*ICC World T20 Srilanka 2012*

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The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will be the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that will be held in Sri Lanka between September 18 and October 7, 2012

Warm Up And Group Stages...

Schedule For Super Eight Matches

ICC WORLD t20 2012 FINAL
Srilanka vs West Indies
Oct 7, 2012 (19:00 local | 13:30 GMT | 18:30 PKT)

CHAMPIONS

Squads Of Nations
PAKISTAN

Mohammad Hafeez(c)
Abdul Razzaq
Asad Shafiq
Imran Nazir
Kamran Akmal(wk)
Mohammad Sami
Nasir Jamshed
Raza Hasan
Saeed Ajmal
Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Malik
Sohail Tanvir
Umar Akmal
Umar Gul
Yasir Arafat

INDIA

MS Dhoni (c/wk)
Gautam Gambhir (vc)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Piyush Chawla
Ashok Dinda
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Virat Kohli
Irfan Pathan
Suresh Raina
Virender Sehwag
Rohit Sharma
Manoj Tiwary
Yuvraj Singh

South Africa

AB de Villiers (c/wk)
Hashim Amla
Farhaan Behardien
Johan Botha
Jean-Paul Duminy
Faf du Plessis
Jacques Kallis
Richard Levi
Albie Morkel
Morne Morkel
Justin Ontong
Wayne Parnell
Robin Peterson
Dale Steyn
Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Newzealand

Ross Taylor (c)
Doug Bracewell
James Franklin
Martin Guptill
Ronnie Hira
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Nathan McCullum
Kyle Mills
Adam Milne
Rob Nicol
Jacob Oram
Tim Southee
Daniel Vettori
BJ Watling
Kane Williamson

Australia

George Bailey (c)
Shane Watson (vc)
Daniel Christia
Pat Cummins
Xavier Doherty
Ben Hilfenhaus
Brad Hogg
David Hussey
Michael Hussey
Clint McKay
Glenn Maxwell
Mitchell Starc
Matthew Wade (wk)
David Warner
Cameron White

ENGLAND

Stuart Broad (c)
Jonny Bairstow
Ravi Bopara
Tim Bresnan
Danny Briggs
Jos Buttler
Jade Dernbach
Steven Finn
Alex Hales
Craig Kieswetter (wk)
Michael Lumb
Eoin Morgan
Samit Patel
Graeme Swann
Luke Wright

West Indies

Darren Sammy (c)
Dwayne Bravo (vc)
Samuel Badree
Darren Bravo
Johnson Charles
Fidel Edwards
Chris Gayle
Sunil Narine
Kieron Pollard
Denesh Ramdin (wk)
Ravi Rampaul
Andre Russell
Marlon Samuels
Lendl Simmons
Dwayne Smith

SRILANKA

Mahela Jayawardene (c)
Angelo Mathews (vc)
Dinesh Chandimal (wk)
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Shaminda Eranga
Rangana Herath
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Ajantha Mendis
Jeevan Mendis
Dilshan Munaweera
Akila Dananjaya
Thisara Perera
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Lahiru Thirimanne

WISHES , PRAYER AND GOOD LUCKS FOR TEAM PAKISTAN

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Sri Lanka look to home advantage


This month s World Twenty20 could be the opportunity they have been waiting for. On home soil, with a well-balanced team, and lessons learnt from the recently concluded Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), the team s chances of claiming their first T20 title are greatly enhanced, according to skipper Mahela Jayawardene.

In fact, the main problem Sri Lanka s respected and experienced captain is facing is how best to use the talented players at his disposal.

His first dilemma concerns his own position - whether he should open the batting with aggressive all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan or move aside and let the latter s namesake, Dilshan Munaweera, start the innings.

Along with the experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka s impressive middle order boasts two more all-rounders in Angelo Mathews - star of the 2009 T20 World Cup - and Thisara Perera, whom coach Graham Ford has described as "Sri Lanka s Lance Klusener".

The bowling attack will be led by the dangerous Lasith Malinga, retired from Test cricket but still a potent threat in the shorter game. Nuwan Kulasekara returns from injury, and one of the top-ranked T20 bowlers in the world, spinner Ajantha Mendis, is also back in form.

Jayawardene s bowling talent is completed by two more slow bowlers, 18-year-old schoolboy discovery Akila Dananjaya, who has not played a professional match, and veteran left-armer Rangana Herath.

Having beaten Pakistan at home to record their first Test series win in the post-Muttiah Muralitharan era, and in superb form in all other formats, Sri Lanka are ready to face star-studded opponents including holders England.

But not everything is rosy for the hosts.

The fact Sri Lanka s two first-round matches are being played in the Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium in Hambantota is worrying, according to the editor of popular fans website Island Cricket.

The next two World Twenty20 tournaments are also in Asia. In 2014 the event will be held in Bangladesh, followed two years later in India
 
"If the two T20 Internationals played at the venue previously are anything to go by, the conditions do not favour batting, especially when chasing," Hilal Suhaib told BBC Sinhala service.

"It is true that in ODIs teams have surpassed 300 at Hambantota, but the wicket there still remains largely a mystery," he added.

The fact SLPL games were played only in Colombo and Kandy, makes it still more difficult to determine how the surface will play during Sri Lanka s opening encounters, he says.

"The last match played in Hambantota was a day-night ODI against India in July, and the Indians were bowled out for 138 in 34 overs," he said.

It is, however, not only available talent and the character of the pitches that matter - at least, not in the sub-continent.

Sri Lankan cricket has never been to far away from controversy in recent years, as Sangakkara s 2011 Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey lecture at Lord s highlighted.

However, with the trouble now fading away, it seems Sri Lanka s cricketers are determined not to let off-field issues ruin the country s chances of claiming a first big title in 16 years.

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Lasith Malinga arrived in Hambantota ahead of their World T20 match against Zimbabwe on September 18

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kisi ko pata hai konsay channel per match lagay ga kal?

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kisi ko pata hai konsay channel per match lagay ga kal?

StarCricket

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Espn , Star cricket , Ten cricket and i guess PTV sports is also telecasting thi one

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India want to keep the winning momentum going when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their second warm-up game of the ICC World Twenty20 on Monday.

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StarCricket

Espn , Star cricket , Ten cricket and i guess PTV sports is also telecasting thi one

Thanks.

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pata lag jaye ga aaj k pura world cup dekhna hai ya nahi

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hahaha 185....

Pakistan ney 40 over man liye hain chase kernay k liye aur 25 wickets...

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There goes Imran Nazir. As usual the biggest flop.