One of the finest ICC umpire Simon Taufel has decided to call it the day after T20 World Cup 2012. Simon Taufel has umpired in 74 tests and 174 ODI’s and has won ICC Umpire of the Year award consecutively from 2004 to 2008.

Simon Taufel said that he wanted to spend more time with his family and that’s why he is retiring from the game.

He has been one of the most admired Umpires due to his superb judgement and excellent decisions.

Even after showing the latest T20 jerseys few days back, Indian players will have to wear the same old jerseys in which they won the 50-over World Cup. The decision was taken by BCCI so that good luck favors team India in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2012.

“It’s our decision to ask the players to wear the jersey which they had used during the 2011 World Cup,” Indian cricket board official Ratnakar Shetty told the the Times of India newspaper.

Earlier Indian captain MS Dhoni has praised the new T20 jerseys and said it will help people differentiate between 50-50 overs and 20-20 overs games.

Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis is all set to trouble the batsmen with all five of his bowling variations in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup.

Mendis who got the fame as the mystery bowler due to his “Carrom ball” was out of action for more than 9 months but now he is all set to take the field and show all of his bowling variations.

Mendis holds the record of best figure of 6/16 in 4 overs against Australia in a t20 game and Sri Lanka will be relying on his performance to realize the dream of World Cup win.

Former Pakistani cricket star, Javed Miandad has landed in Sri Lanka to uplift the morale of the Pakistani team.

“My main task is to go there and try to motivate the players and raise their confidence. If any player is having any technical issues he can come to me for advice.” Javed Miandad said.

Officials made it very clear the he is not going as a coach but as a person who will take care of the mood in the dressing room and will return back to Pakistan before 18th September.

ICC has announced the list of officials for the group stages of T20 World Cup starting September 18, 2012.

Match Referees
Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Graeme La Brooy (Sri Lanka) – For two matches of men world Cup and then will officiate women’s group stage matches.

On-Field Umpires
Billy Bowden
Aleem Dar
Steve Davis
Kumar Dharmasena
Marais Erasmus
Ian Gould
Tony Hill
Richard Kettleborough
Nigel Llong
Asad Rauf
Simon Taufel
Rod Tucker.

West Indies explosive batsman Darren Bravo was included in the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka to be held in September.

Apart from Bravo, Andre Russell and Leg-spinner Samuel Badree are the other players which have been included in the team.

West Indies T20 World Cup 2012 Squad – Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo (vice captain), Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Samuel Badree, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin and Dwayne Smith.