Match Details
Match – 17 ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, Group E – New Zealand v Pakistan
Date – Sat May 8 2010
Time – 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST
Venue – Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

The first match of the day would be between New Zealand and Pakistan. Both the teams had lost the respective first matches of Super Eight and are in a do or die position now. Today’s match is expected to be a thriller so tune into Star Cricket for live action.

ICC T20 World Cup 2010 Team Squads
New Zealand Twenty20 World Cup Squad
Daniel Vettori (Captain), Brendon McCullum (WK), Ross Taylor, M.Guptil, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris, Aaron Redmond, Rob Nicol, Garath Hopkins, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Shane Bond, Tim Southee.

Pakistan Twenty20 World Cup Squad
Shahid Afridi (Captain), Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal (WK), Misbah-Ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Umar Akmal, Yasir Arafat, Khalid Latif, Fawad Alam, Hammad Azam, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amer, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Md. Hafeez.

Final eleven will be announced before the match.

Match: 9th T20
Venue: Providence
Date: May 4, 2010
Toss: New Zealand elected to field
Result: New Zealand won by 7 runs (D/L Method)

Batting Scorecard – Zimbabwe

Batting Scoreboard – New Zealand

Match: 1st T20
Venue: Providence | Date: April 30, 2010
Toss: Sri Lanka elected to bat
Result: New Zealand won by 2 wickets
Man of the match: N McCullum

In an thriller opener off ICC T20 World Cup, New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 2 wickets. Earlier Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. Jayawardene and Dilshan started the innings for Sri Lanka. Jayawardene played a superb innings of 81 and helped Sri Lanka score 138/6 in 20 overs. All other Sri Lankan batsmen failed on the slow pitch but Jayawardene showed his class and played steadily to score his career-best Twenty20 score.

Chasing 139 to win, New Zealand got to the worst start possible with Angelo Mathews bowling a maiden wicket over. J Ryder and M Guptill then tried to stablise the innings and took the score past 50. Just when it looked the black caps are getting back on track, Muttiah Muralitharan got the wicket of Ryder. Soon Guptill also got out and Sri Lanka were back in the match. The match was balanced as any one could win but in the 17th over, Mendis got the wicket of Styris and it came as a blessing in disguise as Jacob Oram scored 15 runs off that over. The match was like a roller coaster as it swung from one side to another. New Zealand needed 20 off last 2 overs, Walegedera bowled Oram and then Gareth Hopkins was run out. The excitement was rising as New Zealand needed10 off last over. Nathan scored a brilliant boundary and a six to win a nail biting match.

Match Notes
* Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.2 overs, Extras 3
* M Jayawardene: 50 off 33 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 15.1 overs, Extras 4
* Innings Break: Sri Lanka – 135/6 in 20.0 overs

* New Zealand: 50 runs in 7.1 overs, Extras 2
* New Zealand: 100 runs in 16.5 overs, Extras 2

Match 1 ICC T20 World Cup – Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand Scorecard

Match Details
Match – ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, 1st Match Group B
Date – April 30 2010
Time – 17:00 GMT, 22:30 IST
Venue – Providence Stadium, Guyana

The prestigious ICC T20 World Cup begins today with last year finalist Sri Lanka taking on New Zealand at Providence Stadium, Guyana. Sri Lanka will be hoping to start from where they left last year and win this year’s edition. On the other hand, The Black Caps had a mix year in International cricket. They would be dependent on batsmen like Ross Tylor, Brendon McCullum and Jayse Ryder and would be hoping that the failure in IPL would not bother these batsmen and they would come back in this edition of T20 World Cup.

ICC T20 World Cup 2010 Team Squads
Sri Lanka Twenty20 World Cup Team
Kumar Sangakara (Captain & WK), Sanath Jayasurya, Angelo Mathews, T.Dilshan, C.Kapugedara, Thissara Perera, Mahela Jayawardne, Dinesh Chandimal, C.Jayasinghe, L.Malinga, N.Kulasekara, M.Muralitharan, Suraj Randiv, C.Welegedara, Ajantha Mendis.

New Zealand Twenty20 World Cup Team
Daniel Vettori (Captain), Brendon McCullum (WK), Ross Taylor, M.Guptil, Nathan McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Aaron Redmond, Rob Nicol, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Garath Hopkins, Shane Bond, Tim Southee.

Final eleven will be announced before the match

New Zealand Squad 2010 World Cup

The Kiwis will take the field with the following members.