ICC World Twenty20 2009 / Features

Bal pips Chappell to the post in thrilling finish

Jun 22, 2009: A repeat of Star Wars IPL 2009

Ale plus energy drink

Jun 22, 2009: The tournament has been a bracing mix of old and new

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Twenty20 final, Lord's

Fab day for the fans

Jun 21, 2009: The final was a big test considering the tournament and the crowd, and there wasn't a doubt that Pakistan's raucous fans would ensure their chants were heard

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Twenty20 final, Lord's

Clinical, professional and un-Pakistani

Jun 21, 2009: The win came through a most uncharacteristic performance

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Twenty20 final, Lord's

Beyond the realm of victory

Jun 21, 2009: Dileep Premachandran looks at the enormity of Pakistan's Twenty20 triumph, and how much it means to the country during troubled times

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, final

World Twenty20, Day 15

Jun 21, 2009: Featuring Cricinfo editors Sambit Bal, Jayaditya Gupta and Alex Brown

More sport than you can shake a stick at

Jun 21, 2009: The Twenty20 finals' weekend happens to be shared with top-flight rugby, horse racing and Formula One

The department of tiny prizes

Jun 21, 2009: What's going on with the unbecomingly modest Man of the Match awards?

Graeme Swann

'I'm a charlatan'

Jun 21, 2009: He's not quite a rock star, and he didn't become a fighter pilot. At least he's England's first-choice spinner

When entertainment met education

Jun 21, 2009: The World Twenty20 has won new fans and converted the sceptics into followers of the shortest format

Karen Rolton

'People are surprised how good women's cricket is'

Jun 21, 2009: The departing Australian captain on the worst singer in the squad, touring India, arm-wrestling Michael Clarke, and more

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Twenty20 final, Lord's

No losers in a match that's bigger than the game

Jun 20, 2009: What can a mere sporting win do? A lot

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Twenty20 final, Lord's

Top-order batting gives Sri Lanka an edge

Jun 20, 2009: Cricinfo looks at the important numbers ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 final

Emergency calls

Jun 20, 2009: An inspector is summoned and people are asked to evacuate

Dilshan keeps Chappell on top

Jun 20, 2009: The top two are separated by a little over 200 points with one game to go

Sri Lanka v West Indies, The Oval

Attack of the openers, and a fan of gold

Jun 20, 2009: M to the power four, egging Dilshan on to a century, and a shiny bodysuit

Abdul Razzaq

How Razzaq's return made a difference

Jun 20, 2009: The Pakistan allrounder is happy to take the new ball and keen to work on his fitness as he joins the national side after two years away

Baz's tattoos, Ramiz's articles

Jun 20, 2009: Lots of one, very little of the other

Men with je ne sais quoi

Jun 20, 2009: Pakistan's march to the final is a tale of teams who sometimes do things nobody expects them to

Gayle, Dilshan and maritime metaphors ahoy

Jun 20, 2009: It was all very nautical at The Oval on Friday night