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Watch Australia vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup T20 2009 Highlights Part 1

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Sri Lanka send Australia out of T20 World Cup

Kumar Sangakkara played a captain’s innings with 55 not out off 42 balls after Tillakaratne Dilshan (53 off 32 balls) gave his side a flying start in pursuit of 160.

Australia never fully recovered from a disastrous middle period of their innings when the slow bowlers pegged them back after a decent start.

An inspiring catch from David Warner lifted Australian hopes in reply when he took a fine leaping catch just inside the boundary rope to dismiss Sanath Jayasuriya for 2.

Dilshan and Sangakkara then saw their side to 62 off the six-over Powerplay as the runs flowed at a good rate.

Dilshan brought up his own 50 off 26 balls, when he flipped Watson over the head of the wicketkeeper for his 10th boundary, but he fell saw after when bowled by Michael Clarke.

Mahela Jayawardene (9) then took a wild swipe at Nathan Hauritz and got a top-edge to short third-man.

Two sixes off successive balls by Sangakkara off Hauritz then hastened the Sri Lankan victory although there was a slight stutter during Brett Lee’s third over when Silva pulled to short mid-wicket and three more dot balls followed. But Jehan Mubarak ended the over with a six just over the head of deep midwicket to leave the batting side with 24 to get off the last 18 balls.

Sangakkara reached his 50 off 40 with a delicate lap shot just wide of short fine-leg to help bring the equation down to 14 from 12 balls.

Mubarak brought the required rate down to less than a run a ball as Lee’s tournament ended as it had started and middle – by being hit into the stand for six.

Australia’s campaign was summed up when Mubarak (21 off 12 balls) smacked Lee to mid-off but the fielder could only palm the ball to the boundary as he leapt for what would have been a miraculous catch.

Mitchell Johnson’s wide to finish the match put the icing on the cake for Australia – not a sweet tasting one at that – as they bowed out of the tournament with an over to spare.

Australia’s total was much better than was expected at one time when they slumped to 94-6 towards the end of the 15th over.

David Warner (0) fell in the first over when he slashed Angelo Mathews to backward point but Shane Watson (22) and Ricky Ponting (25) steadied the Aussie ship in a stand of 48.

Spin then took hold as Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan (initially) put a block on the scoring. At that point Mendis had the exceptional analysis of 2-0-4-2.

Ponting was bowled by Mendis as he looked to make room to leg and then Watson was leg before during the off-spinner’s next over when he missed a sweep.

Brad Haddin went in embarrassing circumstances when he missed a slow full toss from Malinga and was bowled for 16.

Isuru Udana was another pace bowler to make full use of a slower ball when he deceived Michael Clarke, who could only send a leading edge back to the bowler who took a fine one-handed catch to his left.

Mendis and Muralitharan continued to put the squeeze on the batsmen and it was the former who struck for the third time when he trapped Mike Hussey in front of his stumps with a quicker ball.

From that point, however, the Aussie middle and lower order swung the match back towards parity with some lusty blows.

David Hussey and Johnson added 41 in 21 deliveries to destroy Muralitharan by taking 21 from his last over after the veteran spinner had conceded just eight from his first 18 balls.

Australia plundered 65 from their last five overs with Udana also suffering at the hands of Hussey and Johnson, although he did at least claim the wicket of the former, slicing a skier to backward point, during an over that cost 18.

Lasith Malinga’s final over of the innings encapsulated the whole batting effort at 12 were taken from it in between two wickets.

Lee was cleaned out by a yorker (but not before scoring 15 off five balls) and then a slower ball deceived Hauritz off the penultimate ball. An inside edge off the last delivery by Nathan Bracken meant Australia finished with all the momentum running their way.

Ireland knock Bangladesh out of World T20

Ireland beat Bangladesh by six wickets on Monday to advance to the Super 8 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup and knock their opponents out of the tournament.

Niall O’Brien hit 40 and his brother Kevin O’Brien made 39 not out as Ireland overhauled Bangladesh’s modest total of 137-8 with 10 balls to spare at Trent Bridge.

Ireland opening bowler Trent Johnston had earlier taken 3-20 from four overs. Mashrafe Mortaza, who smashed 20 runs off the final over, with 33 not out and Tamim Iqbal with 22 led the scoring for Bangladesh.

Niall O’Brien hit three sixes and shared in a 55-run stand with William Porterfield (23), while Kevin O’Brien cracked two sixes and four boundaries in 17 balls as he and John Mooney (17 not out) added 49 to steer Ireland home.

Ireland play India at Trent Bridge on Wednesday in a meaningless Group A match as both teams have now advanced.

Porterfield won the toss and sent in Bangladesh, a decision vindicated by a suffocating fielding display.

Bangladesh struck 10 off the first over but Junaid Siddique, having scored 13 from 4 balls, was out in the second after offering a high catch to Jeremy Bray off Johnston.

Kevin O’Brien then dropped Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful at first slip off Johnston, but he redeemed himself in Johnston’s next over by catching him for 14 to make it 40-2.

Johnston struck again in his final over, claiming the key wicket of Shakib Al Hasan, who was caught for 7 by Gary Wilson at long on with 10 more added to the total

Iqbal was unlucky to be run out on 22 when wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien fumbled the ball onto the stumps, but there was nothing fortunate about the way the gloveman then stumped Mahmudullah off Alex Cusack for 7 to leave Bangladesh on 66-5.

Raqibul Hasan was bowled for 13 by Kyle McCallan, and John Mooney caught Mushfiqur Rahim for 14 off Regan West.

Boyd Rankin bowled Naeem Islam with the final ball of his spell, until the final over gave Bangladesh’s score some respectability.

Mortaza struck early in the Irish innings, having Bray caught by Raqibul Hasan in the third over with the total on 6. That brought Niall O’Brien to the crease and he struck three sixes from five balls.

O’Brien was batting with a runner after injuring his knee during Bangladesh’s innings, but his stand with Porterfield came from only 33 balls.

O’Brien was caught by Rubel Hossain off Al Hasan in the 10th over with to make it 61-2. Two overs and 10 runs later, Abdur Razzak took a sharp return catch to dismiss Porterfield. Gary Wilson was caught by Ashraful for 10 off Mortaza in the 15th over.

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This is a must-win match for both sides. A loss to India at Trent Bridge has left Bangladesh needing to beat Ireland in order to move to the Super Eights. Ireland play their first match of the tournament and for them this is essentially a knock-out game, as they will play India next.

Bangladesh will be wary of Ireland in this format, given that they shocked them in round two of the 2007 World Cup in Barbados, and also because Netherlands showed that anything is possible in Twenty20. Bangladesh also know Ireland are more familiar with the conditions.

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Australia gear for must-win Sri Lanka clash

Ricky Ponting’s Australia must perform or face an embarrassing early exit from the World Twenty20 when they take on emotionally-charged Sri Lanka on Monday.

The Australians, stunned by a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of the West Indies on Saturday following Chris Gayle’s explosive 88 off 50 balls, cannot afford another loss.

Even if they emerge victorious, Ponting’s men are not assured of advancing to the Super Eights because a Sri Lankan win over the West Indies on Wednesday will throw up a three-way tie to be decided by net run-rate.

The loss to the West Indies with 4.1 overs to spare could spell further disaster for Australia, who must not only beat Sri Lanka, but do so by a big margin to improve their net run-rate.

“It all lies ahead of us,” Ponting said ahead of the group C match at Trent Bridge.

“We know exactly what we have to do and if we are good enough, we we get it done.”

The defeat against the West Indies was Australia’s fourth Twenty20 loss in a row.

The shortest version of the game has not been particularly kind to the undisputed kings of Test and one-day cricket, who have won only 11 of their 22 games so far.

Ponting, however, was quick to stress that all was not lost for his team.

Australia suffered a shock defeat by Zimbabwe in the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa in 2007, but still managed to reach the semi-finals where they lost to eventual champions India.

“This form of the game can change very quickly,” Ponting said. “We’re in exactly the same position as we were last time.

“I guess some of the guys that were in the tournament last time will know what we have to do. There is nowhere else where we can go now.”

Sri Lanka will be charged up for their first international match since the horrific terror attack on their team bus in the Pakistani city of Lahore in March while on their way to resume a Test match.

Seven Sri Lankan cricketers and an assistant coach were injured in the attack, which left eight Pakistanis dead.

Kumar Sangakkara, leading Sri Lanka for the first time after good friend Mahela Jayawardene quit the job after the Pakistan tour, said the team looked forward to the game against Australia.

“The pressure will be on them, but we are not taking victory for granted,” said Sangakkara. “They will come hard at us and we have to be ready to stand tall.

“We know a side must win at least one game to stay in the race. We have just got to take our chances.”

Sangakkara wanted his team to qualify for the semi-finals after being stuck in the Super Eights stage in 2007.

“We have a great mix in both batting and bowling, but at the end of the day it all depends on executing your plans well,” he said.

“I am not sure Twenty20 is only a slog. One still needs to plan an innings to ensure you get a good total on the board.”

Injured Vettori doubtful against South Africa‎

New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori is unlikely to play in the irinconsequential World Twenty20 group match against South Africa Wednesday due to a shoulder injury.

Vettori took a minor part in team training at Lord’s Monday but the spinner, who injured his bowling arm at practice on the eve of New Zealand’s seven-wicket win over Scotland, seems certain to be rested until the Super Eights.

Seamer Kyle Mills, who is returning from a back strain since arriving from South Africa, might get a place in the side.

New Zealand confirmed their progression from the group stage when a blazing batting performance atoned for some poor bowling against the unfancied Scots at the Oval Saturday night.

Vettori admitted the bowling effort against Scotland was “exceptionally poor”.

“We didn’t cope too well with the pressure of playing seven overs against a team we should beat,” he said.

“Theoretically our game against South Africa is a dead rubber but Twenty20 is all about momentum.”

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