Tag: Twenty20
Bulls give Roy, Harris a rest
Andrew Symonds will be kept in cotton wool when Queensland fine-tunes its preseason preparation with a Twenty20 series in Darwin next month.[MORE]
Australia outplayed by Pakistan
Shahid Afridi has inspired Pakistan to a 2-0 Twenty20 series triumph with his enthusiastic leadership, bringing out the best in a talented group of cricketers.[MORE]
Pakistan romps to Twenty20 series win
Teenage quick Mohammad Aamer has taken three wickets as Pakistan beat Australia by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Edgbaston to complete a 2-0 series win.[MORE]
Pakistan rolls Australia in first Twenty20
Pakistan has beaten Australia for the first time in 13 matches across all formats, winning their first Twenty20 international by 23 runs at Edgbaston.[MORE]
Tourists fall short in Twenty20
A quick-fire 80 to wicketkeeper Matthew Wade helped Australia A to a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka A in the first ever international Twenty20 held in Townsville on Friday.[MORE]
Hughes wants 50-over cricket retained
National selector Merv Hughes does not think there is anything wrong with 50-over cricket and sees no reason to tinker with the format.[MORE]
'No doubt' on Clarke's Twenty20 role
Michael Clarke's retention as Australian Twenty20 captain is not only for his leadership but as a kind of emergency parachute for the rest of the batting order, according to chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch.[MORE]
Selectors keep faith for England tour
Australian selectors have made just two changes to the national one-day and Twenty20 teams for series in England against the old enemy and Pakistan in June and July.[MORE]
Sri Lanka wins second American T20
Sri Lanka has beaten New Zealand by seven wickets with more than four overs to spare, in a low-scoring Twenty20 international in Florida.[MORE]
Black Caps beat Sri Lanka on US soil
With the smell of Jamaican jerk chicken and Indian biryani wafting through the stands, New Zealand got past Sri Lanka by 28 runs in a Twenty20 match on Saturday, the first official international between two Test-playing nations in the United States.[MORE]
Proteas pip West Indies by a run
South Africa has beaten West Indies by one run to win their two-match Twenty20 series 2-0 after an exciting final over.South Africa could only make 7 for 120 on a tricky track at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium with 20-year-old debutant David Miller making 33 from 26 balls and Johan Botha 23 from 22 as they recovered from 5 for 59.[MORE]
McLaren bowls Proteas to victory
A career-best spell from Ryan McLaren bowled South Africa to a 13-run victory in the first of two Twenty20 Internationals against West Indies.[MORE]
Collingwood targets world domination
Paul Collingwood has told England's stars to make sure they use their ICC World Twenty20 triumph as a springboard to dominate world cricket.[MORE]
Ponting goes in to bat for embattled Clarke
Australian Test skipper Ricky Ponting has praised Michael Clarke's Twenty20 captaincy despite the player's own assessment that his position in the team was in doubt.[MORE]
T20 title on par with Ashes for Collingwood
England captain Paul Collingwood says beating arch-rival Australia in the World Twenty20 final was "right up there" with winning the Ashes.[MORE]
Clarke questions form, captaincy
Australia captain Michael Clarke suffered his only defeat of the World Twenty20 in the final against England, and then said his position in the team could be in doubt.[MORE]
Southern Stars win women's World T20
Ellyse Perry took three wickets and held her nerve in a tense last over as Australia beat New Zealand by just three runs in a thrilling women's World Twenty20 final.[MORE]
Haddin fined for dissent
Australia's Brad Haddin was fined 10 per cent of his match fee after showing dissent when dismissed during his side's seven-wicket loss to England in the World Twenty20 final.[MORE]
England clinches World Twenty20 title
England has delivered Australia another blow between Ashes series, defeating its traditional foe by seven wickets in the final to claim its maiden World Twenty20 title in West Indies.[MORE]
Clarke 'took one for the team'
Australian coach Tim Nielsen says one does not get to captain the national cricket team without being a tough guy - and that includes Michael Clarke.[MORE]
Clarke eyes clean sweep against old enemy
Australia heads into the World Twenty20 final against arch-rivals England at the Kensington Oval in Barbados desperate to win the lone major title that has so far eluded it.[MORE]
White Ferns set up Aussie showdown
Sara McGlashan has seen New Zealand into the final of the women's World Twenty20 against arch-rival Australia as her superb innings of 84 set up a 56-run over West Indies.[MORE]
Clarke hails Aussie spirit
Michael Clarke said "you just can't write us off" after Australia staged a superb fightback to beat defending champion Pakistan in a thrilling World Twenty20 semi-final in Saint Lucia.[MORE]
Hussey drags Aussies to Twenty20 final
Michael Hussey has smashed three sixes in four balls to lead Australia to a remarkable three-wicket win over Pakistan in the last over of the World Twenty20 semi-final in St Lucia.[MORE]
Blackwell leads Southern Stars into final
Australian captain Alex Blackwell led from the front as her side advanced into the women's World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket win over India in Saint Lucia.[MORE]
