2012 Icc Twenty20 World Cup Champions West Indies


Sri Lanka vs West Indies, Final Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire RJ Tucker (Australia)
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire IJ Gould (England)

West Indies won toss to chose to bat first

West Indies: 137/6 for 20 Overs

Marlon Samuels 78
Darren Sammy 26 not out

Ajantha Mendis 12/4

Sri Lanka innings target: 138 runs from 20 overs

Sri Lanka 101 all out for 18.4 overs

Mahela Jayawardene 33
Nuwan Kulasekara 26

Sunil Narine 9/3
Darren Sammy 6/2

West Indies won by 36 runs

Man of the Match for Marlon Samuels


A West indies player Bravo birthday says Marlon happy to score runs when the team wins and Happy birthday Bravo," screams Gayle. "I guess we didn't disappoint and the sunil narine says i think playing the final, coming out on the winning side, it's a team effort.

A celebrations signify the desire of the West Indies team to win at the big stage for the after dominating in the 1970's and 1980's, West Indies catastrophically declined in the 1990's and in the early part of the millenium to the under the leadership of Sammy, they have been galvanized and in the recent months, they built sufficient momentum to win the T20 Cup to as I type, the West Indies players cannot control their urge to dancing for the each individual is busy in trying to outdo the other with regards to a better style of Gangnam dancing.

West Indies will take on Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 2012 Final


2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Vs West Indies, Final
Colombo @ 13:30 GMT,19:00 Local Time

ICC World Twenty20 2012 now reached final stage. West Indies and Sri Lanka will meet in the Today's big clash. The both team has equal strong.

Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka team have a good top order batsmans and middle order also perform very well in past games. In the bowling department Sri Lanka Stronger than then West Indies.They have Malinga,Mendis,Dhananjaya and Mathews. They are all in good form.

West Indies:
West Indies most important key man is Chris Gayle every bowler wants his wicket.Chris Gayle is x factor for WI. They have strong batting line up and with decent bowling attack. Now they have plenty off confidence beating Australia in the Semi Final.

Sri Lanka Squad:
Mahela Jayawardene(c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Akila Dananjaya Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Shaminda Eranga, Dilshan
Munaweera

West Indies Squad:
Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Denesh Ramdin(w), Darren Sammy(c), Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Smith, Darren Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Lendl Simmons.

West Indies storm into Finals with big win against Australia


2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

2nd Semi Final, Australia Vs West Indies
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,
Sri Lanka.

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
             Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Third Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Chris Gayle's Unbeaten 75 off 41 balls and Kieron Pollard quickfire 38 from just 15 balls helped West Indies to crush Australia by 74 runs in the 2nd Semi Finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 on Friday. West Indies will meet Sri Lanka on Sunday's Grand Final.

Scorecard:

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first

West Indies 205 for 4 in 20 overs

Chris Gayle 75* (5 fours and 6 Sixes)
Dwayne Bravo 37 (1 four and 3 sixes)
Kieron Pollard 38 (3 fours and 3 sixes)

Pat Cummins 2-36

Target 206 from 20 overs



Australia 131 all out in 16.4 overs

George Bailey 63 (6 fours and 4 sixes)
Michael Hussey 18

Ravi Rampaul 3-16
Kieron Pollard 2-6
Sunil Narine 2-17
Samuel Badree 2-27

West Indies won by 74 runs and entered into the finals

Man of the Match - Chris Gayle.

Darren Sammy said, Chris Gayle and Samuels played really well, Our bowling performance was nice. Sri Lanka is the tough team to beat we hope have a great game in the finals.

Gayle said, I prefer to hit lot of sixes and i deserved hit. Samuels, Bravo and Pollard are supported with me. I am sorry to say to Sri Lanka the World Cup is ours. It will have a good game in the finals West Indies will come on top.

West Indies will take on Australia in the 2nd Semi Final


2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Australia Vs West Indies,2nd Semi Final,
Colombo at 13:00 GMT,19:00 Local Time

This 2nd Semi Final will be a battle of Power hitters. West Indies face Australia in the 2nd Semi Finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 at Colombo in today night.

West Indies Squad:

Shane Watson, David Warner, Michael Hussey, George Bailey(c), Cameron White, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Brad Hogg, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus, David Hussey, Daniel Christian, Clint McKay

Australia Squad:

Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin(w), Darren Sammy(c), Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Fidel Edwards, Lendl Simmons

West Indies have the strong batting line up led by the dangerous batsman Chris Gayle. in bowling Ravi Rampaul, Sunil Narine and Samuels are the key.

In Australia top order batsmans are the key factors. Mitchell Starc bowling really well in previous games.

The Winner of the todays match will meet Sri Lanka on Sunday's Final.

Sunil Narine Stars as West Indies win in Super Over against New Zealand


A tight bowling performance by Sunil Narine take 3 for 20 leads to the Super Over and West Indies beat New Zealand in the Super Over from this loss New Zealand knocked out from the ICC World Twenty20 2012. West Indies stay alive in the tournament.

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field first West Indies all out for 139 runs in 19.3 overs. Chris Gayle top scored with 30 off just 14 balls. Tim Southee take 3 for 21 and Doug Bracewell got 3 for 31 runs.

In the chasing the Target of 140, Rob Nicol loss is wicket very early. West Indies bowlers are bowled well against Black caps  New Zealand wickets falling in a regular Intervals. Ross Taylor top scorer for New Zealand with unbeaten 62 runs and consists of 3 fours and 3 sixes. New Zealand ended the innings with 139 for 7 in 20 overs. A Super Over came into play for the results. 

In the Super Over, New Zealand scored 17 runs. Taylor hit a four and six. This score is enough for West Indies they have Chris Gayle. Tim Southee started the over with no ball and West Indies hit six in that no ball. Gayle got two and single. Samuels finished off in style with a six. Sunil Narine named as the Player of the Match.