Showing posts with label West Indies vs South Africa T20. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Indies vs South Africa T20. Show all posts
Gayle Force? Bravo Bravo? That's Old News. Talk About being Lendled!
Dwayne Bravo hogged the limelight last night and all the headlines this morning; deservedly so with his match winning performance against India.
But one man who deserved a lot more credit than he got, was Lendl Simmons.
Two of Bravo's four wickets came through Simmons' outstanding catches, including the exceptional one of Gambhir.
Has to be one of the best catches I've seen.
Then his 44 off 37 deliveries provided the perfect platform for Bravo to launch into India's attack.
Today, Simmons decided to set that right and keep all the headlines to himself.
Well almost.
He almost took the West Indies home single handedly against South Africa.
All by himself.
He had no support, but despite that, he went about it with ease, smashing the South African bowlers all around the Oval in a belligerent knock of 77 off only 50 deliveries.
It wasn't meant to be today, but the day is not far when we will hear of some cricket team being LENDLED!
It always is a treat to watch an exciting new West Indian batsman.
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West Indies Resurgent, Pakistan in Trouble
The two Super 8 Groups have slightly different situations, which make today's matches in the World Twenty20 highly important for the teams involved.
Such is the situation in this Super 8 Group, that despite winning the game, neither team will garantee a spot in the semi finals.
But either of them can get one step closer to it.
The West Indies have been amazingly resurgent. Beating Australia, beating India, and if they do the same to South Africa, you can count on them to go all the way.
South Africa, on the other hand, had an easy win against Scotland, struggled with the bat against New Zealand, and failed to do their net run rate any favors in the chase against England.
Looking at that, the Windies have a very good chance of yet another upset.
Group F: Pakistan vs New Zealand
It could be the end of Pakistan's World T20 campaign if they lose; if they manage to win, they will live to fight another day and try to qualify for the semi finals.
Suprisingly enough, or rather not so, Pakistan find themselves in a do-or-die situation for the second time in this tournament.
Last time they came through it unscathed; this time the opposition is tougher, despite the injuries New Zealand is suffering from.
Their situation though is not as tough as Pakistan's; the Kiwis can still afford to lose the game and attempt at qualifying by beating Sri Lanka and bringing net run rates into play.
Ofcourse assuming that Ireland don't have any surprises in store for Sri Lanka and Pakistan!
Good news for Pakistani fans is that Pakistan usually does well when they have their backs to the wall.
But will you be counting on it?
One team could be out of the World T20 tonight, another could be on its way to the semi finals. The T20 action never stops, does it?
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