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JOHANNESBURG: Keeping the legacy “India have never lost to Pakistan in the World Cup” alive, India clinched ICC Twenty20 world Cup trophy by upsetting Pakistan in the final at the Wanderers on Monday.
Misbah-ul-Haq of Pakistan managed to steer Pakistan from worst defeat but he too could not help Pakistan to win the ICC Twenty20 world Cup final.
Pakistani bowlers and fielders had restricted India to 157 runs but the batting line of Pakistan utterly failed in the final.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's young Team India snatched the inaugural Twenty20 world title after defeating arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs in a rousing final.
The Indians, restricted to 157-5 after electing to take first strike in good batting conditions, fought back to bowl out valiant Pakistan for 152 before a sell-out crowd of 32,000 at the Wanderers here

New Zealand v Pakistan, 1st semi-final, Cape Town
New Zealand win toss and bat

England wicket-keeper Matt Prior has vowed to return "stronger and better" after a broken thumb ruled him out of October's one-day series in Sri Lanka.

The 25-year-old sustained the injury in training and will be out for six weeks

New Zealand opened the Super Eight stage of the ICC Twenty20 tournament with a thrilling 10-run win over India.

Mahela Jayawardene's Sri Lanka smashed the record score in Twenty20 internationals to trounce Kenya by 172 runs at the Wanderers.

Jayawardene's men piled up a gargantuan 260 for six after being asked to bat first by the African minnows in the World Twenty20 contest and powered their way past Australia's previous high of 221 for six against England in Sydney earlier this year.

Master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya savaged 88 from only 44 balls and Jayawardene scored at an even quicker rate, his ability to execute elegant strokes powerfully reaping 65, off only 27 deliveries.

Yet they were outdone by a spectacular cameo from Jehan Mubarak, who struck five sixes and three fours to reach 46 from a dozen balls.

One more boundary would have obliterated Mohammad Ashraful's record for the fastest half-century, a 20-ball effort against West Indies yesterday, but he missed the final delivery of the innings, sent down by Peter Ongondo, completely.

Medium-pacer Lameck Onyango took the brunt of the punishment as left-hander Mubarak peppered the stands between midwicket and long-on to hit four sixes in the penultimate over, which cost 29 runs.

In response the Kenyans barely got out of first gear and only managed five boundaries in the entire innings of 88, to emphasise the huge gulf in class.

The crushing Group B victory sends the Sri Lankans, sporting their new silver limited-overs kit, into the second round alongside tomorrow's opponents New Zealand with Kenya, semi-finalists in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, heading home having been thrashed by both.

Rahul Dravid has resigned as India captain with immediate effect. In a letter written to the Indian board, he has asked to be relieved of the captaincy before Australia's forthcoming tour of India, beginning later this month.

The board president, Sharad Pawar, said Dravid told him of his wish to step down, with immediate effect, when they met on Thursday. "He said, 'The selectors have placed faith in me to lead continuously for two years and I'm grateful for that'", Pawar said. "He said he would like to concentrate on his batting and the opportunity should be given to a new person to lead the side."

"He has discussed the issue with me twice. I think we need to respect his decision," Pawar said.

Dravid had opted out of the ICC World Twenty20 currently on in South Africa and the captaincy of that team was handed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Ricky Ponting is in doubt for the Twenty20 World Championship due to "private family reasons", while Australia are also monitoring a hamstring problem for Shane Watson. The pair remained in Australia when the team flew to South Africa today, and Stuart Clark also postponed his departure to care for his ill son.

Michael Clarke says Australia are approaching the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship with enormous confidence and are eager to annex another trophy after their recent World Cup triumph. "I'm really looking forward to the opportunity of playing in the inaugural Twenty20 championship and I'm certain we can bring home the trophy," Clarke told journalists in Johannesburg during an ICC conference call from Sydney.

"In a game of such a short amount of overs, one player can win the match, whether it be in batting, bowling or fielding. We have a lot of talent, a lot of guys who can win a game on their own."

Clarke is one of those players who can be a match-winner in all three departments and after making merry in the World Cup, he is looking forward to providing more entertainment in South Africa. He said Twenty20 cricket was the most instinctive form of the game.

01-Prosper Utseya (Captain)
02-Gary Brent
03-Chamu Chibhabha
04-Elton Chigumbura
05-Keith Dabengwa
06-Timycen Maruma
07-Johnson Marumisa
08-Hamilton Masakadza
09-Stuart Matsikenyeri
10-Christopher Mpofu
11-Tawanda Mupariwa
12-Vusi Sibanda
13-Tatenda Taibu (Wicket Keeper)
14-Brendan Taylor
15-Sean Williams

01-Ramnaresh Sarwan (Captain)
02-Dwayne Bravo
03-Shivnarine Chanderpaul
04-Pedro Collins
05-Narsingh Deonarine
06-Fidel Edwards
07-Chris Gayle
08-Runako Morton
09-Daren Powell
10-Denesh Ramdin (Wicket Keeper)
11-Ravi Rampaul
12-Darren Sammy
13-Marlon Samuels
14-Dwayne Smith
15-Devon Smith

01-Mahela Jayawardene (Captain)

02-Tillakaratne Dilshan

03-Dilhara Fernando

04-Hasantha Fernando

05-Sanath Jayasuriya

06-Kaushal Lokuarachchi

07-Farveez Maharoof

08-Lasith Malinga

09-Jehan Mubarak

10-Muttiah Muralitharan

11-Kumar Sangakkara (Wicket Keeper)

12-Chamara Silva

13-Upul Tharanga

14-Chaminda Vaas

15-Gayan Wijekoon

01-Graeme Smith (Captain)

02-Gulam Bodi

03-Loots Bosman

04-Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper)

05-AB de Villiers

06-Jean-Paul Duminy

07-Herschelle Gibbs

08-Justin Kemp

09-Albie Morkel

10-Morne Morkel

11-Makhaya Ntini

12-Vernon Philander

13-Shaun Pollock

14-Thandi Tshabalala

15-Johan van der Wath

01-Daniel Vettori (Captain)

02-Shane Bond

03-Peter Fulton

04-Mark Gillespie

05-Gareth Hopkins

06-Brendon McCullum (Wicket Keeper)

07-Nathan McCullum

08-Craig McMillan

09-Chris Martin

10-Jacob Oram

11-Jeetan Patel

12-Bradley Scott

13-Scott Styris

14-Ross Taylor

15-Lou Vincent

01-Steve Tikolo (Captain)

02-Rajesh Bhudia

03-Jimmy Kamande

04-Tanmay Mishra

05-Alex Obanda

06-Collins Obuya

07-David Obuya

08-Nehemiah Odhiambo

09-Thomas Odoyo

10-Peter Ongondo

11-Lameck Onyango

12-Elijah Otieno

13-Maurice Ouma (Wicket Keeper)

14-Tony Suji

15-Hiren Varaiya

01-MS Dhoni (Captain)

02-Ajit Agarkar

03-Gautam Gambhir

04-Harbhajan Singh

05-Joginder Sharma

06-Dinesh Karthik (Wicket Keeper)

07-Irfan Pathan

08-Yusuf Pathan

09-Piyush Chawla

10-Virender Sehwag

11-Rohit Sharma

12-Rudra Pratap Singh

13-S Sreesanth

14-Robin Uthappa

15-Yuvraj Singh

01-Paul Collingwood (Captain)

02-Ravi Bopara

03-Stuart Broad

04-Andrew Flintoff

05-James Kirtley

06-Darren Maddy

07-Kevin Pietersen

08-Matt Prior (Wicket Keeper)

09-Chris Schofield

10-Owais Shah

11-Ryan Sidebottom

12-Jeremy Snape

13-Vikram Solanki

14-Chris Tremlett

15-Luke Wright

01-Mohammad Ashraful (Captain)

02-Mashrafe Mortaza (Vice-Captain)

03-Abdur Razzak

04-Aftab Ahmed

05-Alok Kapali

06-Farhad Reza

07-Junaid Siddique

08-Mahmudullah

09-Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicket Keeper)

10-Nadif Chowdhury

11-Nazimuddin

12-Shakib Al Hasan

13-Syed Rasel

14-Tamim Iqbal

15-Ziaur Rahman

01-Ricky Ponting (captain)

02-Adam Gilchrist (vice-captain)

03-Nathan Bracken

04-Stuart Clark

05-Michael Clarke

06-Brad Haddin

07-Matthew Hayden

08-Brad Hodge

09-Brad Hogg

10-Michael Hussey

11-Mitchell Johnson

12-Brett Lee

13-Andrew Symonds

14-Shaun Tait

15-Shane Watson

1st Match (Day/Night)
Tue 11 September 2007
Group A - South Africa v West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



2nd Match
Wed 12 September 2007
Group C - Kenya v New Zealand
Kingsmead, Durban
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT



3rd Match
Wed 12 September 2007
Group D - Pakistan v Scotland
Kingsmead, Durban
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



4th Match (Day/Night)
Wed 12 September 2007
Group B - Australia v Zimbabwe
Newlands, Cape Town
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



5th Match
Thu 13 September 2007
Group A - Bangladesh v West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT



6th Match
Thu 13 September 2007
Group B - England v Zimbabwe
Newlands, Cape Town
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



7th Match (Day/Night)
Thu 13 September 2007
Group D - India v Scotland
Kingsmead, Durban
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



8th Match
Fri 14 September 2007
Group C - Kenya v Sri Lanka
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT



9th Match
Fri 14 September 2007
Group B - Australia v England
Newlands, Cape Town
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



10th Match (Day/Night)
Fri 14 September 2007
Group D - India v Pakistan
Kingsmead, Durban
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



11th Match
Sat 15 September 2007
Group C - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



12th Match (Day/Night)
Sat 15 September 2007
Group A - South Africa v Bangladesh
Newlands, Cape Town
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



13th M atch
Sun 16 September 2007
Group E - TBC v TBC (C1 v D2 )
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT


14th Match
Sun 16 September 2007
Group F - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2 )
Newlands, Cape Town
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



15th Match (Day/Night)
Sun 16 September 2007
Group E - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2 )
Newlands, Cape Town
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



16th Match (Day/Night)
Mon 17 September 2007
Group F - TBC v TBC (D1 v C2 )
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



17th Match
Tue 18 September 2007
Group E - TBC v TBC (C1 v B2)
Kingsmead, Durban
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT



18th Match
Tue 18 September 2007
Group F - TBC v TBC (B1 v D1)
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



19th Match (Day/Night)
Tue 18 September 2007
Group F - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2)
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



20th Match
Wed 19 September 2007
Group E - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1)
Kingsmead, Durban
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



21st Match (Day/Night)
Wed 19 September 2007
Group E - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2)
Kingsmead, Durban
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT



22nd Match
Thu 20 September 2007
Group F - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2)
Newlands, Cape Town
10:00 local, 08:00 GMT



23rd Match
Thu 20 September 2007
Group F - TBC v TBC (A2 v D1)
Newlands, Cape Town
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT



24th Match (Day/Night)
Thu 20 September 2007
Group E - TBC v TBC (A1 v D2)
Kingsmead, DurbanA1 v D2
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT

1st Semi Final
Sat 22 September 2007
TBC v TBC (E2 v F1)
Newlands, Cape Town
13:00 local, 11:00 GMT


2nd Semi Final (Day/Night)
Sat 22 September 2007
TBC v TBC (E1 v F2)
Kingsmead, Durban
18:00 local, 16:00 GMT


Final
Mon 24 September 2007
TBC v TBC
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
14:00 local, 12:00 GMT

Group A: South Africa, West Indies, Bangladesh

Group B: Australia, England, Zimbabwe

Group C: New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Kenya

Group D: Pakistan, India, Scotland

England were 5-0.

South Africa are 44-0.

You show 'em Michael. You show 'em!

We really like Michael Vaughan. We don't know why we're nitpicking about this.

He's building up to something big is Michael Vaughan. We can tell. Maybe nought off 18 balls or something like that. Who knows.

Good job we spent all that time writing all those player profiles only to virtually abandon the site come the World Cup, wasn't it?

"Chris Gayle's timed the pants of that"

We said that Chris Gayle would be great in this World Cup. He's out for virtually nothing. We said that Upul Tharanga would be great in this World Cup. He's also out for virtually nothing.

Why didn't we tip Matthew Bloody Hayden?

A lot of these early mismatches are characterised by the big team playing quite cautiously and deliberately so as to remove even the faintest chance of an upset.

Sri Lanka batted fairly sensibly against Bermuda, eventually reaching 321-6. Then they dispatched the Bermudan batsmen for fun, eventually bowling them out for 78.

Mahela Jayawardene said that Bermuda had bowled well, which was nice of him.

We want Ireland to beat Zimbabwe. That way no-one will suggest that Zimbabwe should come back into Test cricket. Zimbabwe are too poor to play Test cricket and they're not getting any better. They've far more important things to sort out than their cricket team too.

At present Ireland are 113-5. Go, er, J P Bray! Go J P Bray!

J P Bray is 63 not out. Maybe HE should be playing Test cricket. On his own. He'd fare no worse than Zimbabwe, except maybe there'd be a lot of byes.

Kenya walked this one. Steve Tikolo, who's really rather good and may well have made a decent Test player had he been born elsewhere, took 2-34 and then hit 72 not out.

At 35, there's every chance that this will be Steve Tikolo's last World Cup, although playing for one of the lesser lights, he may well continue. We like really good players who play for not-very-good teams. We like the occasions when they surprise arrogant young players from more recognised cricketing nations.

The desperate yearning for Steve Tikolo to take Shaun Tait or someone to the cleaners starts here.

Australia won. Ricky Ponting scored his billionth international hundred. Mike Hussey was stumped for four.

No words come to mind.

At least we think it was Damien Fleming. We can't be bothered checking.

Anyway, some Australian on the BBC's Test Match Special coverage of Australia v Scotland said that Symonds was 'nearly five players in one'. We know that he's large, but five seems to be pushing it a bit.

Why is it Test Match Special anyway. It's not a Test match and being as it's Australia against Scotland, it's hardly 'special'.

West Indies won. No-one scored a massive amount. No-one took too many wickets.

Do Pakistan feel like they've ballsed it all up on day one? With the result of this match most likely being carried through to the next round, Pakistan are up against it already. It's a harsh system, but at least it gives these early matches some spice.

We tipped Shahid Afridi as a player to watch during the World Cup. About three minutes ago we clung to the hope that he might make some contribution in this West Indies v Pakistan match.

Shahid Afridi isn't even playing...

Chris Gayle was out for two. We picked Chris Gayle as a player to watch during this World Cup. We're frequently wrong about just about everything.

Still - early days. Shahid Afridi could still make an impact.

Look at that. Fireworks. When did fireworks ever herald anything bad?

There are people dancing in funny costumes as well. That's not always a good sign, but mostly it is. Allied to the fireworks we're probably on safe ground. The fireworks assure of us of something good and the dancers, from this 'good' standpoint, reinforce it.

Very few things are unequivocally positive like fireworks are. Even cake appears at funerals. Fireworks though - always good.

Ravi Bopara has played a single one-day international. He scored seven not out and took one wicket. It's kind of hard to say much about him.

That's Mal Loye in the background giving him that creepy look, by the way.

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James Anderson is very ace. James Anderson can seem very quiet and very serious. James Anderson has done very good things at the World Cup before.

We sometimes worry that because of his unusual bowling action, the batsman might strike the ball straight into the back of his head while he's in his follow-through. It's never happened yet.

We once sat at fine-leg at Old Trafford for a county match. James Anderson was fielding there. There was no-one else within a hundred yards. It was very uncomfortable. We felt like we should speak to him, but if we did it would freak him out. Then two girls came to sit right in the front row, directly behind him. They had a whole stand to choose from. That would freak anyone out. A conversation was the least of his worries, it turned out.

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Shaun Tait once said that he didn't worry too much about where the ball went when he bowled, as long as he was bowling quickly.

Unfortunately Shaun, that would make you 'crap'. Being able to aim is what separates international bowlers from crap ones.

To be fair, he does bowl quickly, which is something to be commended. He bowls in excess of 90mph now, which means he can get away with being a bit erratic. When he made his international debut in England, he was slower than three of England's bowlers and less accurate than anyone. Quite what he offered as a bowler was open to debate.

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How many times have we all seen Glenn McGrath looking grumpy at a batsman? A million?

That's what Glenn does. He used to take wickets with frightening consistency, but he's retiring in about a fortnight and he's got one eye on the clock. It's like when you're leaving a job and you can't see any point putting any effort in.

As the Australian players get increasingly likeable, it's reassuring that Glenn McGrath's never made the slightest concession to amenability.

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Mitchell Johnson's a 'once in a generation bowler'. We should probably honour that by writing something about him, but we're feeling a bit overworked and can't be bothered.

He likes to do star-jumps, apparently.

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Sorry? Is it 1962? Why does Brad Hogg look like a character from The Wonder Years? It takes excellent brylcreeming skills and an exceptional side-parting to perfect a look like that.

We're only writing about Brad Hogg because he was going to be the only Australian we hadn't done something for.

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Brad Hodge was dropped from Australia's Test team while averaging nearly 60 and having recently scored a double hundred.

Life's a bitch, but then again, he's only scored three one-day international fifties and here he is in Australia's World Cup squad.

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Matthew Hayden gets on our bloody nerves. He thinks he's ace.

Here's the page on our other site where we repeatedly make Matthew Hayden sound like a dick. We're not adding to it here. Not yet anyway.

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Brad Haddin has made one horrendous mistake in his cricketing career which has cost him dearly: He has consistently been Brad Haddin, rather than Adam Gilchrist.

If he'd been Adam Gilchrist, he'd have played loads of international cricket and everyone would say how ace he is. As Brad Haddin, he's mostly been standing around waiting for Adam Gilchrist to fall over and break a thumb or something.

It's a schoolboy error.

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Stuart Clark's middle name is Rupert. Stuart Clark has either a weirdly shaped head, or a subtly unusual haircut - we're not sure which.

Stuart Clark is quite old and arrived in Test cricket fully-formed, taking wickets for fun. In one-day cricket he's not so handy.

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