ICC World T20 (Sri Lanka 2012)

So Pakistan remains the only team to have made to the semi finals of all the four World T20s played. Must be at least a decent T20 unit Pakistan.

Tough to pick favorites here - Pakistan have traditionally done wella gaisnt the Lankans no matter how good the Lankans' form is. Pakistan do pick Mendis better than most others - so it will be Malinga vs Pak spin duo (Ajmal and Raza).

Sadly Sam if Australia is in the final than they wont lose trust me. So Pakistan should hope for WI to win if they are to win the Cup.

And they won the Asia Cup too.

Edited by kahmad - 04 October 2012 at 3:01pm

Another one goes down ... 64/4. This could get nervy, Pak need a partnership while SL needs to dent few more.... oops as I write Malinga drops Hafeez...

35 of 22 balls , Pakistan have this is bag with a batsman at one end ... couple of edges from other should sail Pakistan here.

Yes guys, Pakistan have achieved a lot of good things in last few years, sadly they are not going any further in this tournament, but I at least would say they played well, there are somethings I look for and today I saw how much Pakistan wanted to win this, that hunger to win was there, unfortunately today it was not to be.

Edited by sam_ahmed - 04 October 2012 at 6:11pm

SL 133 points well ahead of the second ranked India with 120 points in T20, happy to see them in finals.It always feels nice to see a top ranked/top performing team reach the finals. 

Originally posted by mystery True Sam but i really hate this thing why cant they see so many people that the team is wrong. Razzaq was a must surely even a 5 year kid who follow cricket will tell you that Malik was useless in T20 match with already having so many spinners in the side and he is not a hitter Razzaq is so much better and with him we atleast had a hope but with Malik there is never any hope and we needed a captain who understands that winning is much more important than following a robotic system and that means going with Kamran or Nasir to open with him as the attacking with the new bowl was a huge factor as Sam said it was never going to be easy scoring against spinners so they had to score atleast 45-50 runs in first 6 overs to remain in the game but sadly they never use their minds. I am not upset that Pakistan is out but what makes me sad is Pakistan team has such a quality bowling attack still they always come up short only because of lack of common sense.

while the conditions and a crucial decision went against Pakistan, there is absolutely no doubt that the target was chaseable, it was difficult no doubt, but some proper and good cricket could have seen them through, which is why I feel some people playing on reputation have to go.

not Afridi mystery, not afridi, I don't think he is required at all, I've had enough of him... and he is not young anymore, so lets look at life after Afridi, and believe me that life will be better.

Edited by sam_ahmed - 06 October 2012 at 7:16pm

oh yes, I'm absolutely loving this!!! This is what happens when you prepare wickets which make the toss so important, it worked for them in the Semi Final, it has back fired big time today!!!

There was WI and SL ... and the rest in WT20 2012. The two most deserving, consistent teams made it to the finals and finally a deserved winner .

What a wonderful come back victory from the Windies!? After one of the worst starts I have ever seen in an international T20, in terms of run rate, the way that Samuels crushed the Sri Lankans was exhilarating.

I have always held that when West Indies cricket is in a good state, world cricket is always the biggest beneficiary. What a fantastically talented Windies side, with plenty of spin and batting options and a maturing pace attack. Well done to Sammy for leading his troops and particularly to Gayle and Samuels at the top of the order!

On another note, well done to Shane Watson for winning man of the tournament! What a fantastic honour, to achieve 4 consecutive man of the match awards and then the man of the series award!? The most runs for the tournament (at an ASTONISHING strike rate of 150) & the second most wickets, after the enterprising Ajantha Mendis. Deserved winner of the man of the tournament award, and he singlehandedly guided Australia to the semi-finals. Definitely the best all-rounder in limited overs cricket at the moment, and great to see him do well.


On another note, this young Sri Lankan bowler, Dananjaya, all I can say is "wow"! Look out for this kid, sharp turn both ways (he was bowling leggies, offies, googlies with the same action) and was getting sharp turn from an interesting action. He spins the ball fast, and picking the pace of spinners is sometimes the hardest thing to do. Looks good for an 18 year old, could be the next big thing.

Marlon Samuels was amazing, then Ravi Rampaul dented Sri Lanka hopes.  The ball of the tournament cart wheeling Dilshan's stump.  The others picked up from there.