Super Eights: India bat against Australia in World Twenty20

COLOMBO: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in a group two Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Friday.
In the same group, Pakistan beat South Africa by two wickets earlier in the day.
Australia: George Bailey (capt), David Warner, Shane Watson, Matthew Wade, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh.

COLOMBO-T20 WC: Gul, Akmal lift Pakistan past South Africa

ورلڈ کپ ٹی ٹوئنٹی، سپر ایٹ کے میچ میں عمر اکمل، عمر گل نے پاکستان کو ہارا ہوا میچ جتوا دیا، جنوبی افریقہ کا134رنز کا ہدف پاکستان نے آخری اوور میں8وکٹوں کے نقصان پر پورا کر لیا:


COLOMBO: Umar Gul turned an unlikely hero with the bat as Pakistan survived a middle-order collapse to beat South Africa by two wickets in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 on Friday.
Pakistan, chasing South Africa's modest 133-6, crashed to 76-7 in the 15th over before Gul and Umar Akmal combined to share a match-winning partnership of 49 in 27 balls.
Gul smashed two fours and three sixes in his 32 off 17 balls before he was dismissed off the last ball of the 19th over by fast bowler Dale Steyn with nine more needed.
But Akmal, who remained unbeaten on 43, and Saeed Ajmal steered Pakistan home with two balls to spare, Ajmal edging the winning boundary off Morne Morkel.
Pakistan's openers raced to 24 in 2.5 overs before the innings fell apart after Imran Nazir (14) was caught behind off Steyn.
Left-arm spinner Robin Peterson, who came to bowl the fourth over, removed skipper Mohammad Hafeez with his second delivery and Nasir Jamshed with the six to make Pakistan 31-3.

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ICC World Twenty20 2012

GROUP STAGE

Group A: England, India, Afghanistan

Group B: Australia, West Indies, Ireland

Group C: Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Group D: Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh

World T20 cricket: England win warm-up versus Pakistan

Defending champions England beat Pakistan by 15 runs in their final World Twenty20 warm-up game in Colombo.

On a stodgy pitch, England made 111 all out from 19.3 overs, Luke Wright top-scoring with 38 from 36 balls and spinner Saeed Ajmal taking 4-14.
But Pakistan could only make 96-9 in reply, left-arm spinner Danny Briggs taking 3-15 and Jade Dernbach 3-14.

Pakistan-India warm-up: Akmal's sixes win the day

COLOMBO: Kamran Akmal smashed an unbeaten 92 off 50 balls as Pakistan came from behind to defeat India by five wickets in a warm-up match for the World Twenty20 on Monday.
Pakistan, chasing India's commanding 185-3, appeared to be out of contention when they lost five wickets by the 12th over with just 91 runs on the board at the Premadasa stadium.
But Akmal and former captain Shoaib Malik turned the game around with a brilliant unbroken stand of 95 off 46 balls that helped Pakistan beat the shell-shocked Indians with five balls to spare.
Akmal plundered six sixes, including the winning shot off seamer Irfan Pathan which sailed over the cover fence. Malik remained unbeaten on 37 off 18 balls.
Virat Kohli had earlier top-scored for India with 75 not out, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed four wickets for 23 runs.
Some 3,000 Sri Lankan fans watched the arch-rivals battle out in the middle in the only warm-up match to be beamed live by the host broadcasters of the World Twenty20 that opens on Tuesday.
"We knew that if India could post a huge total, so could we," said Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez. "Kamran was exceptional, and Malik's experience also helped."
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the batting worked well, but the bowlers needed to contain runs on the easy-paced wickets.
"It was not really a bad game for us," he said. "We have got to work on a few things with our bowling."
India and Pakistan are drawn in different groups for the preliminary league, but are seeded to meet in the Super Eights round in Colombo on September 30.

Pakistan vs India warm up T20 match today

کولمبو… آئی سی سی ورلڈ ٹی ٹوئنٹی کے سلسلے میں روایتی حریفوں پاکستان اور بھارت کے درمیان وارم اپ میچ آج کھیلا جائے گا۔ قومی ٹیم کے ذرائع کے مطابق عمران نذیر، محمد حفیظ اوپننگ کریں گے۔ شاہد آفریدی فٹ ہونے کے بعد لیفٹ آرم اسپنر رضا حسن کی جگہ لیں گے جبکہ عبدالرزاق کی جگہ اسپیڈ اسٹار یاسر عرفات کو کھلانے کی تجویز ہے۔ بھارت کے خلاف وارم اپ میچ میں جو کھلاڑی شامل ہوں گے وہی نیوزی لینڈ اور بنگلہ دیش کے خلاف گروپ ”ڈی“ کے میچوں میں حصہ لیں گے۔ اننگز کا آغاز عمران نذیر اور محمد حفیظ کریں گے۔ ریگولر ون ڈے اوپنر ناصر جمشید ون ڈاؤن، شعیب ملک چوتھے، عمر اکمل پانچویں نمبر پر آئینگے۔ البتہ ماہرین کا کہنا ہے کہ کامران اکمل کو اوپنر کی حیثیت سے آزمایا جائے جبکہ شاہد آفریدی اور یاسر عرفات لوئر مڈل آرڈر میں کھیلیں گے۔ فاسٹ بولرز میں عمر گل، سہیل تنویر اور یاسر عرفات جبکہ اسپین بولنگ کے شعبے میں سعید اجمل، شاہد آفریدی اور محمد حفیظ شامل ہوں گے۔ ضرورت پڑنے پر فاسٹ بولر محمد سمیع، بیٹسمین اسد شفیق، آل راؤنڈر عبدالرزاق اور اسپنر رضا حسن کو بھی موقع دیا جاسکتا ہے۔ آئی سی سی ورلڈ ٹی ٹوئنٹی میں پاکستان کے دونوں وارم اپ میچ بارش سے متاثر ہونے کا خدشہ ہے۔ پیر کو پاکستان اور بھارت کا میچ پاکستانی وقت کے مطابق دوپہر ڈیڑھ بجے شروع ہوگا۔بدھ کو پاکستان اور انگلینڈ کامیچ صبح 9بجے (پاکستانی وقت)پی سارا اوول میں کھیلا جائے گا۔ محکمہ موسمیات نے کولمبو میں دونوں میچوں کے دوران بارش کی پیش گوئی کی ہے۔