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    Dilshan, Mathews power Lanka to T20 World Cup ending

    The Sri Lankan juggernaut crushed West Indies by 57 runs in Friday's lop-sided semifinal to set up a summit clash with Pakistan in the final of the T20 World Cup at Lord's on Sunday. Put into bat, run-machine Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a sublime unbeaten 96 to help the Lankans overcome a...
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    India sign off with third directly beat

    India’s 12-run defeat to South Africa in their final SuperEights game made it their third defeat on the bounce in the T20 World Cup 2009. The latest misadventure in India's disastrous campaign in England was scripted at Nottingham where, chasing a modest 131, the batsmen lost their heads in a...
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    Captain Dhoni’s Poor Form fears India

    Defending champions India would have won its first two games of the T20 World Cup comfortably, but skipper M S Dhoni's poor form is worrying the team ahead of its Super 8 games. Dhoni, who promoted himself at number three position in the batting line-up for the group matches against...
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    Safety lifts in front of T20 World Cup 09

    All 12 teams will have police escorts throughout the 16-day competition of T20 World Cup and every fan entering grounds will be searched, it is understood. The measures come three months after al Qaeda gunmen killed six policemen and a driver escorting the Sri Lankan team and match officials in...
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    New Zealand in ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2009

    ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2009 will start from 5 June 2009 in England. After the successful staging of its inaugural tournament in South Africa, cricket fans are expecting similar excitement from the second edition too. However, I do not think New Zealand cricket fans can have high hopes for New...
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    RP Singh proceeds, Munaf go down

    Paceman RP Singh was on Monday rewarded for his consistent performance in the ongoing IPL with a recall while fellow speedster Munaf Patel was dropped from India's 15-member squad for next month's T20 World Cup in England. Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik, who figured in India's squad that...
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    T20 World Cup: India get easy draw

    Defending champions India have been placed in an easy group A -- alongside Bangladesh and Zimbabwe -- for the 2009 ICC Twenty20 cricket World Championships in England. Since not enough matches have been played in the shortest format of the game to allow viable official rankings, the Board...