Results for tag: T20
Posted by:
mvaughan
on Sep 18, 2012 at 08:47:49 AM
[u]The sub-continent[/u]
Sri Lanka, currently trading at 6.4, will enjoy playing in their own conditions and having seasoned campaigners like Tillekeratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Lasith Malinga in the side will be invaluable. I was concerned about their lack of a mystery spinner in a post-Murali world, but the emergence of Akila Dhananjaya looks to have filled that gap and they will be right up there. I like the look of them at 6.4.
India are trading as 6.2 favourites and I wouldn't discourage getting involved at that price. A knockout match at a T20 World Cup is a high-pressure situation and the experience of playing year-on-year-out in the IPL will certainly help their players. They have an embarrassment of riches to pick from and you know that under MS...
Posted by:
mvaughan
on Feb 27, 2012 at 08:18:34 AM
Saturday night's match saw a match-winning knock from the rather heavy bat of Jonny Bairstow. I've spoken here before about how we have plenty of young talent coming through the ranks and this guy is one of the most promising players from England's next generation of stars.
I first came across him when I was still at Yorkshire. He was still a very young lad at the time but already he could hit the ball a lot further than anyone else at the county. What I like about him is that he tries to hit the ball straight rather than swinging across the line, which is always a temptation, particularly amongst the more inexperienced players. But he's also dead quick running between the wickets and has taken a couple of pretty sharp catches at important times of matches. Even more promisingly, he ...
Posted by:
mvaughan
on Feb 23, 2012 at 08:38:05 AM
Kevin Pietersen is on a roll. Having gone 38 ODI innings without a century, spread over three years, he scored his second in two matches yesterday. And if his ton on Sunday felt a bit like a pressure-free exhibition of batting given the nature of the run-chase, yesterday's was a proper match-winning innings with England really up against it for the majority of the chase. It was almost a case of 'KP versus Pakistan' and maybe that's when he's at his best. I'm sure he'd tell you that was one of the most satisfying knocks he's ever played in ODI cricket.
Maybe the penny has dropped with Kevin Pietersen and he's worked out how to score an ODI ton as an opener. I never managed to do that. I either opened or batted at three and got to 50 often enough but, after that, I wasn't really sure how...