Sri Lanka survived a threatening 66-run partnership between Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq to ease to a 19-run win

The Australian attack was one of the most profligate in terms of conceding boundaries in the first stage of the World Twenty20

With West Indies and Sri Lanka already through to the Super Eights, there is little at stake in Wednesday's clash

Go all out from the beginning or keep wickets in hand and launch an assault at the end? Stats indicate different teams adopt different measures

The ICC World Twenty20 is a chance for the team to put behind them the miseries of the last few months

In a frenetic format, the only languid aspect has been the rate at which Twenty20s have been played at international level

There weren't too many Australians around in the IPL this year, but they still made their presence felt in no uncertain terms, with Adam Gilchrist leading the way

Cricinfo picks out some of the important stats from the 37-day, 59-match tournament

A few key numbers on the eve of the IPL final between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Johannesburg

A few key numbers involving Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Johannesburg, the venue for the second semi-final of the IPL

A few key numbers involving Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers, and Centurion, the venue for the first semi-final of the IPL

There'll be no second chances on Friday, when Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers take on each other in the first semi-final in Centurion

There'll be no second chances on Friday, when Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers take on each other in the first semi-final in Centurion

IPL 2009 has placed greater demands on batsmen, but in the last six overs they have scored at a fair clip, with several teams going at around nine runs per over

The big picture for the tournament won't change regardless of the result of this match, but there are still little goals that both Delhi and Mumbai will aim for in the penultimate round-robin clash of the IPL

Spinners have had a huge role to play in IPL 2009, but one bowler hasn't quite made the impact you'd have expected in conditions in which many other, lesser bowlers have done extremely well

A look at the bowlers who've conceded the highest and least number of boundaries, and the runs scored and conceded by teams

Why the capitulation at Lord's conforms to pattern that has been established over the last few years

For the second time in two meetings between these teams, Kings XI Punjab batted first and scored 119, but unlike the game in Durban, there was no redemption in the field this time as Mumbai Indians swept to an eight-wicket win to move up to 11 points and

Three weeks into the IPL, and Matthew Hayden continues to hog the IPL limelight, with an aggregate that is far higher than anyone else in the tournament so far