Twenty20 Cricket World cup in 2007 in South Africa
The Twenty20 world cup cricket tournament will be held in 2007 in South Africa..right after the inconsequential one day international world cup in the West Indies.
Guess which tournament is going to be more keenly watched?
Anyways, here’s to a great 2007 – a year when Twenty20 cricket will replace one day international cricket in popularity!Â
The Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand Twenty20 international cricket series was tied 1-1.
The Sri Lankan cricket team did not seem to take the Twenty20 cricket series seriously and rested both Jayasurya and Muralitharan – the principal matchwinners of the Sri Lankan cricket team for the second Twenty20 cricket series.
Nathan Astle, was not rested by New Zealand despite his injuries and he justified his selection in the second Twenty20 international with a match winning knock.
Isnt it time,international cricket teams around the world fielded their best teams for a Twenty20 international cricket match?
Sri Lanka have beaten New Zealand in the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand first Twenty20 international cricket match.
Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand Twenty20 : Champions like Jayasurya never go out of style
Jayasurya ensured that Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead in the two match Twenty20 cricket series against New Zealand.
Jayasurya took 4/21 in his 4 overs against New Zealand and then followed it up with a 23-ball 50. In short, it was an excellent performance by Jayasurya,who was written off by the Sri Lankan selectors just a year back.
Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand scores in short : New Zealand 162/8 (Jayasurya 4/21) Sri Lanka 62 off 5.5 overs(Jayasurya 52 not out)- Sri Lanka win by D/L rule by 18 runs
As Sri Lanka take on New Zealand in the Twenty20 international match on Friday, we come back to the age old question-Should spin bowlers be selected for limited overs cricket?
In the good old days when one day international cricket matches began,spinners were generally not selected or relegated to a supporting role.
 Nowadays,in limited overs cricket internationals, spinners very often form the basis of the  bowling attack and Twenty20 cricket internationals are no exception.
In fact, very often, spinners bowl the last few overs in Twenty 20 international cricket matches and this trend is expected to continue in this golden era of spin bowlers with the variety of Shane Warne, Muralitharan,Daniel Vettori and Anil Kumble
The Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand two-match Twenty20 cricket series begins on Friday. Sri Lanka are an outstanding cricket team and they demonstrated this by levelling the test cricket series against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka are probably one of the few subcontinent cricket teams to have ever played so well in New Zealand.
The Twenty20 cricket series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand begins on Friday. New Zealand will miss the services of Daniel Vettori who is one of the most underrated bowlers of world cricket. Daniel Vettori is also probably one of the best all-rounders of world cricket today.
In the Twenty20 cricket series- Sri Lanka will once again rely on the great Muralitharan to spin them to victory.
You are excited about the one day international cricket World cup in the West Indies coming up early next year. Hey,perhaps you should skip the cricket one day international World cup in the West Indies.
A Twenty20 world cup cricket tournament will be held in South Africa next year. 2007 will the year when Twenty20 cricket tournaments will overthrow the reign of one day international cricket matches
Its good news that current test cricket matches such as the Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand test cricket series in New Zealand, the Ashes test cricket series in Australia and the surprising India Vs South Africa test cricket series in South Africa have produced exciting cricket
But,hey,Twenty20 cricket is here to stay-Â Â Twenty20 cricket’s rather unique achievement of bringing back the zing to world cricket is unsurpassed. The Twenty20 cricket tournament in England, the Twenty20 cup and the Stanford Twenty20 cricket matches have brought the spectators back to world cricket.
Can you even compare the number of spectators to a Twenty20 domestic cricket tournament to an international test cricket match? Twenty20 cricket wins hands down!