
Throw in the loss of the host's star attractions - Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen
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Throw in the loss of the host's star attractions - Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen
"I think everyone knows that we are dangerous at any time. We have some potential match-winners,,,but our consistency has not been there. We don't want to lose this game, we want to win it but we are the underdogs and we are very relaxed about the game. We want to put our best foot forward and put them under some pressure" said Siddons while speaking to the media at Trent Bridge today.
The Bangladesh side had a three-hour training session at Lady Bay just across the road from Trent Bridge in the morning after which Si
The Northamptonshire left hander displayed his full range of stokes in a innings which drew widespread applause from the assembled crowd. O'Brien showed his team mates the perfect formula for batting in the abbreviated format of the game, combining quick running with boundaries at regular intervals.
Chasing a victory target of 164, Ireland and Jeremy Bray in particular got off to a flier, as the tall left hander crashed four boundaries in his 12 ba
The tie, designated by the ICC as a "Catch the Spirit" match, served as a fundraiser to help support families of the victims of the attack on the Sri Lanka team and officials in Lahore in March. Crowds started
India struggling with injuries and fitness before the tournament, put out a competent eleven to combat a New Zealand side who had already spent a week in England, and had played a couple of practice games against the likes of Bangladesh and Netherlands.
The Kiwis performed well as a batting unit, with Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor both contributing well at the top of the order, and Scott Styris and James Franklin playing useful cameos near the
After the Irish had struggled to cope with the extra pace of left armer Dirk Nannes, managing to score just 6 runs in the super-over, their cause looked a desperate one. Step forward Trent Johnston, who proved the hero of the hour, restricting Bas Zuiderent to just the one scoring shot, a misfielded two to deep backward square. That fumble proved to be fortunate for Ireland as Zuderent failed to get the next two deliveries away, being brilliantly stumped by Gary Wilson after going wa
Saturday's game at Wormsley, near Oxford, saw the Blackcaps score 194 for 8, before dismissing The Netherlands in the 20th over for just 104.
Batting first, the New Zealanders took control from the top of the innings, with Brendon McCullum plundering 27 off a hapless Dirk Nannes' first two overs, including five fours and a six.
McCullum and Jesse Ryder put on 46 for the first wicket, and McCullum went on to amass 62, including eight fours and two sixes.
Neil Broom, 28, Scott Styris, 26, and
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