Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan and West Indies beat India in ICC T20 WC Super8


Sri Lanka beat Pakistan and West Indies beat India in ICC T20 WC Super8


In the Super 8 round of 2009 ICC Twenty20 World Cup, both the finalist of last T20 World Cup, India and Pakistan lost their matches against West Indies and Sri Lanka respectively on Friday, 12th June, 2009 at Lord's.

West Indies beat defending champion India comfortably by 7 wickets with 8 balls remaining thanks to Bravo who hit34 balls 66 runs and quick fire 18 runs of 9 balls by Chenderpaul.

Match Summary:

India - 153/7 in 20 overs (Yuvraj 67, Yusuf 31, Bravo 4-38, Edwards 3-24).

West Indies - 156/3 in 18.4 overs (Bravo 66*, Simmons 44).

Toss - India, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)

Result - West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining).



In the other match Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 19 runs due to some tight bowling by Lasith Malinga and Muralitharan.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka - 150/7 in 20 overs (Dilshan 67).

Pakistan - 131/9 in 20 overs (Younis 50, Malinga 3-17).

Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match -Tilakratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Result - Sri Lanka won by 19 runs

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