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New Zealand surge into semi-finals: New Zealand's women booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 with a comprehensive 47-run victory over Sri Lanka at Basseterre |
Injured Murali to fly home on Sunday: Muttiah Muralitharan, the Sri Lankan spinner, was ruled out of the ICC World Twenty20 after aggravating a groin injury during the Super Eights game against West Indies |
Sri Lanka run into hot Australia: Australia and Sri Lanka enter their second Super Eight encounter with bright hopes after they were successful in the opening fixtures |
Jayawardene enjoys time at the top: Mahela Jayawardene is showing the world that an orthodox approach can be wildly successful in Twenty20 |
Muralitharan suffers relapse of groin injury: Muttiah Muralitharan is once again a major doubt for the rest of the World Twenty20 after he pulled up with a recurrence of his groin injury |
Sublime Jayawardene routs West Indies: Sri Lanka wrapped up a crushing 57-run win over a disappointingly lacklustre West Indies in Barbados |
Sri Lanka hold their nerve for one-run win: Sri Lanka held their nerves and pulled the carpet from under Pakistan's feet to prevail by one run in a nail-biter in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 at Warner Park. |
England eye rare final: Cricinfo previews the Semi-Final match between England and Sri Lanka in St Lucia |
Former India players dish out harsh criticism: Former Indian cricketers have lashed out at the team, blaming their inability to handle short-pitched bowling and the and the lack of preparation for their disappointing performance in the World Twenty20 |
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Sangakkara credits Kapugedera and Mathews: Kumar Sangakkara acknowledged the efforts of his seamers and young middle-order batsmen who kept their cool to turn the tables on India, as Sri Lanka marched into the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 |
India's island dreams shatter again: India's exit may not create the seismic activity that followed the early flight home in the 2007 World Cup, but it is bound to produce plenty of harsh assessment |
Sri Lankan win knocks India out: It was an awesome comeback from Sri Lanka. They first bounced back to restrict India, who had galloped to 90 for 1 from 10 overs, to 163 before shrugging off a poor start to chase down the target in the final delivery of the game |
David fells Sri Lanka as India qualify: India's women booked their place in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 by surging past Sri Lanka in their winner-takes-all Group B encounter in Basseterre |
Pace-weary teams battle to stay in competition: Pace-weary teams battle to stay in competition. Both India and Sri Lanka have been mauled in their Super Eights encounters and playing each other to stay in the hunt for the final four |
All-round Basnahira South qualify for final: A round-up of the fifth set of matches in the SLC Inter-Provincial Tournament 2009-10 |
Sangakkara laments lack of partnerships: Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara refused to admit that his team were overwhelmed by pace and bounce generated by Australia's fast bowlers on the Kensington Oval pitch, and put down the 81-run defeat to the inability to build partnerships |
Australia hand Sri Lanka 81-run thrashing: Australia stormed to a resounding 81-run win as Sri Lanka were steamrolled by extreme pace and sustained pressure, folding for 87 |
Collingwood confident of resurgent England: There will be no rousing speech or chest-thumping patriotism from Paul Collingwood when England take the field for their semi-final against Sri Lanka because he doesn't think his team needs it |
Asia Cup 2010 to be held in Dambulla: The Asian Cricket Council has released the schedule of the 2010 Asia Cup which will be held in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, between June 15 and 24 |
Sri Lanka hope for spin threat: Sri Lanka left it late to secure a place in the World Twenty20 semi-finals but now they are in the knockout stage their varied bowling attack could hold the key to success |