http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, Ireland, grab victories in World T20 warm-up games – Cricket News Roundup – September 13, 2012 – Part 3
The ICC World Twenty20 warm-up matches kicked off with wins for Sri Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 and Zimbabwe, respectively, today on September 13 in Colombo.
Sri Lanka secured an easy 9-wicket win, with 26 deliveries remaining, over the West Indies at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground. Medium-pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KMDN-Kulasekara-c1802 (4-0-35-2) made sure the Windies' batsmen were kept at bay, and the 133-run chase was easily
completed by the Lankans with the aid of a massive 2nd-wicket 103*-run stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 (57*).
Meanwhile, Ireland clinched a 54-run victory over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AR-Cusack-c1075 (3-0-6-3) and George
Dockrell (4-0-28-3) successfully defended the total, cutting Zimbabwe off at 127.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 2012 this time around, as opposed to the previous three editions, owing to the extensive match practice they have undergone.
“We have played a lot of Twenty20 matches during the past couple of months. If you include the practice games then we will have around 17-18 matches going into the first encounter of the World Twenty20,” said Ashraful. “This is probably the best preparation
we have had before a World T20 event.”
The Tigers kicked off 2012 with an unofficial tri-series in Zimbabwe, which featured the host team, and a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756, and
a 2-match T20I series against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745, and Barbados. In addition to the team matches, Bangladesh players have also featured in T20
leagues, most recently the Sri Lanka Premier League.
The International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame will gain two new inductees during the ICC Awards Ceremony in Colombo on September 15, as West Indies batting legend http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Enid-Bakewell-c56014 prepare to be honoured at the annual function.
“West Indies prolific batsman Brian Lara will join the 66 male members of the Hall of Fame while England's Enid Bakewell becomes the third women to be inducted,” the ICC announced via a statement. Both Lara and Bakewell will be attending the formal ceremony,
to be held at Waters Edge.
Lara has played 131 Tests (with 11,953 runs to his credit) and 299 ODIs (10,405 runs) for the West Indies, in addition to having set numerous records, such as the record for the highest individual Test score (400*), and the highest individual first-class
cricket score (the sole quintuple century in the history of first-class cricket). Meanwhile, Bakewell’s career has spanned 11 years, and has included 1,078 Test runs, with four hundreds, and seven 50s. She also has 25 wickets and 500 runs from 23 ODIs to her
credit.
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