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Colombo, October 7: Australia lifted the Women's World T20 trophy for the second consecutive time after beating England in a thriller by 4 runs in the final in Colombo on Sunday. Put into bat first, openers Meg Lanning (25) and Alyssa Healy (26) gave Australia a great start with a 51 run-opening stand in six overs. England pulled back the strings with two quick wickets, but Jess Cameron and Lisa

Colombo, October 7: West Indies, apart from their home side, have been the biggest draw among Sri Lankan fans. And Chris Gayle, without a shadow of doubt, has been the most popular of them. On Sunday night, the 35,000 spectators will not be celebrating Gayle’s sixes, if he manages a few, with the same delight for they will be flowing off Lankan bowlers. Both teams know, depending upon how Gayle

New Delhi, October 7: In a major blow to the aspirations of Suresh Kalmadi, V K Verma and Lalit Bhanot ahead of the elections, the Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee has recomended that the tainted trio be suspended from all their functions within the IOA with immediate effect. The Commission also observed that in view of their tainted history, the trio's candidature for the

The Sir Lankans have played their part in making sure the World T20s on their home soil was no wet blanket. Despite some rains, a boring first round and allegations of ‘cheating’ over Mahela Jayawardene handing over captaincy, the Lankans kept the party going. The infectious beat of music, cue the theme song (Vissai vissa rocks ICC World T20 Sri Lanka 2012), and has left the thousands of cricket

Mumbai, October 6: India's Suresh Raina, disappointed with the team's ouster from World T20 as they failed to make it to the semi-finals of the mega event tweeted on his micro-blogging site in a controversial manner after Sri Lanka defeated the arch-rivals on Thursday. Raina, following the match at home, tweeted on his micro-blogging page, twitter as the arch-rivals would also return to their

Sri Lanka would look to rein in a marauding Chris Gayle, whose performance may be a determining factor when the dominating hosts clash with an upbeat West Indies in the final of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Sunday. Sri Lanka are aiming to win their second world title after a gap of 16 years as their first and only World trophy came in 1996 while the Caribbean side are playing a World event

He was wearing his cricket spikes and walking on tiles as he made his way to the press conference. He lost his balance but quickly corrected it and then grinned sheepishly. It was his only slip of the day and unfortunately for Australia, before that he had managed to guide West Indies into the final on the back of a powerful display that left the men from Down Under feeling helpless. The

After yet another disappointing performance, this time in the World T20, the country is typically indulging in one of its favourite pastimes: crucifying the captain. It would perhaps be smarter to focus our attention elsewhere: the role of coach Duncan Fletcher and the impact he has had since he took over in April 2011. The media-shy former Zimbabwe batsman had proved to be a super coach when he

Sachin Tendulkar has for the first time admitted that at 39 he may not have much cricket left in him and will reassess his cricketing future next month. Tendulkar's retirement has been a topic of debate for quite some time now and the batting great said though he does not have any immediate plans, the thought of retirement has been on his mind. He said that taking a decision on retirement after

New Delhi, October 5: After setting a massive 206-run target, West Indies bundle out Australia for 131 in the second semifinal of 2012 World Twenty20 to set a summit clash with hostsSri Lanka on Sunday. West Indies are in total command as Australia lose more than half the side within 50 runs while trying to chase a massive 206 in the semifinal. Matthew wade was the last man to fall. Sunil Narine