Story Pakistan : The High and The Lows -{The Twenty/20 WC!}--[By PC and BA and Sim]-[C07]

[Highlander999]

Hopefully Scotland can cause an upset. Nice win for England though, but a shame about KP breaking his finger. He should sit out

 

[ivanvdm15]

Ecellent Graphics

 

[Pakistani Army]

The India Vs Scotland game has been rescheduled
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Jayasuriya all-round performance guides Sri Lanka To Victory​

Kenya Innings
The pressure was on both teams in this day game at Durban. Kenya had to win this game to keep their hopes alive and Sri Lanka needed to get off to a good start.

Openers Maurice Ouma and David Obuya strode out to the middle as Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga shared the new ball. Vaas and Malinga were getting constant movement on and off the pitch. Ouma and Obuya had put on 30 in the first 8 overs due to some outstanding bowling. As Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene brought on Dilshan, they lashed out on him but Obuya went for one to many as he was outdone by Sanath Jayasuirya. Shah and Mishra tried to up the tempo but Kenya got to 110/2 in the 20 Overs. Obviously this was not enough.

Sri Lanka Innings
The Sri Lankan openers Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya had no pressure on them knowing they need less than 6 rpo. Tharanga and Jayasuriya took to the Kenyan bowlers from the start till the end. Anything short was put away for a boundary as the Sri Lankans took no prisoners. They reached the target without the fall of a wicket as the Sri Lankans had dumped Kenya out of the inaugural T20 World Cup.

Man Of The Match: Sanath Jayasuriya

 

[treva]

Very easy win for Sri Lanka. Kenya no match for any team really...

 

[Highlander999]

Nice win for Lanka. Nice work still guys

 

[Pakistani Army]

:happy 200 POSTS IN THE THREAD :happy​

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Rain Destroys Day 4 Games As Aussies And Indians Are Dumped Out Of The Tournament​

At the start of the inaugural Twenty20 Tournament, Australia and India were amongst the favourites for the Cup. However the Rain came and washed away those expectations as not a single game was played on Day 4.

India Vs Scotland Match Abandoned - 1 Point Each
Australia Vs England - Match Abandoned - 1 Point Each
India Vs Pakistan - Match Abandoned - 1 Point Each

So here are how the tables look at the end of Day 4 with 2 Group games to go:

Group A P W L NR PTS NRR
Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 3 +1.25
West Indies 2 1 1 0 3 -1.06
South Africa 1 0 1 0 0 -0.15

Group B P W L NR PTS NRR
England 2 1 0 1 3 +0.80
Zimbabwe 2 1 1 0 3 -0.55
Australia 2 0 1 1 0 -0.25

Australia have been eliminated

Group C P W L NR PTS NRR
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 3 +1.70
New Zealand 1 1 0 0 3 +1.47
Kenya 2 0 2 0 0 -1.25

Kenya have been eliminated

Group D P W L NR PTS NRR
Pakistan 1 1 0 1 3 +0.76
Scotland 2 0 1 1 0 _0.76
India 2 0 0 2 0 -0.80

India have been eliminated

 

[Karachi Xpress]

How the hell did India lose to Scotland

 

[ammar]

This is a great story man.
Keep it up bro.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

How the hell did India lose to Scotland

Game got rained off.

 

[Highlander999]

Haha Scotland qualified

 

[Pakistani Army]

South Africa Crash Out As Defeat To Bangla Proves Costly​

[SIZE="4][COLOR="DarkGreen"]The hosts South Africa once again choked at home in a major ICC Event as their defeat to Bangladesh knocked them out of the tournament.

Day 5 of the ICC World Twenty20 started off with the New Zealand vs Sri Lanka encounter at The Wanderers, Johannesburg. Both teams were already through into the Super Eights but this game was for bragging rights. Sri Lankan Skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and decided to bat first on a wet pitch due to all the rain. Things started off badly for the Sri Lankans as uneven bounce restricted them to 20/0 from the first 5 overs. However Sanath Jayasuriya took charge and hit out on his way to 38 before being cleaned up by Craig McMillan. Kumar Sangakkara arrived at the crease and smashed a quickfire 33 as Sri Lanka reached a mear 118/1 in their 20 Overs.

In reply, the same happened with the New Zealand batters as they reached 28/0 in the first 5 overs. In the 10th over, Jayawardene brought on Jayasuriya and Dilshan for one over each. That was the turning point of the game as those two vital overs went for 29. That eased the pressure on Vincent and McCullum who both went on to get half-centuries and saw New Zealand through with near 3 overs to spare.

The second game of Day 5 was a must win for both teams especially South Africa as if they were to lose here today, they would be knocked out of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup. Skipper Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bowl first ona dusty track favouring the bowlers. Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful opened the batting and took on the paceman with Ashraful smashing yet another half-century. Tamim And Ashraful made 81 runs for the first wicket as the paceman were going all over the park. Ashraful and Tamim eventually held out in the deep as that brought Aftab Ahmed to the crease. He smashed 3 sixes in a blistering 33 Not Out which brought Bangladesh to a challenging total of 150/3.

Chasing 151 for the victory and for them to stay in the tournament, the South African batsmen got to work and in the 6 powerplay overs made 50/1 with AB De Villiers falling. Some superb wicket-to-wicket bowling from Syed Rasel increased the required rate to 9.00 as Proteas Skipper Graeme Smith departed for 38. Justin Kemp and JP Duminy lashed out scoring a 50-run partnership in 23 balls but that was not enough as South Africa lost by a mear 5 runs as they were sent packing in the group stages. They had choked where it mattered most.

So with the group stages done and dusted, the next phase of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup is the Super Eights. The tables for the Super Eights are as follows:

Group E:
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe

Group F:
England
New Zealand
Scotland
West Indies

The Fixtures for the Super Eights are as follows:
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
England Vs West Indies
Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe
Scotland Vs New Zealand
Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe
England Vs Scotland
West Indies Vs New Zealand
Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe Vs Pakistan
England Vs New Zealand
West Indies Vs Scotland
Bangladesh Vs Pakistan​

The top two teams from each group will advance through to the Semi-finals.[/COLOR]

 

[ammar]

Been following this for a long time.
Nice

 

[Maxkarter]

Good presentation, keep up the good work with this excellent story!

Zim for 20/20 Cup!

 

[GrayNicolls]

I'm with Justin. Zimbabwe are ftw.

Also, the score graphics are awesome. Good work, lads.

 

[etho11]

Awesome story mate love the hard working detail use put into it.