Features

Sammy taps into Olympic spirit

There are signs of a fragile recovery in West Indies cricket and a place in the World Twenty20 final - the prospect of silverware - would give long-suffering fans something to cling to

04-Oct-2012•David Hopps in Colombo

Another major tournament, another failure

Upon returning home, South Africa's coach and captain looked back on a tournament of many disappointments and few positives

04-Oct-2012•Firdose Moonda

In-form Australia the favourites

Australia's all-round consistency clearly gives them an advantage over West Indies who have blown hot and cold in their matches against top teams

04-Oct-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

'T20 cricket has grown more intelligent by the year'

Harsha Bhogle, Ian Chappell and David Hopps on the championship so far, the exits of three major teams, trends and strategies, and the upcoming knockouts

04-Oct-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Toss key in spin-heavy contest

In a clash of two powerful bowling teams at a spin-friendly venue, the outcome of the toss could have a bearing on the result

03-Oct-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Unpredictable Pakistan become regular semi-finalists

Despite numerous uncertainties that have shrouded their cricket, Pakistan have made it to their sixth consecutive semi-final of an ICC tournament

03-Oct-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Colombo

The low arts of Shane Watson

His ability to get down and under the ball has been key to his success on the subcontinent

03-Oct-2012•Aakash Chopra

Intense Pakistan lift under pressure

Both Pakistan and India had the chance to qualify for the semi-finals today; the difference was that Pakistan's attack relished the challenge of defending their total

03-Oct-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Colombo

India and South Africa can only blame themselves

If they allow themselves to reflect on the cruelty of the format, both South Africa and India would be distracting themselves from reality: they were inconsistent, scratchy, confused, and poorly led

03-Oct-2012•Sambit Bal in Colombo

The ugliest shot of them all

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the Super Eights match between India and South Africa

02-Oct-2012•Andrew Fernando in Colombo

Spin exposes Australia middle order again

There had been questions asked about Australia's middle order and their problems against spin came to the fore in a nervous display against Pakistan

02-Oct-2012•Andrew Fernando in Colombo

'The weight of the country'

An American talking cricket with Pakistan fans in Sri Lanka. Plus, a garden party Sri Lankan high-society style

02-Oct-2012•Wright Thompson

Jayawardene stands by captaincy switch

Sri Lanka produced a wonderfully slick performance against England, as Lasith Malinga and the middle order fired, but who was really leading the team? And did it really matter?

01-Oct-2012•Andrew Fernando

Broad left to rue 'average' days

England came as the defending champions but never played like it and, once again, it was problems in the Powerplay that led to their defeat

01-Oct-2012•David Hopps in Pallekele

Niceness only gets you so far, NZ

Despite their excellent record in world tournaments, New Zealand lack an edge to their cricket

01-Oct-2012•Sidharth Monga

So far, so good for India's part-timers

MS Dhoni, whose reliance on part-timers has proved successful so far in the World Twenty20, will hope his attack can deliver against South Africa

01-Oct-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Colombo

Who's captain?

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from Sri Lanka against England as the World Twenty20 holders go out of the tournament

01-Oct-2012•David Hopps in Pallekele

More heartache for New Zealand

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from New Zealand against West Indies in Pallekele

01-Oct-2012•David Hopps

Whoa! We got tickets to India-Pakistan?

The match was underwhelming but the atmosphere was anything but

01-Oct-2012•Mohsin Gheewala

Hafeez the hesitant

Somehow, the pulsating, tenacious Pakistan side which had won three successive World Twenty20 games failed to turn up

01-Oct-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Colombo

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