Squad for West Indies :-
Chris Gayle(Captain),Brendan Nash,Sulieman Benn, Lendl Simmons ,Ryan Hinds,Lionel Baker,Shivnarine Chanderpaul,Devon Smith,Jerome Taylor,Fidel Edwards,Denesh Ramdin,Daren Powell,Ramnaresh Sarwan


Squad for England :-
Andrew Strauss(Captain), Monty Panesar,AdilRashid,Alastair Cook,Tim Ambrose,JamesAnderson,Stuart Broad,Ian Bell,Ravi Bopara,Kevin Pietersen,Amjad khan,Stephen Harmison,Graeme Swann,Ryan Sidebottom,PaulCollingwood,Owais Shah

Pakistan tour to Bangladesh Postponed | Live Twenty20

Pakistan tour to Bangladesh

Pakistan tour to Bangladesh have been postponed due to Security Reason, Earlier this Week Bangladesh mutiny at the headquarters of a paramilitary unit in Dhaka which killed at least 80 people, mostly were army officers.

Bangladesh Cricket Board has postponed this month tour, BCB media chief Jalal Yunus said "We have been advised by the home ministry to postpone the tour until further notice.

Yunus Further told Reuters that "We were ready to go with the series and Pakistan also had no problem to tour, but the government felt it is not the right time to host an international series,"

Bangladesh Skipper Mohammad Ashraful was disappointed the series had been postponed but said that "security is most important".

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh Twenty20 Match | Live Cricket Schedules

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh

Twenty20 Series

After the Defeat from the Sri Lanka in One Day Series and terrorist attack to the Sri lankan Team, Pakistan Moved to Bangladesh for the Twenty20 and 5ODI Series.

Pakistan played the Test Series after 14months, Pakistan New Skipper Younis Khan will be looking for white wash against the Bangladesh.

Pakistan will be playing 2 Twenty20 and 5ODI in Bangladesh.

Schedule for Twenty20 Match
1st Twenty20
10 Mar,2009 09:00 am GMT
Bangladesh Vs Pakistan
Shere Bangla National Stadium,
Dhaka

2nd Twenty20
12 Mar,2009 09:00 am GMT
Shere Bangla National Stadium
Dhaka

Schedule for One Day Series
1st ODI
13 Mar,2009 03:00 am GMT
Shere Bangla National Stadium,
Dhaka

2nd ODI
15 Mar,2009 03:00 am GMT
Shere Bangla National Stadium,
Dhaka

3rd ODI
17 Mar,2009 03:00 am GMT
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

4th ODI
20 Mar,2009 03:00 am GMT
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong

5th ODI
22 Mar,2009 03:00 am GMT
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong