Highlights of New Zealand vs South Africa

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.This was one of the low scoring matches in this ICC World Cup.South Africa made a slow and sluggish start and the first wicket partnership was 49 in 7 overs when they lost Kallis.Smith showed some resistance but played a very slow innings.He scored 33 runs of 35 balls.South Africa managed only 128 runs in the alloted 20 overs.

New Zealand came in to bat and this target looked to be a very easy one and BB McCullum the stand in skipper scored a brilliant fifty.Vettori missed the match due to an injury. New Zealand managed to score only 127/5 in th alloted 20 overs and lost the match by 1 run.The match might have been a low scoring game but the tension was breath taking and with the Superb Eight starting very soon we can expect a lot more tight games.

Highlights of Netherland vs Pakistan

The match was a one sided one as expected.Younis Khan won the toss and he elected to bat.Pakistan made some huge strides with some lusty hitting.All the top order batsman chipped in with some runs.Kamran Akmal top scored with 41 and all other players also chipped in with some useful runs.Afridi was again a disappointment with the bat.

Afridi did not play his part as expected with the bat.He was bowled by Dirk Nannis.Eventually they scored 175/5 in 20 overs at (8.75 runs per over).Afridi who failed with the bat proved with the ball taking 4 wickets to seal a huge win for Pakistan.

Chasing 176 for win Ireland batsman never looked in control of the game.They lost wickets at regular intervals.They were all out for less than 100 , and Pakistan sealed a huge win before going in to the Superb Eight.

Highlights of South Africa vs Scotland : World Cup T20 Live

The match between South Africa and Scotland was a one sided match s expected.Scotland won the toss and elected to filed against one of the tournament giants South Africa.SA took this as an great opportunity to get a big run feast.

SOUTH AFRICA SCOREBOARD

G. Smith c Smith b Haq 38
J. Kallis b Haq 48 H. Gibbs st Smith b Watson 16
AB de Villiers not out 79
J. Morkel c Coetzer b Drummond 24
M. Boucher c Coetzer b Drummond 2
JP Duminy not out 0

Extras (w-1 nb-3) 4

Total (for five wickets, 20 overs) 211

Chasing 211 was a big task for the Scotland and they were not up to the task right from the beginning.Scotland where all out for 81 with half the runs being scored by KJ Coetzer.South Africa played ruthless cricket and now they look to be one of the hot favorites in the tournament along side India.


SCOTLAND SCOREBOARD

G. Hamilton c Duminy b Parnell 5
R. Watson b Steyn 4
N. Poonia run out 0 K. Coetzer c & b van der Merwe 42
C. Smith b Steyn 0 N. McCallum b Botha 8
J. Stander lbw b Botha 2
R. Haq b van der Merwe 15
G. Rogers not out 1
G. Drummond b Morkel 1
C. MacLeod b Morkel 0

Extras (lb-1, w-2) 3

Total (all out, 15.4 overs) 81

World Cup T20 Live :Highlights of India vs Bangladesh

India won the toss and elected to bat.Rohit Sharma and Gambhir made a solid start.Rohit continued his sublime form.Gauti played the second fiddle.When Rohit got out Dhoni came in and played a run a ball knock which made the run rate of India to get down.Then some fire power hitting by Yuvraj at the end helped in India to reach 180.

Bangladesh had a tough task but they are a good side and they started very well.Things were looking good until Ojha came in to the attack.He picked up 4 wickets and this changed the course of the game and India won by 25 runs. .

INDIA SCOREBOARD

G. Gambhir c Shakib Al Hasan b Naeem Islam 50
R. Sharma b Shakib Al Hasan 36
MS. Dhoni b Naeem Islam 26
Yuvraj Singh c Tamim Iqbal b Shahadat Hossain 41
S. Raina b Rubel Hossain 10
Y. Pathan not out 1
I. Pathan not out 11

Extras (w-5) 5

Total (for five wickets; 20 overs) 180

BANGLADESH SCOREBOARD

Tamim Iqbal st Dhoni b Y. Pathan 15
Zunaed Siddique c Harbhajan Singh b Ojha 41
Mohammad Ashraful c Gambhir b I. Sharma 11
Shakib Al Hasan c Dhoni b Ojha 8
Mohammad Mahmudullah c Yuvraj Singh b Ojha 8
Raqibul Hasan c Ojha b Khan 16
Mashrafe Mortaza b Ojha 11
Mushfiqur Rahim not out 11
Naeem Islam c Yuvraj Singh b I. Sharma 28
Shahadat Hossain not out 0

Extras: (lb-3 w-3) 6

Total: (for eight wickets; 20 overs) 155

RESULT : India won by 25 runs

MAN OF THE MATCH

Ojha.

World Cup T20 : Highlights of West Indies vs Australia

Australia were reduced to 15/3 after winning the toss and batting first against Engalnd.David Warner played well to score 63 and then the Hussey brothers played extremely well to take the team total to 169


AUSTRALIA SCOREBOARD

S. Watson c Sarwan b Taylor 0
D. Warner c Benn b Bravo 63
Ricky Ponting lbw b Taylor 0
M. Clarke c Benn b Edwards 2
B. Haddin c Benn b Pollard 24
D. Hussey c Fletcher b Bravo 27
M. Hussey not out 28
M. Johnson c Bravo b Edwards 9
B. Lee not out 1

Extras: (b-1 lb-5 w-7 nb-2) 15
Total (for seven wickets; 20 overs) 169


Chris Gayle showed his liking for the shortest form of international cricket by blasting 88 as the West Indies thrashed Australia by seven wickets in the World. Gayle played some unbelievable shots and he was severe against Brett Lee and scored 27 runs of his in one over. Finally with 4 overs to spare they won the match very easily by 7 wickets.

WEST INDIES SCOREBOARD

C. Gayle c Watson b Lee 88
A. Fletcher c D. Hussey b Johnson 53
X. Marshall c Hopes b Johnson 8
S. Chanderpaul not out 0
R. Sarwan not out 8

Extras: (lb-5 w-8 nb-2) 15
Total (for three wickets, 15.5 overs) 172

World Cup T20 :Highlights of New Zealand vs Scotland

The match between NewZealand and Scotland was a rain affected one in which each side got seven overs to play.Scotland scored 89 runs.They played well but final 3 balls they lost 3 wickets which restricted their score to 89/4 in 7 overs .Kyle Coetzer played well for his 33 run cameo which boosted their score.

NewZealand in reply played some ruthless cricket with Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder playing some small cameos to take themselves to 18 and 31 respectively.NewZealand scored 90 runs in 7 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.