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Sri Lanka win as Australia out of World T20

NOTTINGHAM: Sri Lanka won their first match by six wickets in their group C while world champions Australia were knocked out of the World Twenty20 2009 here at Trent Bridge on Monday.

Chasing a modest total of 160 runs, Sri Lanka achieved the winning target in 19 overs for the loss of four wickets.

Captain Kumar Sangakkara remained unbeaten on 56, made from 42 balls with two sixes and four boundaries while Tillakeratne Dilshan scored 53 off 32 balls with 10 fours. Jehan Mubarak was not out on 21. he hit one four and two sixes.

For Australia, Brett Lee took two wickets for 38 runs.

Earlier, spinner Ajantha Mendis and fast bowler Lasith Malinga claimed three wickets each as Sri Lanka restricted Australia to 159-9 in the World Twenty20 group C match here at Trent Bridge on Monday.

Mendis, who turns the ball both ways without a visible change in his bowling action, wrecked the top order in a match Australia must win to stay in the competition.

Slinger Malinga then polished off the lower order on an even-paced wicket at the Trent Bridge.

Ricky Ponting's men, beaten by the West Indies in their first match, collapsed to 94-6 in the 15th over, before David Hussey and Mitchell Johnson led a late revival.

The pair put on 41 off 21 balls for the seventh wicket with Hussey hitting 28 off 22 balls and Johnson smashing 28 off 13 with two fours and as many sixes.

Australia hammered 65 runs in the last five overs to set Sri Lanka a victory target of eight runs an over.

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Lanka kick Aussies out of World T20

NOTTINGHAM: Sri Lanka thrashed Australia in the ICC World T20 match by six wickets sending Australia back home out of the tournament here on Monday, Geo news reported.

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Australia set Sri Lanka 160-run target

NOTTINGHAM: Australia managed to set Sri Lanka a modest target of 160 runs in the World Twenty20 group C match here at Trent Bridge on Monday.

After Sri Lanka''s captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to field, Australia made 159 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Their main scorers were Mitchell Johnson (28 not out), David Hussey (28), Ricky Ponting (25) and Shane Watson (22).

Johnson and Hussey hit two sixes each while Watson struck one.

For Sri Lanka, Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga bagged two wickets each for 20 and 36 runs, respectively.

Australia, stunned by the West Indies in their opening match, need a win to stay in the tournament.

Sri Lanka, playing their first match, will go for chasing 160 to knock Australia out from the tournament.

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Sangakkara played v well

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Who'd have thought it, that Pakistan and Netherlands would be taking on each other in a group game in which Pakistan might do and still die? Such has been the way with this strangest of groups but clarity has now emerged. Netherlands, to progress and thus consign Pakistan to a fate they seem worryingly resigned to, can afford to lose, but by no more than 24 runs. If Pakistan chase, then they must do so with roughly three overs to spare.
The problems are Pakistan's. Not for a moment since they landed in England have they looked like a team that is playing in a World Cup. Younis Khan's bizarre, careless dismissal of the format and the tournament seems to have filtered through to the side. Anyway you'd think, given their lack of international games recently, that Pakistan would be itching to rip through a Ramadan 20/20 night tournament in Karachi's Pakistan Chowk, let alone a World Cup. The attitude is, however, only the most overarching concern: on the field, they are the worst fielding side, have an unsettled batting order and are rusty with the ball. Beyond that, they're fine.
Netherlands, on the other hand, have accorded this tournament the respect it deserves and have shown, with that fabulous opening win, just why the format is celebrated. As well as skill, the Netherlands will remind one and all, Twenty20 rewards discipline, hard work and bravery. The problem for them, of course, is to recreate the intensity of Friday, something which often proves beyond associate nations and lower-ranked sides.
Form guide(last five matches, most recent first)
Pakistan LWLWW
Netherlands WN/RWLW
Watch out for
Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul have looked the only players up for a battle so far and on their eight overs, will rest most of Pakistan's Super Eights aspirations. Netherlands will not have much experience of Ajmal's doosra and Gul's arrow-straight, pacy yorkers are a handful for most.
Pakistan have a long history of bouncer-induced trauma adding Sunday's defeat to England to the list. If there is bounce still Lord's, you can be sure Dirk Nannes will be utilising it. He has the pace and natural angle to trouble them, but that he makes such a good story - Japanese-speaking, saxophone playing wanderer who took to the game late - means that he is a headline (not a good one for Pakistan) in waiting.
Team news
Pakistan will make changes, most likely dropping Salman Butt and possibly pushing Kamran Akmal in his place. Sohail Tanvir may also get in, his unusual angles and action, worth confusing the Netherlands with.
Pakistan: (probable) 1 Ahmed Shehzad, 2 Kamran Akmal (wk), 3 Shoaib Malik, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq, 5 Younis Khan (capt), 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Yasir Arafat, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Aamer, 11 Saeed Ajmal.
Given that the win against England was their biggest one yet, there are unlikely to be any changes from that starting XI.
Netherlands: (probable) 1 Alexei Kervezee, 2 Darron Reekers, 3 Ba Zuiderent, 4 Tom de Grooth, 5 Peter Borren, 6 Ryan ten Doeschate, 7 Daan van Bunge, 8 Edgar Schiferli, 9 Jeroen Smits (capt/wk), 10 Pieter Seelaar, 11 Dirk Nannes.
Pitch and conditions
Unfortunately for Pakistan, rain is forecast, but the Lord's pitch has offered both runs and movement off the seam.
Stats and trivia

• 25 - The least number of runs Pakistan must win by if they bat first to go through to the Super Eights.
• 7-0-73-1 - The combined figures of Pakistan's opening bowlers Yasir Arafat and Mohammad Aamer against England.
• 8-0-63-1 - The combined figures of Netherlands' opening bowlers Dirk Nannes and Edgar Schiferli against England.

Quotes
"It would be sad if we don't make it, but I have never attached too much importance to Twenty20 cricket, as it is fun cricket. I mean it is more for entertainment, even if it is international cricket. It is all for the crowd."
Younis Khan, Pakistan's captain, after the England loss.
"Cricket is no longer so boring."
Headline in Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad after the side's opening-day victory over hosts England in the World Twenty20.

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"It would be sad if we don't make it, but I have never attached too much importance to Twenty20 cricket, as it is fun cricket. I mean it is more for entertainment, even if it is international cricket. It is all for the crowd."

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Younis brigade aim to outclass Netherlands today
Pakistan have to beat the Dutch by at least 25 runs or with three overs to spare

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
From Khalid Hussain

LONDON: The ghosts of Pakistan’s shock first-round elimination from the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean must have been haunting the national players on Monday as they prepared to take on the Netherlands in a do-or-die game of the ICC World Tweny20 Championship here at Lord’s on Tuesday (today).

Two years back facing a similar situation, Pakistan flopped miserably against minnows Ireland in a must-win match in Kingston and were thrown out of the quadrennial spectacle.At Lord’s on Tuesday, Pakistan will have to beat the courageous Dutch by a sizeable margin to push their way into the next round of the tournament.

On current form, it seems unlikely that the Pakistanis will be able to outclass the much-improved Dutch who registered a stunning four-wicket upset over England with clinical precision in the tournament opener at Lord’s last Friday to make it crystal clear that they are no push-overs. In stark contrast, Pakistan are yet to show any signs of character on this tour so far.

They were sloppy against South Africa and India in the warm-up matches last week and were unable to lift their game against England on Sunday. They are on the verge of a disappointing exit from the tournament, but the mood in the Pakistani camp remains upbeat.

“There is no use getting bogged down by what happened in the previous game,” said team coach Intikhab Alam. “The tournament is not over for us yet and I’m sure our boys have the heart to bounce back tomorrow,” he added.

Pakistan have to beat the Dutch by at least 25 runs or with three overs to spare to surpass them in terms of run-rate and qualify for the Super Eights.Captain Younis Khan said that the team’s senior players will have to come forward and help Pakistan achieve the tough task.

“It won’t be easy but we will have to do it somehow and for that the senior players like Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq and I will have to come forward.”The Pakistan team management was on Monday mulling several options for the crunch game against the Dutch. There is a big possibility that Pakiistan will reshuffle their batting order and Younis might opt to open the innings.

The skipper indicated that opener Salman Butt could be dropped though he scored 28 against England because of his poor fielding.Promising all-rounder Fawad Alam may finally get his first outing of the tour as he is regarded as one of the team’s best fielders. A gutsy batsman, who can contribute as a left-arm spinner, Fawad can add variety to the Pakistan team that is yet to display the sort of performance that helped it reach the final of the inaugural World twenty in South Africa two years ago.

The Dutch, meanwhile, were plotting Pakistan’s downfall in a bid to earn a surprise Super Eights spot from Group C. With England already in, the Dutch just need to avoid a big defeat against Pakistan to progress into the second round.

Jeroen Smits, the Dutch captain, said on Monday that his boys were all set for Tuesday’s big game against Pakistan adding that they will go all out to win it and top Group B. With in-form players like left-arm fast bowler Dirk Nannes and big-hitting all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate in his side, Smits declared that the Netherlands are capable of producing yet another upset in the event after shocking the hosts on the opening day of the tournament.