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MELBOURNE :New Zealand became the first team to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a victory over Ireland on Friday but Australia face a wait to see if they will be staying in the tournament despite a nervy win over Afghanistan.
Dhananjaya de Silva scored an unbeaten 66 as Sri Lanka kept their slim Twenty20 World Cup hopes alive with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.
SYDNEY: Glenn Phillips hit the second century of the Twenty20 World Cup to put New Zealand on course for a semifinal place with an emphatic 65-run win over Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. The Kiwis now have five points, having won two games and shared the points with Afghanistan following a rain-affected Group 1 match at the Super 12 stage. England, Ireland and Australia are tied on three points but New Zealand has a vastly superior net run-rate.
SYDNEY : Captain Aaron Finch admitted Australia's fate at the Twenty20 World Cup had probably been taken out of their owns hands by Saturday's heavy loss to New Zealand in the Super 12 opener, but remained convinced his team could retain the trophy.
They had waited forever for this. It had been 2,772 days since the UAE had last played in a World Cup.
The T20 World Cup in Australia had a dramatic start as Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka were shocked by Namibia.
Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus expressed concern Saturday about the cold weather in Australia, but insisted the African nation could set the Twenty20 World Cup on fire by upsetting Sri Lanka in the tournament opener. Temperatures at Geelong, where the global showpiece starts on Sunday, have been hovering around 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit) and plunging to as low as four in the evening. That is nippy for a Namibian side more used to balmy weather at home this time of year, and Erasmus admitted it was a shock to the system.
It was a great victory for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team on Thursday as they edged past Pakistan by one run in the Women's Asia Cup to set up a title clash with India. Sri Lanka chose to bat after winning the toss and posted a below-par total of 122 runs. Pakistan's Nashra Sandhu picked up three wickets to help her team restrict Sri Lanka to a low total. After the win it was time for celebration and the Sri Lanka did it in style with a great coordinated dance.