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Sunday, May 16, 2010
England won T-20 worldcup 2010
South Africa born batsmen Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen starred as England won their first major one-day title in a seven-wicket victory over Australia in Sunday’s World Twenty20 final.
England, chasing 148 to win, after reducing a previously unbeaten Australian side at this tournament to eight for three, saw Kieswetter (63) and Pietersen (47) put on 101 or the second wicket at the Kensington Oval.
They eventually won with three overs to spare when captain Paul Collingwood struck Shane Watson for a boundary as his side finished on 151 for three. It was the first time England had won a major international one-day event after losing in three World Cup finals (1979, 1987 and 1992) and the 2004 Champions Trophy.
England, who held Australia to 147 for six, had an early setback when Michael Lumb’s exit left them seven for one. But Kieswetter and Pietersen then dominated the Australian bowlers. Pietersen, who faced 31 balls, with a six and four fours, was out when he hoisted leg-spinner Steven Smith to David Warner on the long-off boundary.
And, worryingly for England, 118 for two became 121 for three when Kieswetter was bowled by left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson, having faced 49 balls, with two sixes and seven fours. But Collingwood and former Ireland batsman Eoin Morgan (both 15 not out) saw England home.
Defeat in what was a first World Twenty20 final for both the Ashes rivals left an Australia side previously unbeaten at the tournament still searching for the one major title that has so far eluded them.
Earlier, David Hussey’s 59 kept Australia in the match during an innings where the next best score was Cameron White’s 30. Kieswetter and Pietersen were in commanding form against Australia’s quicks, with Kieswetter striking two fours in as many balls off left-armer Dirk Nannes and cover-driving express quick Shaun Tait. Pietersen then hammered left-armer Johnson for four and pierced the offside field with a boundary off Smith.
Kieswetter, a former South Africa Under-19 international, then struck medium-pacer Watson for two fours in as many balls. He later launched the all-rounder for a huge six over midwicket. At the 10-over halfway mark, England were 73 for one compared to Australia’s 47 for four.
Australia badly needed a breakthrough but, in Tait’s comeback over, Pietersen drove him over his head for a boundary and then struck an even more impressive six high over long-off to bring up England’s hundred. David Hussey’s 59 kept Australia in the match during an innings where the next best score was Cameron White’s 30.
They eventually won with three overs to spare when captain Paul Collingwood struck Shane Watson for a boundary as his side finished on 151 for three. It was the first time England had won a major international one-day event after losing in three World Cup finals (1979, 1987 and 1992) and the 2004 Champions Trophy.
England, who held Australia to 147 for six, had an early setback when Michael Lumb’s exit left them seven for one. But Kieswetter and Pietersen then dominated the Australian bowlers. Pietersen, who faced 31 balls, with a six and four fours, was out when he hoisted leg-spinner Steven Smith to David Warner on the long-off boundary.
And, worryingly for England, 118 for two became 121 for three when Kieswetter was bowled by left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson, having faced 49 balls, with two sixes and seven fours. But Collingwood and former Ireland batsman Eoin Morgan (both 15 not out) saw England home.
Defeat in what was a first World Twenty20 final for both the Ashes rivals left an Australia side previously unbeaten at the tournament still searching for the one major title that has so far eluded them.
Earlier, David Hussey’s 59 kept Australia in the match during an innings where the next best score was Cameron White’s 30. Kieswetter and Pietersen were in commanding form against Australia’s quicks, with Kieswetter striking two fours in as many balls off left-armer Dirk Nannes and cover-driving express quick Shaun Tait. Pietersen then hammered left-armer Johnson for four and pierced the offside field with a boundary off Smith.
Kieswetter, a former South Africa Under-19 international, then struck medium-pacer Watson for two fours in as many balls. He later launched the all-rounder for a huge six over midwicket. At the 10-over halfway mark, England were 73 for one compared to Australia’s 47 for four.
Australia badly needed a breakthrough but, in Tait’s comeback over, Pietersen drove him over his head for a boundary and then struck an even more impressive six high over long-off to bring up England’s hundred. David Hussey’s 59 kept Australia in the match during an innings where the next best score was Cameron White’s 30.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
T20 cricket plays havoc with DL system
Angry Collingwood calls for change in rain rules
The Duckworth-Lewis method used for rain interruptions in limited-overs cricket has been made to look foolish by the cramped equations of Twenty20.
On a shower-interrupted day that saw Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe in a shortened fixture at the ICC World T20, the West Indies chase of England’s formidable 5-191 was somehow shrunk to a requirement of 30 runs from 22 balls with 10 wickets in hand.
The hosts reeled it in with a delivery to spare at the Guyana National Stadium, leaving England captain Paul Collingwood and his West Indian counterpart Chris Gayle agreeing that England got the raw end of the deal and that the Duckworth-Lewis — used since 1997 — was not standing up to the demands of T20.
Collingwood’s frustrations were clear.
“There’s a major problem with this Duckworth-Lewis in this form of the game,” he said.
“I’ve got no problems with it in the 50-over form. But I know it’s made us very frustrated tonight.
“It certainly has to be revised for this form of the game.”
England’s total was built on a brutal stand of 95 in 56 balls between Eoin Morgan (55) and Luke Wright (45no) after they had earlier subsided to 4-88.
Morgan and Wright belted seven sixes between them, but the rain rules left Collingwood with the exasperated air of a captain who’d been cheated.
“I’m trying to take the emotion out of that defeat,” he said.
“But I think 95 per cent of the time when you get 191 for five on the board you are going to win the game.
“Unfortunately, Duckworth-Lewis seems to have other ideas — bringing the equation completely the other way.
“It’s the second time it’s happened to us now against West Indies, so it is very frustrating — because tonight we’ve played a near perfect game but we’ve lost.”
Gayle tempered understandable West Indian joy at reaching the next phase of their home tournament by empathising with England.
“It’s something they’re going to have to look into,” he said.
“I’d support what Collingwood just said. I could have been in the same position as well.
“It’s something that can be addressed, so it can be ‘even Stevens’ for both teams in the future.”
Devised by the English statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, the Duckworth-Lewis method was introduced after less complicated rain calculations had shown too many flaws.
At the 1992 World Cup, South Africa went from needing 22 runs from 13 balls in their semi-final against England, to an impossible 21 runs from one ball.
While Duckworth-Lewis has eradicated such glaring errors, it was devised before the introduction of T20 cricket and so does not account for the steep run-rates that can be achieved in the format.
The Duckworth-Lewis method used for rain interruptions in limited-overs cricket has been made to look foolish by the cramped equations of Twenty20.
On a shower-interrupted day that saw Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe in a shortened fixture at the ICC World T20, the West Indies chase of England’s formidable 5-191 was somehow shrunk to a requirement of 30 runs from 22 balls with 10 wickets in hand.
The hosts reeled it in with a delivery to spare at the Guyana National Stadium, leaving England captain Paul Collingwood and his West Indian counterpart Chris Gayle agreeing that England got the raw end of the deal and that the Duckworth-Lewis — used since 1997 — was not standing up to the demands of T20.
Collingwood’s frustrations were clear.
“There’s a major problem with this Duckworth-Lewis in this form of the game,” he said.
“I’ve got no problems with it in the 50-over form. But I know it’s made us very frustrated tonight.
“It certainly has to be revised for this form of the game.”
England’s total was built on a brutal stand of 95 in 56 balls between Eoin Morgan (55) and Luke Wright (45no) after they had earlier subsided to 4-88.
Morgan and Wright belted seven sixes between them, but the rain rules left Collingwood with the exasperated air of a captain who’d been cheated.
“I’m trying to take the emotion out of that defeat,” he said.
“But I think 95 per cent of the time when you get 191 for five on the board you are going to win the game.
“Unfortunately, Duckworth-Lewis seems to have other ideas — bringing the equation completely the other way.
“It’s the second time it’s happened to us now against West Indies, so it is very frustrating — because tonight we’ve played a near perfect game but we’ve lost.”
Gayle tempered understandable West Indian joy at reaching the next phase of their home tournament by empathising with England.
“It’s something they’re going to have to look into,” he said.
“I’d support what Collingwood just said. I could have been in the same position as well.
“It’s something that can be addressed, so it can be ‘even Stevens’ for both teams in the future.”
Devised by the English statisticians Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, the Duckworth-Lewis method was introduced after less complicated rain calculations had shown too many flaws.
At the 1992 World Cup, South Africa went from needing 22 runs from 13 balls in their semi-final against England, to an impossible 21 runs from one ball.
While Duckworth-Lewis has eradicated such glaring errors, it was devised before the introduction of T20 cricket and so does not account for the steep run-rates that can be achieved in the format.
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