ICC World Twenty20, 2012/13 / News

West Indies news

West Indies should aim for No. 1 in ODIs - Clive Lloyd

Oct 13, 2012: Clive Lloyd has said the World Twenty20 winning West Indies team should now aim for the "next level" by targeting the No.1 ranking in ODIs

West Indies news

Players came together for one cause - Gibson

Oct 10, 2012: Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, described being able to call the team as world champions as an "amazing feeling"

Pakistan news

Razzaq in trouble over Hafeez criticism

Oct 9, 2012: The PCB has issued a showcause notice to the allrounder Abdul Razzaq and asked him to explain his outburst against Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez after the World Twenty20

World Twenty20 2012

Bailey wants a new type of spinner

Oct 8, 2012: George Bailey believes Australia's spin bowlers must find a way to be more effective on the subcontinent if the team is to have any chance of winning the next World Twenty20, to be held in Bangladesh in 2014

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Relief for Samuels after 'a lot of tough times'

Oct 7, 2012: Marlon Samuels walked into the post-final press conference with the serious air of a man who had suffered and had come back to script an achievement so rare and so stunning that a jaunty expression might belittle his accomplishment

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

'This is for the Caribbean people' - Sammy

Oct 7, 2012: So rare have such occasions been for West Indies cricket after their decline that Sammy called this victory "the best moment for me"

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

We failed under pressure - Jayawardene

Oct 7, 2012: Mahela Jayawardene has admitted his side faltered under pressure in their World Twenty20 final loss to the West Indies in Colombo

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

'We're going to live this moment forever' - Sammy

Oct 7, 2012: Darren Sammy singled out West Indies' determination to fight to the finish as the key factor in helping them win their first world championship since the World Cup of 1979

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

'Wanted to attack their best bowler' - Samuels

Oct 7, 2012: Marlon Samuels attacked Sri Lanka's best bowler on purpose, and wants to finish the year with at least five Test centuries|

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Samuels, Sammy give WI first world title since 1979

Oct 7, 2012: Flair. Calypso. Frontrunners. Millionaires. Gold chains. Chris Gayle. No, no, no, no, no and no

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Sammy's quest to fulfill a Caribbean dream

Oct 6, 2012: While there is no doubt Jayawardene and his men will have a packed Premadasa cheering for them tomorrow, there is also no doubting who most neutral fans want to win

Sri Lanka v West Indies, Final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Baila v Calypso in Colombo

Oct 6, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the World Twenty20 final between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Colombo

Aus v WI, 2nd semi-final, World Twenty20, Colombo

West Indies muscle defies tricky pitch

Oct 5, 2012: Chris Gayle led a West Indies onslaught that floored Australia and set up a total beyond the West Indies' wildest imagination

Australia v WI, 2nd semi-final, World Twenty20 2012, Colombo

Gayle, Pollard help West Indies crush Australia

Oct 5, 2012: So lopsided was West Indies' obliteration of Australia in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20, the victors had near enough to 13 overs to bask in their looming progress to the final against Sri Lanka

World Twenty20 2012

Former players criticise Pakistan's exit

Oct 5, 2012: Pakistan's exit from the World Twenty20 has drawn criticism from several former players

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, semi-final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Akmal fined for ignoring umpires

Oct 5, 2012: Umar Akmal has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for ignoring both on-field umpires while going for a change in gloves

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st semi-final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Amazing to make fourth final - Jayawardene

Oct 4, 2012: Mahela Jayawardene has led Sri Lanka into the fourth major limited-overs final of his career - now all he has to do is win one

Australia v West Indies, 2nd semi-final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Narine battle key for Australia

Oct 4, 2012: Having dominated during the ODI series in the Caribbean, Sunil Narine is again the biggest threat to Australia

Australia v West Indies, 2nd semi-final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Expectations raised for both teams

Oct 4, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the second World T20 semi-final between Australia and West Indies

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st semi-final, World Twenty20, Colombo

Jayawardene inspires Sri Lanka to second WT20 final

Oct 4, 2012: On a crumbling, turning, brute of a pitch by Twenty20 standards, Mahela Jayawardene responded with a T20-size classic