Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Indian Premier League - IPL
Mumbai Indians v Delhi DareDevils at Mohali
MI v DD, IPL Match 23, Mumbai: Pollock inspires Mumbai victory
May 04, 2008
Veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock wound back the years to inspire Mumbai Indians to a 29-run win over Delhi Devils on Sunday which lifted them off the foot of the IPL table.
The South African cracked a rapid 33 with the bat before claiming figures of two for 16 from his four overs as Mumbai surprised the tournament leaders.
The hosts' total of 162 for eight had looked very achievable for a Delhi side which had won four times in the IPL going into the clash, but they reckoned without Pollock at his economical best.
Virender Sehwag's quickfire 40 was as good as it got for the Daredevils, who were bowled out for 133 inside 19 overs in reply.
Pollock's fellow quick Ashish Nehra finished with three for 25.
MI v DD, IPL Match 23, Mumbai: Mumbai Indians 162 for 8 in 20.0 ovs beat Delhi DareDevils 133 in 18.5 overs by 29 runs
Mumbai Indians v Delhi DareDevils at Mohalid
Scores
Toss: Delhi Daredevils.
Mumbai Indians innings Y Takawale c Sangwan b Mahesh 14 (20) S Jayasuriya b Mahesh 34 (16) D Thornely b Bhatia 30 (24) R Uthappa c Shoaib Malik b Sangwan 22 (21) D Bravo c Mahesh b Shoaib Malik 2 (4) A Nayar b Sehwag 2 (6) S Pollock c de Villiers b Mahesh 33 (15) S Tiwary c Shoaib Malik b Mohammad Asif 9 (10) R Raje not out 6 (5) A Nehra not out 0 (0) Extras 10 Total (20 overs) 8 wkts for 162
Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-50, 3-102, 4-109, 5-112, 6-112, 7-136, 8-157.
Bowling G McGrath 4-0-26-0 Mohammad Asif 4-0-46-1 V Mahesh 4-0-33-3 P Sangwan 4-0-21-1 R Bhatia 2-0-22-1 V Sehwag 1-0-2-1 Shoaib Malik 1-0-6-1
Delhi Daredevils innings G Gambhir c Uthappa b Nehra 1 (9) V Sehwag c Pollock b Thornely 40 (20) S Dhawan c Uthappa b Pollock 1 (3) AB de Villiers run out (Kulkarni) 21 (17) Shoaib Malik c Nayar b Pollock 24 (22) D Karthik lbw b Bravo 28 (23) R Bhatia c Uthappa b Nehra 9 (8) P Sangwan c Tiwary b Nehra 2 (4) V Mahesh not out 3 (5) Mohammad Asif c Nehra b Kulkarni 0 (1) G McGrath c Thornely b Kulkarni 0 (2) Extras 4 Total (18.5 overs) All out 133
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-4, 3-37, 4-82, 5-109, 6-119, 7-130, 8-130, 9-132, 10-133.
Bowling S Pollock 4-0-16-2 A Nehra 4-0-25-3 D Bravo 3-0-27-1 D Kulkarni 2.5-0-18-2 S Jayasuriya 1-0-16-0 D Thornely 2-0-15-1 R Raje 2-0-13-0
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
