West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs to win the ICC World T20 2012 Title

2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Vs West Indes,Final,
R Premadasa Stadium,Colombo.

Marlon Samueles 78 off 56 balls and Sunil Narin 3 for 9 guided West Indies to beat Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 2012 Final at Colombo on Sunday.This Sri Lanka's fourth defeat since 2007.

Scorecard:

West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first

West Indies 137/6 (20 overs)

Marlon Samuels 78
Darren Sammy 26
Darren Bravo 19

Ajantha Mendis 4-12

Target 138 runs from 20 overs

Sri Lanka 101/10 (18.4 overs)

Mahela Jayawardene 33
Nuwan Kulasekara 26
Kumar Sangakkara 22

Sunil Narine 3-9
Darren Sammy 2-6

West Indies won by 36 runs.

Man of the Match - Marlon Samuels

Man of the Match - Shane Watson

Bowlers shines Sri Lanka comfortable win over Pakistan and also reached Finals



Mahela Jayawardene 42 off 36 balls and Rangana Herath brilliant 3 for 25 guide Sri Lanka to beat Pakistan by 16 runs in the Ist Semi Final of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 at Colombo on Thursday. Sri Lanka reached grand finals. They will meet 2nd Semi Final Winners (Australia or West Indies) on Sunday's final game.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first, Rangana Herath replaced for Akila Dananjaya. Sri Lanka made slow start because the Pakistan bowlers played really well. Skipper Mahela Jyawardene made 42 runs from 36 balls and consists of 7 fours. Tilakratne Dilshan scored 35 runs.Hafeez, Ajamal, Afridi and Umar Gul take one wicket each. Sri Lanka post 139 for 4 in 20 overs.

In the chasing the target of 140, Pakistan made a good start.But after Imran Nasir dismissal on 20 the wickets are falling in a regular intervals. Mohammad Hafeez made 42 runs and Umar Akmal scored unbeaten 29 from 22 balls. Rangana Herath take 3 for 25 and Ajentha Mendis and Angelo Mathews got 2 wickets for 27 runs helped to restrict Pakistan to 123 for 7 in 20 overs.

Mahela Jayawardene named for the man of the match award, Jayawardene said, the crowd support our team well. we are probably 15 runs short but Rangana bowled well and also the our fielding was excellent. We need to win against the final best team and win cup, he added.

Malinga five wicket haul guide Sri Lanka beat England by 19 runs


2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

22nd Match, Sri Lanka Vs England
Super Eights, Pallekele

A fine batting performance and Lasith Malinga's five wicket haul helped Sri Lanka to beat defending champions England by 19 runs in the ICC World Twenty20 2012 Super Eight match on Monday. Sri Lanka completed their Super Eight stage with 3 wins. England and New Zealand are Knocked out from the tounament. Sri Lanka and West Indies are reached the semi finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2012.

Scorecard:

England won the toss, and elected to field first

Sri Lanka 169 for 6 in 20 overs

Mahela Jayawardene 42
Angelo Mathews 28
Thisara Perera 26

Stuart Broad 3-32
Greame Swann 2-26

Target 170 runs from 20 overs

England 150 for 9 in 20 overs

Samit Patel 67
Graeme Swann 34

Lasith Malinga 5-31
Akila Dananjaya 2-26

Sri Lanka won by 19 runs. Man of the Match - Lasith Malinga