Irish toil hard but Windies make it through

Though West Indies beat the Irish by 43 runs, Ireland, which had made quite a few teams sit up and take notice during its earlier matches, once again showed an excellent display of skill and effort.

Pollard propels Mumbai Indians to first win in CL T20

An unbeaten 72 by Kieron Pollard catapulted the Mumbai Indians to a formidable 184 for 4, which proved to be a winning total in their Champions League Twenty20 match against Guyana at Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday. This is the first victory for Mumbai Indians in this tournament and has given them a reason to keep their semi-final hopes alive.

South Africa edge past Windies despite Sammy scare

South Africa managed to hold onto their nerves despite a late assault by Darren Sammy as the Proteas scored a 17-run win over the home team in the second one-day international at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Kieron Pollard can’t be called a cricketer: Michael Holding

Legendary West Indian fast bowler, Michael Holding, says that he did not watch a single match of the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean’s, refuses to call T20 matches cricket and he doesn’t consider IPL’s costliest player Kieron Pollard a cricketer!

South Africa clinch last ball thriller by 1 run

South Africa bowled and fielded brilliantly to defend a meagre total of 120 for 7 and won the second T20 international against West Indies by 1 run to clinch the two T20 series 2-0.

McLaren five-for helps South Africa beat West Indies by 13 runs

Jacques Kallis scored a 45-ball 53 to set up a total of 136 for 7 for South Africa and Ryan McLaren took career-best figures of 5-19 to lead South Africa to an easy 13-run win over West Indies in the first T20 international at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here.

Gayle counting on home advantage for West Indies

West Indies skipper and flamboyant opening batsman, Chris Gayle, believes that the hosts have a very good chance of claiming their maiden T20 World Cup title since they will have the advantage of playing in their own backyard.

Sachin hoping to play in the final

Skipper of the Mumbai Indians, Sachin Tendulkar, who suffered an injury on his right hand in their semifinal win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, said after the match that he is hoping to be fit for summit clash of the IPL on April 25.

Pollard, Tiwary power Mumbai into IPL Final

The Royal Challengers Bangalore were well in control of the match for the first 15 overs of Mumbai’s innings until the big man from West Indies, Kieron Pollard, decided to prove why he was the costliest pick in the Indian Premier League auctions for this season! Mumbai was 107 for 4 after 15 overs and it seemed like they would hardly scrape through to 150 but Pollard blasted a 13-ball 33 not out and along with youngster Sourabh Tiwary, who scored another half-century, powered Mumbai Indians to a more than competitive score of 184 for 5 at the DY Patil Stadium.

Pollard’s innings was the turning point: Gambhir

Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday conceded that West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard’s late assault was the turning point of the match against the Mumbai Indians, which Delhi lost by 39 runs.

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