Poms crowned World T20 champs
16 May 2010
England eased to a seven-wicket victory against Australia in the World T20 final.
It just proved that there can be no favourites in the T20 format. Australia had the more convincing run into the final as they achieved an undefeated campaign while England had a controversial group stage – which involved rain that endangered and saved their tournament life against the West Indies and Ireland respectively. The Poms then picked up late momentum and produced the necessary performances when it counted.
However, this was the final and all that mattered was which team would come out best in Bridgetown on Sunday. And it was England who were stronger from the outset.
England paceman Ryan Sidebottom’s two early wickets and a run-out gave the Aussies a poor start to their innings as they fell to 8-3 in the third over. This forced a conservative and slow approach as Michael Clarke and David Hussey steadied the innings with a 37-run partnership in the following six overs.
Cameron White tried to pick up the run-rate with his 30 off 21 balls, but it was just not Australia’s day as they finished on a mediocre 147-6 off their 20 overs.
England could sense their first T20 title as they already reached the 148-run mark four times in the tournament, thrice in their last three games. They needed a strong and aggressive start to their chase.
Michael Lumb was dismissed cheaply, but Craig Kieswetter (63) and Kevin Pietersen (47) played the key partnership as they put together 111 off 68 balls. The South African-born duo eventually fell but the job was done as Paul Collingwood and Eion Morgan saw the Poms through to seal the win and the title with three overs remaining.
Australia 147-6 (20 overs)
David Hussey 59, Cameron White 30, Ryan Sidebottom 2-26.
England 148-3 (17 overs)
Craig Kieswetter 63, Kevin Pietersen 47, Steven Smith 1-21.
For a full scorecard click here
21 Comments
16 May 2010, 16:53 pm
go poms!!
16 May 2010, 17:09 pm
Keo. You are the only people in the whole country who are not showing excitement about the world cup. I now suspect this site is anti anything good in this country. GO BAFANA!!!!!
16 May 2010, 17:25 pm
@skunk(skunk)-2:
To the defence of Keo this is actually a rugby and cricket site
He is showing excitement about the RWC in 2011
16 May 2010, 17:48 pm
come on Australia, thrash those Poms!!!
16 May 2010, 18:03 pm
Sorry. We just can’t have English world champions anywhere nowadays. Let’s go Australia!
16 May 2010, 18:50 pm
This is so true. Aus must win!
16 May 2010, 20:19 pm
i hope stephen smith is the future of oz cricket…
because he is hondkak
16 May 2010, 20:26 pm
Pietersen taking Aussie apart. Good old kangaroo’s gonna hop all the way over the Pacific with their tails tucked under their legs.
16 May 2010, 20:28 pm
2 saffa’s leading England to victory while the eleven that stayed behind here are too damn ghastly choking useless to contemplate.
16 May 2010, 20:44 pm
well done poms…
16 May 2010, 21:02 pm
Well done South Africa for winning the World Cup XD
16 May 2010, 21:06 pm
England have won a cricketing world championship before the Proteas. Now we have to listen to (deserved) English goading for a while yet. I’m not concerned anymore with our choker tag.
16 May 2010, 22:05 pm
Poms played well. Deserved winners.
16 May 2010, 23:57 pm
This what AA/Bee buys you! We saw it as apartheid when great players played abroad now we have aa/bee instead!
Who the he’ll is a pieterson
17 May 2010, 00:01 am
@KevinRack(KevinRack)-14: hey kevin, spot on my predictions for the friday games huh?
17 May 2010, 00:01 am
great to see the aussies lose in the cricket… made my day..
17 May 2010, 05:02 am
16. poppa69(poppa69) you were spot mate!
17 May 2010, 10:27 am
Oy vey. At last South Africa wins a World Cup! By extension, that is. The local players are so desperate to win a cup that they will even play for England to achieve it! England’s SA ‘team’ did retain some dignity, however, by not playing for Australia.
How on earth did our administrators contrive to lose these players? And how bad their planning that they can’t realise that now is the ideal time for Mark Boucher to train a proper understudy (not AB)? Kieswetter played SA u.19, for crying out loud! Expect England to win the next (proper) World Cup with a South African-born spinner and all-rounder as well… Oy vey.
17 May 2010, 12:01 pm
@DaveyJ(DaveyJ)-18: definately a possibility…
england give these guys chances through the county circuit and our admin won’t give them a chance even in the domestic competitions.
no matter how bad duminy or prince play they just won’t get dropped, and i’m not being racist as the same is said for Smith’s little circle of friends…
time for Smith to be axed as ODI and 20 20 captain…replaced by Botha who is a thinking captain unafraid to act, and time to source a test captain with some balls
17 May 2010, 21:07 pm
well played eng.
@Seven(Seven)-19: u r right bru, s a selectors need to have a good look at whether Johan Botha should be ODI and 20 20 captain. Smith has had is chance and the team is not performing…
19 May 2010, 02:55 am
It seems Boucher is finally getting the chop, thanks to an astute Andrew Hudson.
Keep at it, Andrew, this culling is long overdue.
Gibbs must be next…and then Smith’s captaincy. Failures like vd Merwe and Bosman must go back to domestic stuff, which is clearly their ceiling, and Duminy needs a kick up the arse. Or a prolonged period in the domestic competitions to regain his form.
All power to Andrew Hudson. A very good start.
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