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The Sir Lankans have played their part in making sure the World T20s on their home soil was no wet blanket. Despite some rains, a boring first round and allegations of ‘cheating’ over Mahela Jayawardene handing over captaincy, the Lankans kept the party going. The infectious beat of music, cue the theme song (Vissai vissa rocks ICC World T20 Sri Lanka 2012), and has left the thousands of cricket

Mumbai, October 6: India's Suresh Raina, disappointed with the team's ouster from World T20 as they failed to make it to the semi-finals of the mega event tweeted on his micro-blogging site in a controversial manner after Sri Lanka defeated the arch-rivals on Thursday. Raina, following the match at home, tweeted on his micro-blogging page, twitter as the arch-rivals would also return to their

Sri Lanka would look to rein in a marauding Chris Gayle, whose performance may be a determining factor when the dominating hosts clash with an upbeat West Indies in the final of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Sunday. Sri Lanka are aiming to win their second world title after a gap of 16 years as their first and only World trophy came in 1996 while the Caribbean side are playing a World event

He was wearing his cricket spikes and walking on tiles as he made his way to the press conference. He lost his balance but quickly corrected it and then grinned sheepishly. It was his only slip of the day and unfortunately for Australia, before that he had managed to guide West Indies into the final on the back of a powerful display that left the men from Down Under feeling helpless. The

After yet another disappointing performance, this time in the World T20, the country is typically indulging in one of its favourite pastimes: crucifying the captain. It would perhaps be smarter to focus our attention elsewhere: the role of coach Duncan Fletcher and the impact he has had since he took over in April 2011. The media-shy former Zimbabwe batsman had proved to be a super coach when he

Sachin Tendulkar has for the first time admitted that at 39 he may not have much cricket left in him and will reassess his cricketing future next month. Tendulkar's retirement has been a topic of debate for quite some time now and the batting great said though he does not have any immediate plans, the thought of retirement has been on his mind. He said that taking a decision on retirement after

New Delhi, October 5: After setting a massive 206-run target, West Indies bundle out Australia for 131 in the second semifinal of 2012 World Twenty20 to set a summit clash with hostsSri Lanka on Sunday. West Indies are in total command as Australia lose more than half the side within 50 runs while trying to chase a massive 206 in the semifinal. Matthew wade was the last man to fall. Sunil Narine

Umar Akmal has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for ignoring both on-field umpires while going for a change in gloves during Pakistan's semi-final against Sri Lanka in Colombo. There was no hearing as Akmal pleaded guilty and accepted the sanction to the charge laid by umpires Simon Taufel and Rod Tucker. Jeff Crowe, the match referee, said: "In this incident, Umar showed blatant disregard

Sri Lankan cricket authorities have complained to organisers about cheerleaders at the World Twenty20 tournament after media criticism describing them as a "disgraceful eyesore". Nishantha Ranatunga, secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, told AFP that fans had also provided "negative feedback" after lacklustre displays by the local performers, who lead celebrations when wickets are taken and boundaries

The Aussies take on the Caribbean army in the second semi-finals of the ICC World T20 2012. While the West Indies came into the tournament with the tag of favourites, Australia were uncharacteristically placed in the second half of the T20 international rankings. On paper, it promises to be a thriller with both sides boasting of some power players who can win games single-handedly. Australia have