Match: T20: Final
Venue: Barbados | Date: May 16, 2010
Toss: England elected to field
Result: England win by 7 wickets.

In T20 World Cup final today England won the toss and elected to field first. The bowlers did not disappointed the captain and wrecked the top order of Australia. Australia who had shown brilliant batting through out the tournament, failed today when it mattered the most. The top 4 batsmen were back in pavilion with the team score of just 45. But again the man for Australia was D Hussey who along with C White took the charge and helped Australia cross the hundred run mark. Hussey’s innings of 59 helped Australia post a total of 147/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing the total of 148 to be the champions of ICC T20 World Cup, England lost M Lumb in the second over and it looked Australian bowlers will not let England win so easily. But C Kieswetter and K Pietersen got into a partnership of 111 runs and made sure that England are crowned the champs of this year T20 World Cup. But England then lost both these batsmen quickly and were placed at 121/3 in 14.1 overs. They needed just 27 runs from 35 balls and had 7 wickets in hand. E Morgan and P Collingwood finally scored the required runs and England were crowned the ICC T20 World Cup 2010 Winner.

T20 World Cup Final Scorecard – Australia vs England

Match Details
Match – 18 ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, Group E – England v South Africa
Date – Sat May 8 2010
Time – 17:30 GMT, 23:00 IST
Venue – Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

In the second match of day, in super eights, South Africa will take England.both the teams have won the first match in supereight and any team which win’s today will be a strong contender for the semi finals. England’s batting line up is looking good and today’s match is expected to be a real thriller as two of the best teams will fight out for the spot in semi final.

South Africa Twenty20 World Cup Squad
Graeme Smith (Captain), Jaques Kallis, AB Devilliers, Loots Bosman, H.Gibbs, JP Duminy, Albie Morkel, R van der merwe, Juan Theron, M.Morkel, M.Boucher (WK), Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, J.Botha, Dale Styen.

England Twenty20 World Cup Squad
Paul Collingwood (Captain), K.Pietersen, Craig Kieswetter (WK), Ravi Bopara, Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, M.Yardy, James Tredwell, Graeme Swann, Ryan Sidebottom, Ajmal Shahzad, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Tim Bresnan.

Final eleven will be announced before the match.

ICC World Twenty20, 8th Match, Group D: West Indies v England
Time – 17:30 GMT
May 3, 2010
Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Home side West Indies will take on England today in the second match of the day and 8th match of the World Cup T20 Cricket at Providence Stadium. West Indies had won the first match against Ireland with ease and would wish to continue the wining streak in this match. Gayle is expected to return back and this will add to the firepower of the batting line up.

On the other hand England would be playing the first match of World cup today and would wish to start it on a winning note. England would be relying on K Pietersen and would be hoping that he plays well and help them win this match. In terms of bowling, England bowlers would have to bowl a good line to curtail the likes of Pollard, Gayle and Taylor.

West Indies squad
C Gayle (capt), S Benn, D Bravo, S Chanderpaul, N Deonarine, A Fletcher, WW Hinds, N Miller, K Pollard, D Ramdin (wk), R Rampaul, K Roach, D Sammy, R Sarwan, J Taylor

England squad
P Collingwood (capt), J Anderson, R Bopara, T Bresnan, S Broad, C Kieswetter (wk), M Lumb, J Morgan, K Pietersen, A Shahzad, R Sidebottom, G Swann, J Tredwell, L Wright, M Yardy

England Squad 2010 World Cup

The England squad for the 2010 edition of Twenty20 World Cup to be held in West Indies.