April 29, 2010

ICC World Twenty20: Warm up Matches

On 28th April 3-warm up 20-20 matches was played in West Indies.
 
 
First was between afghanistan & Ireland which was payed at Providence Stadium, Guyana at 11:00 PM IST. Afghanistan won the toss & elected to field first.
Ireland completed their 20 overs & put up a total of 133 runs loosing 9 wickets at a run rate of 6.65 runs per over. Chasing the targetted score, Afghanistan, in 19.3 overs scored 134 runs thereby won the match by 5 wickets.  
 
 
Second was between New Zealand & West Indies which was payed at Providence Stadium, Guyana at 02:30 AM IST. New Zealand won the toss & elected to bat first.
New Zealand, in 20 overs scored just 124 runs in total & lost 8 wickets with a run rate of just 6.20 runs per over. This total was very less for the top most teams which should be a easy chase for the opponents. In reply, West Indies failed to chase this target as they lost all 10 wickets in 19.4 overs scoring just 117 runs. New Zealand won the match by 7 runs.
 
 
Third match was played between Bangladesh & England which was payed at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown - BarbadosBangladesh won the toss & elected to bat first. 
Bangladesh scored 126 runs completing 20 overs & lost 7 wickets with a run rate of 6.30 runs per over. This was not an tough chase for the opponents. England chased the targetted score successfully in 17.1 overs with a run rate of 7.39 runs. England won the match by 7 wickets.

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