Bangladesh is well ahead of Surrey | Bangladesh 372/6, Surrey 317/7 (Dec)

Bangladesh is now well ahead of Surrey as New comer Jahurul played an extraordinary innings of 159 run while little master Ashraful played an innings of 89 run. When it comes to their respective heights, about a foot or so separates Bangladeshi batsmen Mohammad Ashraful and Jahurul Islam, yet in terms of Test experience the two stylish right-handers remain poles apart.

The diminutive Ashraful, the Tigers' Test captain until last year, is his nation's most capped player with 53 Test appearances to his name, while the taller, willowy Jahurul, only made his Test bow in March, scoring 0 and 43 in the nine-wicket defeat by England at Mirpur. read details in ICC World Cricket

Graham Thorpe's Cricket Column

"Kevin Pietersen once again showed with his knock against Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights, that when fit and firing he is the best one-day batsman in the world. The three best batsmen in the world in one-day cricket at present are Chris Gayle, MS Dhoni and Pietersen and, on his day the Englishman is the best of the trio. Pietersen's 52-ball 73 not out was full of purpose and invention, and there were real signs that England's best batsman was back to his best....."read more in ICC World Cricket

South Africa is almost out of the tournament | Pakistan beat South Africa by 11 runs

South Africa was one of the top favorite team to achieve the trophy of ICC World T20. But they are almost out of the tournament now. South Africa were knocked out of the World Twenty20 by living up to their reputation of coming up short in crunch matches with an inexplicably limp batting display after a Charl Langeveldt masterclass in end-innings bowling had kept Pakistan to a gettable total. The bedrock of the defending champions' first victory in the Super Eights were Saeed Ajmal's doosras and a sparkling Umar Akmal cameo, but Pakistan will also thank the redoubtable South African top-order for idling early in the chase. read details on ICC World Cricket

Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 14 runs with D/L method | ICC World T20

Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 14 runs with Duckworth Luis method in the rain affected 7^th match of ICC World T20. Jayawardane made his first international t20 hundred to power Lankan for a good total.

Batting was expected to be difficult on a slow and low pitch in Providence but the touch artist Mahela Jayawardene sparkled with a delightful ton, only the fourth batsman to hit a Twenty20 hundred, to charge Sri Lanka to 173. A heavy downpour after one over into the chase left Zimbabwe needing 104 from 11 initially, but it rained again to terminate the match after five overs were completed. read more about this news in ICC World Cricket

 

Rain washed out England's fate

England will surely concede them unlucky as their mighty total has been washed out by rain. Winning the toss West Indian Skipper Chris Gayle decided to bowl first. England put into bat starts with fireworks and hold on to continue. Opener Kiss wetter and Lumb was really aggressive to prove West Indian bowlers ordinary. West Indies came back a bit in the middle of the innings. But Eoin Morgan and Luke Right was too good for WI to finish the innings with a great manner. England's innings ended up with 191 run in twenty over. West Indians comes to chase the big score and start with some big shots. After 2.2 over, rain had stopped the game. WI got a target of 60 run from 6 over. Chris Gayle made the match easy for host team and WI won the match by 8 wickets. Read more about ICC World T20 in ICC World Cricket

Late hitting did not save South Africa from defeat against India

Indian middle order batsman Suresh Raina showed an outstanding show in the 5^th match of ICC World T20 to give India another win for being the group champion. Winning the toss South African Skipper Graeme Smith put India into bat. African bowlers did well in first seven or eight overs to keep Indian Batsmen quiet and picking up 2 wickets. But then the Raina show started. Yuvraj Sing gave the assistance with him and Dhoni and Yusuf as well. Raina scored his maiden hundred in T20 international. Read Details about ICC World T20 in ICC World Cricket.

West Indies vs Ireland match analysis | ICC World T20

West Indies beat giant killer Ireland comfortably by 70 runs. Winning the toss West Indian starts the proceedings very consciously and scored only 138 from their twenty over. It looked like a chase-able score for Irish players. But West Indian bowlers just kicked away the hopes of getting anything for Ireland. Ireland becomes all out on just 68 runs. The captain Gayle didn't play due to a problem with his glutes, leaving Dwayne Bravo in charge, and there were thoughts of an upset when West Indies scrapped to 138 for 9 on a sluggish surface. There was a party atmosphere in the stands of the Providence stadium, but life was much more serious on the ground for the home batsmen, particularly when the 17-year-old George Dockrell was operating. read details on Dhaka News.