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Final ICC T20 World Cup England Beat Australia By 7 Wickets

Match: T20: Final
Venue: Barbados | Date: May 16, 2010
Toss: England elected to field
Result: England win by 7 wickets.

In T20 World Cup final today England won the toss and elected to field first. The bowlers did not disappointed the captain and wrecked the top order of Australia. Australia who had shown brilliant batting through out the tournament, failed today when it mattered the most. The top 4 batsmen were back in pavilion with the team score of just 45. But again the man for Australia was D Hussey who along with C White took the charge and helped Australia cross the hundred run mark. Hussey’s innings of 59 helped Australia post a total of 147/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing the total of 148 to be the champions of ICC T20 World Cup, England lost M Lumb in the second over and it looked Australian bowlers will not let England win so easily. But C Kieswetter and K Pietersen got into a partnership of 111 runs and made sure that England are crowned the champs of this year T20 World Cup. But England then lost both these batsmen quickly and were placed at 121/3 in 14.1 overs. They needed just 27 runs from 35 balls and had 7 wickets in hand. E Morgan and P Collingwood finally scored the required runs and England were crowned the ICC T20 World Cup 2010 Winner.

T20 World Cup Final Scorecard – Australia vs England

Match 15 Australia Beat India by 49 Runs

Match: 15th T20
Venue: Barbados | Date: May 7, 2010
Toss: India elected to field
Result: Australia won by 49 runs
Man of the match: D Warner

In the 15th match of ICC Twenty20 World cup, Australia thrashed India by 49 runs thanks to excellent batting performance by David Warner and Shane Watson. In today’s super eight encounter, Australia were invited to bat first by India. David Warner and Shane Watson smashed Indian bowlers and gave a flying start to Australia.

Watson (54 runs in 32 balls 6*6, 1*4) and Warner (72 runs in 42 balls 7*6, 2*4) scored 104 runs in a mere 65 balls for the opening wicket and laid a platform from where the middle order can launch an all out attack. Australia were finally able to post a total of 184/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing a mammoth 185 to win, India started on a disastrous note as they lost the first wicket when the score was just 10. This had a trickle down effect the Indian batsmen followed one after the other to the pavilion. At one stage, half the side was back to pavilion and score card read 37/5 in 7.5 overs.

The only batsman who offered some resistance to the strong Australian bowling attack was Rohit Sharma who scored a quickfire 46 ball 79. Finally the Indian batting line up collapsed at 135/10 in 17.4 overs. This was the first loss for India in this T20 World Cup.

Match Highlights

* Australia: 50 runs in 5.3 overs, Extras 0
* DA Warner: 50 off 33 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
* Australia: 100 runs in 10.4 overs, Extras 0
* SR Watson: 50 off 31 balls (1 x 4, 6 x 6)
* Australia: 150 runs in 15.2 overs, Extras 0
* Innings Break: Australia – 184/5 in 20.0 overs

* India: 50 runs in 10.2 overs, Extras 5
* RG Sharma: 50 off 33 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
* India: 100 runs in 14.5 overs, Extras 9

Match 15 ICC T20 World Cup – India Vs Australia Scorecard

Match 6 Australia Beat Pakistan By 34 Runs

Match Details
Match – 6 ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, Group A
Date – 2 May 2010
Time – 17:30 GMT , 23:00 IST
Venue – Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Toss – Australia, won the toss and elected to bat first
Result – Australia won by 34 runs

In an thrilling encounter between defending champs Pakistan and Australia, the defending champions suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Australia.

Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Watson and Warner gave them a perfect start and scored 51 for the first wicket partnership. Watson was the player for Australia as he hammered Pakistan bowlers and scored a brilliant 81 off just 49 balls. He was well supported by Hussey who scored 53 off 29 balls. The rest of the batting line collapsed but Australia was still able to post a huge total of 191 in 20 overs.

Pakistan started disastrously as they lost K Akmal on the very first ball of the match. This severe jolt pressurized the entire batting line up of the defending champions as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Though all the other batsmen got some start but none could convert it into a big score and thus eventually they fell short of the target by 34 runs.

Match keypoints
* Australia: 50 runs in 5.2 overs, Extras 0
* SR Watson: 50 off 31 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Australia: 100 runs in 11.4 overs, Extras 0
* Australia: 150 runs in 15.4 overs, Extras 1
* DJ Hussey: 50 off 27 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
* Innings Break: Australia – 191/10 in 20.0 overs

* Pakistan: 50 runs in 6.2 overs, Extras 7
* Pakistan: 100 runs in 11.3 overs, Extras 9
* Pakistan: 150 runs in 18.2 overs, Extras 10

Match 6 ICC T20 World Cup – Australia Vs Pakistan Scorecard

Brett Lee Out Off T20 World Cup

In a warm up match against Zimbabwe at Beausejour Cricket Ground, Brett Lee got a muscle strain in his right forearm and is doubtful for T20 World Cup.

It’s a muscle strain,” the team spokesman said. “We have gone to the ICC Technical Committee to ask for a replacement player,” he added.

The replacement is not announced yet but Doug Bollinger or Ryan Harris may be called as his replacement.

Australia Twenty20 World Cup 2010 Squad

Australia Squad 2010 World Cup

Following are the 15 member squad of Australia for World Cup 2010 to be played in West Indies.