Today, 30th April, 10, first two matches of the T20 world cup were played. The excitement has began : )
I cannot stop myself from watching all these games: whether it’s a Pakistan match or not watching these teams in action is exciting and refreshing.
Today, the first match was played between the Srilankan and New Zealand teams. The match was quite exciting.
Mahela Jayawardene seems to be in an excellent form. He scored 81 runs from just 51 balls including 8 fours and 2 sixes.
Dinesh Chandimal was the second highest scorer from the Srilankan team with a score of 29 runs.
Shane Bing took the most wickets: 2
New Zealand started their innings with one wicket down for zero runs. This was quite a start for the Srilankan team.
But then Martin Guptill and Jesse Ryder took the charge and made a partnership of 62 runs. This is when New Zealand team was looking strong and favorite team to win this match.
But then wickets started to fell regularly for the New Zealand team. In the end, Kiwis won the match on the second last ball with 2 wickets in hand.
After this exciting match, West Indies and Ireland match started. So the T20 hosting team had a match on the first day of the tournament. Crowd was quite excited : )
WI was playing this game without Chris Gayle. After winning the toss, WI decided to bat first. WI was able to score 138 runs with one wicket in hand.
No one from the Irish team was able to score a decent total. The highest scorer in their team was Gary Wilson who scored 17 runs.
Ireland team was all out for 68 runs.
Credit goes to West Indies bowlers: especially, Ravi Rampaul and Darren Sammy who took 3 wickets each.
In the end, WI won the match by 70 runs.
