Sri Lanka warmed up for the Super Eights in style, outclassing the West Indies by 15 runs in an inconsequential Group C match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Wednesday. Led by a solid 81 off 47 deliveries from Sanath Jayasuriya, the islanders posted 192 for five and then restricted the West Indies to 177 for five.
Despite having already secured a berth in the Super Eights, defending champions India decided against experimenting in the match and retained the same team that beat Bangladesh in the previous game.
After putting up just 128 for 7, the Proteas restricted the Kiwis to 127 for 5.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting felt too many mistakes cost them the match and resulted in an early exit from the ICC World Twenty20 after they lost by six wickets to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.
The Australia captain is likely to play in the upcoming seven-match ODI series against India despite suffering a hamstring strain.
England captain Paul Collingwood and his men were fired up to win their crucial Twenty20 World Cup Super Eight match at Lord's after they were booed by Indian fans during and prior to the game.
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England captain Michael Vaughan said on Wednesday his comments about all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's behaviour at the World Cup have been "blown out of all proportion".
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the left-hander would replace Dinesh Karthik for the semi-final match against Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup.
In the semi-finals, India will meet Australia while Pakistan take on New Zealand.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene hopes Bangladesh's bowlers will pose fewer problems to his batsmen than Pakistan did in winning Monday's Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights match.
For the first time, India claimed all ten wickets of their opponents.
Brett Lee claimed the first hat-trick as Australia thrashed Bangladesh by nine wickets in a Super Eight game of the Twenty20 World Cup.
The 22-year-old fast bowler has played a key role in Bangladesh's rise in international cricket.
The Bangladesh vice-captain feels that the absence of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly from the ODI squad could hurt India's chances.
Young Pakistan left-arm spinner Raza Hasan faces a possible two-year ban from all forms of cricket after testing positive for cocaine following a dope test carried out at the WADA-accredited laboratory in India.
Coming from a modest background, Rohit Sharma has proved a hero for India as well for his family.
The Australian captain suffered a hamstring strain which has ruled him out for the rest of the Twenty20 World Cup and also rendered him doubtful for the tour of India.
A 64-run victory over Bangladesh kept the Islanders in the race for a semi-final berth in the Twenty20 World Cup.
New Zealand beat England by five runs in their Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights match on Tuesday.
"We have a good chance against Australia, the way we are playing. We must just keep doing what we are doing," Butt told reporters.
"The way we started was really amazing and we should have capitalised on it," Dhoni told reporters.
South Africa scored a 19-run victory over England in a Super Eight match of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup.
The Aussies won the Group B match at the Twenty20 World Cup by 8 wickets and entered the Super Eight stage.
The teams were awarded a point each after rain prevented the match from getting underway.
Chris Gayle slammed a blistering century as champions West Indies beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets.
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The average viewership ratings of the World Cup final on Saturday between now champions Australia and Sri Lanka doubled from those of the Super Eight and semi-final matches but remained lower than any of the India matches at the start of the Cup.
The average rating of 7.13 for the India-Sri Lanka match fell to 1.85 for the Australia-South Africa match on Saturday.
West Indies captain Brian Lara said there will be no room for experimenting in Saturday's Champions Trophy match despite his team qualifying for the semi-finals.
A possible exit of Team India from the first round of the ICC World Cup has the tourism industry worried. Many fans and corporates
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in their last Super Eights game to enter the last four of the Twenty20 World Championship.
Bangladesh have more to prove than Zimbabwe when the teams clash in an inconsequential\nChampions Trophy qualifying match on Friday.
The South Australian government is expecting around 20,000 Indian travellers for the marquee clash of the 2015 World Cup between India and Pakistan scheduled at the revamped Adelaide Oval on February 15.
Pakistan's surprise inclusion in the World Cup squad, fast bowler Sohail Khan is looking forward to making a mark against arch-rivals India in their opening match of the upcoming mega-event in Australia and New Zealand.
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