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Young Karnataka batsman Manish Pandey and his fast bowling team mate R Vinay Kumar were among the three new faces named in India's 30-member list of probables for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies in April-May this year. Madhya Pradesh wicketkeeper Naman Ojha, who also had a successful domestic season, was the other new face in the list.
Afghanistan will head to the West Indies for the ICC World Twenty20 2010 as the top qualifier and will now look forward to playing India in St Lucia and South Africa in Barbados in the big event, which runs from April 30 to May 16. They beat Ireland by eight wickets in the final of the qualifying tournament.
Shakib, who is considered the greatest cricketer Bangladesh has produced, could not be immediately reached for comment.
In contrast to the ebullience of some of the other Twenty20 World Cup contenders, England open the tournament on Friday almost apologising for their presence.
England previously faced Afghanistan at the 50-overs Cricket World Cup in 2023, as well as at the Twenty20 World Cup in 2022.
South Africa have a chance of reaching the 2025 World Test Championship final but would likely have to win both Tests against Sri Lanka, and the two-match home series with Pakistan that includes Boxing Day and New Year fixtures.
Josh Inglis smashed a 43-ball century, Australia's fastest in the shortest format, as the visitors thrashed Scotland by 70 runs in the second Twenty20 International at The Grange, in Edinburg, to clinch the series with a game to spare on Friday.
Australia made five changes for next week's one-off Twenty20 international against the West Indies in Brisbane.
Pakistan's Umar Gul became the first bowler to take 5 wickets in a Twenty20 International in the World Cup match against New Zealand.
The $20 million winner-takes-all Twenty20 Stanford match between England and a West Indies team will go ahead in Antigua on Nov. 1, the BBC reported on Thursday. The BBC quoted tournament organisers as saying a dispute between the organisers and the sponsors of West Indies' cricket had been resolved.
Paul Collingwood, who stepped down as England one-day captain last year, was on Friday named to lead the Twenty20 side in next month's World Cup. Collingwood resigned the captaincy at the same time as Test skipper Michael Vaughan because he felt it was affecting his Test form. The tournament starts on June 5 and ends with the final at Lord's on July 21.
England captain Andrew Strauss voluntarily stepped aside as skipper for the Twenty20 World Cup because his form in the shortest form of the game did not guarantee him a place in the side, he said on Tuesday. Strauss was omitted on Monday from a provisional 30-man squad for the tournament to be staged in England from June 5-21. The squad will be trimmed to 15 on May 1.
Australian One-day great Michael Bevan said he would not be surprised if the 50-over game vanished forever at the expense of the Twenty20 phenomenon.
India's spinners were the key architects of the bowling performance. Varun Chakravarthy (2/45) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/40) were the standout performers, while Jadeja (1/30) and Axar Patel (0/29 in 8 overs) kept the pressure on with their economical spells.
New Zealand on Saturday recalled Jacob Oram and Jesse Ryder for the two Twenty20 internationals against India next week, while also naming fast bowler Ewen Thompson in the 13-member squad. The first match is scheduled for February 25 at the AMI Park in Christchurch while the second will be played at Wellington on February 27.
Former Australia batsman Michael Bevan says it is too early to predict if Twenty20 cricket will cause the demise of one-day internationals.
The third Twenty20 International between South Africa and India was halted early in the home side's reply after a wave of flying ants descended on Centurion Park in Pretoria on Wednesday and forced the players from the field.
The Indian Cricket League prematurely called of its World Twenty20 Series due to the terror attacks in Mumbai. The decision to call off the first leg of the second season was taken on Thursday evening at a high-level Executive Board meeting of the breakaway league in Ahmedabad.
Liquor and airline baron Vijay Mallya, auto major Hero Honda and leading telecom company Reliance Communications have started negotiations with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to buy the rights of teams that will play in the Twenty20 tourney, which was announced to counter Subhash Chandra's Indian Cricket League (ICL).
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the Twenty20 international against Australia.
Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq also found a place in the 30-member shortlist.
International Cricket Council Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed on Wednesday admitted that it will be a huge challenge to integrate Twenty20 cricket with the existing formats of ODIs and Test cricket. The veteran administrator said there is no rush or demand as of now to create a window for the IPL and the BCCI has still not approached the ICC for the same.
'The more number of times you reach the playoffs, the probability of winning the championship is quite near.'
Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's Twenty20 World Cup in England to end a stalemate with the International Cricket Council (ICC), Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter said.Zimbabwe is expected to remain as one of the ICC's 10 full members, a status given to Test-playing nations.
All-rounder Ewen Thompson was the only new face named in New Zealand's 13-man squad for two Twenty20 matches against the West Indies this month. Thompson, 29, has taken 16 wickets at an average of 17 and an economy rate of 6.97 playing for Central Districts.
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said T20 cricket being in its infancy it is hard to predict who will win the ICC World Twenty20 in England as no team appears to have a clear planning or strategy on how to approach this format of the game.
Virat Kohli's elegant unbeaten 90 and some wily bowling by their spinners saw India secure a comprehensive 37-run victory over Australia in the first Twenty20 International at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Rajneesh Gupta lists some interesting numbers from the match.
Torrential rain forced the abandonment of the first Twenty20 match between South Africa and Australia without a ball being bowled at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth.
India has now equalled South Africa's world record of most consecutive wins in Twenty20 Internationals.
Players like Rohit Sharma or Dinesh Karthik who could never command more than Rs 10 to Rs 15 lakh can now hope to hit Rs 30 lakh for new deals. Bowler Sreesanth's endorsement tag has shot up from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 40 lakh.
Bengal defeated Haryana by 18 runs at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera near Ahmedabad on Monday morning.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh, known for his risk-free batting style that brought him nearly 11,000 Test runs, wishes he could have flung the bat in the Twenty20 format.
Kallis, the nation's leading run-scorer in Tests and one-day internationals, was controversially omitted from the squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, which they exited before the semi-final stage, hosted by South Africa in September.
The selectors announced a list of 30 Indian probables, which included out-of-favour players like Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh.
Texan billionaire Allen Stanford is hoping to include Australia, Sri Lanka, India and South Africa in the tournament proposed for June 2008.
The Australian pacer's participation is in doubt as he undergoes an arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow.
Hosted in South Africa from Sept. 11-24, the World Twenty20 will see 10 full members of the ICC and associate members Kenya and Scotland taking part.
Test cricket is like classical music which has survived since ancient ages. T20 cricket is like disco and rap which provides occasional pleasure in short bursts," said the former India cricketer.
A look at the top performers at the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.
