Wednesday, 30 March 2016

ICC World Twenty20, 1st Semi-Final: England vs New Zealand – Eoin Morgan wins the toss, Three Lions will bowl first​

ICC World Twenty20, 1st Semi-Final: England vs New Zealand LIVE – Eoin Morgan wins the toss, Three Lions will bowl first​



England are ranked fifth in the world, while the Kiwis are second. But New Zealand have never won the tournament, while England won it in 2010.
Top scorers
England: Joe Root (168 runs)
New Zealand: Martin Guptill (125 runs)
Top wicket-takers
England: David Willey (six wickets)
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (nine wickets)
Road to semi-finals
England
* Lost to West Indies by six wickets
* Beat South Africa by two wickets
* Beat Afghanistan by 15 runs
* Beat Sri Lanka by 10 runs
New Zealand:
* Beat India by 47 runs
* Beat Australia by eight runs
* Beat Pakistan by 22 runs
* Beat Bangladesh by 75 runs

SQUADS:
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (capt.), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell McLenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne
Coach: Trevor Bayliss

England: Eoin Morgan (capt.), Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Adil Rasheed, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Liam Plunkett, James Vince, Reece Topley, Liam Dawson, Sam Billings
Coach: Mike Hesson



Monday, 7 March 2016

World T20 2016: ICC announce match-timings, warm-up match schedule

The afternoon matches will take place from 3 pm to 6 pm (IST), while the evening matches will be played from 7.30 pm to 10.40 pm.
However, the semi-finals and the final will be held from 7 pm to 10.10 pm.


The ICC has also announced the schedule of the warm-up matches.
Teams taking part in the first round will play their warm-up matches in Dharamsala and Mohali from 3-6 March, while sides featuring in the second round will play warm-up matches in Kolkata and Mumbai from 10-15 March.
Warm-up match schedule
3 Mar – Zimbabwe v local side, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (3 pm); Ireland v Hong Kong*, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (7.30 pm)
4 Mar – Netherlands v local side, Sector-16, Mohali (3 pm); Scotland v Oman*, IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali (7.30 pm)
5 Mar – Ireland v Zimbabwe, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (3 pm); Bangladesh v Hong Kong*, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (7.30 pm)
6 Mar – Scotland v Netherlands, Sector-16, Mohali (3 pm); Oman v Afghanistan*, IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali (7.30 pm)
10 Mar – New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (3 pm); India v West Indies, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (7.30 pm)
12 Mar – New Zealand v England, BKC, Mumbai (3 pm); Pakistan v local side, JU, Kolkata (15h00); India v South Africa, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (7.30 pm)
13 Mar – Australia v West Indies, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (7.30 pm)
14 Mar – England v local side, BKC, Mumbai (3 pm); Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (3 pm)
15 Mar – South Africa v local side, BKC, Mumbai (3 pm)
*If Afghanistan, Hong Kong or Oman reach the second round of the Asia Cup, then their warm-up matches will be rescheduled accordingly.