Here comes India’s first competitive match of the tournament, and it’s against a team that was saying a lot of things before they got whipped by Australia. England still doesn’t know what its strongest side is, and what their order should be, and maybe that’s preventing them from being as good as they’re capable of being. The Castrol Index doesn’t rate England...
Being the only country in top eight test teams, apart from New Zealand, to have never won the Cricket World Cup, England will come with big hopes. Their pace attack is believed to among the best in the world by many. Not only do they have good batsmen but also Graeme Swann, who is among world’s best spinner. They would like to do what they managed at the last T20 World Cup in 2009.
Squad of...
Image via WikipediaAs per Cricinfo, the teams for the T20 World Cup final will be from Australia squad -MJ Clarke*, DT Christian, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, NM Hauritz, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, DP Nannes, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, SW Tait, DA Warner, SR Watson, CL WhiteEngland squad - PD Collingwood*, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, C Kieswetter†, MJ Lumb,...
28 years ago, I was rudely woken up by relatives screaming "We have won the World Cup". It is quite likely that Saturday’s final between India & Sri Lanka also ended around the same time as that game in 1983. I was well awake this time around!
I can’t recall exactly when I started following cricket with a lot of interest, but I definitely recall watching games from the 1985 World Cham...
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