Showing posts with label The ICC World Twenty20 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The ICC World Twenty20 2012. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand. The ICC World Twenty20 2012, News

  • New Zealand 174 for 6 (Nicol 58, Guptill 38) tied with Sri Lanka 174 for 6 (Dilshan 76, Jayawardene 44)
    Sri Lanka won the Super Over
  •  This is the seventh Twenty20 to end in a tie. New Zealand have been involved in four of the seven. It is also the second tie in the World Twenty20 after the game between India and Pakistan in 2007.
  • Rob Nicol's 58 is his highest score in Twenty20 internationals and the third-highest for a New Zealand batsman against Sri Lanka.
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan's 76 is the second-highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman against New Zealand in World Twenty20 matches. It is also his second-best score in World Twenty20 games after the 96 against West Indies in 2009.
  • Ajantha Mendis conceded 48 off his four overs, the most he has conceded in a Twenty20 game, surpassing the 42 runs against Australia in the World Twenty20 in 2010.
  • New Zealand's total of 174 is their highest score in Twenty20 matches against Sri Lanka. It is also their second-highest score in Pallekele, after the 191 against Bangladesh.
  • Sri Lanka's score of 68 in the first six overs is the fifth-highest Powerplay score in the World Twenty20. The highest Powerplay score (20 overs per innings) is West Indies' 71 against Australia at The Oval in 2009.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The ICC World Twenty20 2012 News

The ICC World Twenty20 2012 will be contested by 12 teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into four groups:

Group A                Group B               Group C                       Group D
A1: England           B1: Australia         C1: Sri Lanka              D1: Pakistan
A2: India                B2: West Indies     C2: South Africa         D2: New Zealand
Q2: Afghanistan     Q1: Ireland             Zimbabwe                  Bangladesh

*If a team seeded third in the group qualifies for the Super Eight, it will adopt the code of the team they have replaced. For example, if Q2 qualifies at England's expense in second place in group A, it would be A1 and India still A2. No points are carried forward to the Super Eight stage, and the top two teams in each Super Eight group will qualify for the semi-finals.

Super Eight          Group 1     Group 2          
                              A1              A2          
                               B2             B1          
                               C1             C2          
                               D2             D1