A superb match needed a Super Over to split the teams and New Zealand prevailed to repay Brendon McCullum for his amazing century. McCullum became the second-highest scorer in a Twenty20 international with an unbeaten 116, but after Michael Clarke and Cameron White exploded in the reply the scores were tied at 214 after 40 overs.
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Shaun Tait proved he can still be a force at international level as he helped Australia to a tense two-run win that completed a clean-sweep across all three formats against Pakistan this summer. Tait bowled the fastest ball ever recorded in Australia and grabbed 3 for 13 including the key wicket of Kamran Akmal, who had threatened to end Australia's streak with his highest Twenty20 score.
Latif told Pakistan daily The News that he had long been thinking of launching a city-based Twenty20 league but decided it was time to act when Pakistan's leading cricketers were snubbed at an IPL player auction in Mumbai last month.
New Zealand cricket legend Sir Richard Hadlee has been approached to be an executive board member of an American Premier League (APL) cricket tournament, but is waiting on formal approval before accepting.
Players from the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) and some big names from the sport's past have been invited to take part in an as-yet unauthorised Twenty20 tournament in New York in October, the event organiser told Reuters on Thursday.
The ICC has warned players against signing up for a new unauthorised league being established in the USA.
The American Premier League, the brainchild of local entrepreneur Jay Mir, is a Twenty20 tournament scheduled to be held in October on a converted baseball field in Staten Island, New York City. Although there remains some uncertainty about the whole venture, it is believed that a number of current and former players have been approached to take part.
Date Match Venue Time April 21 Semi-Final 1(RCB vs MI) Mumbai 2000 IST April 22 Semi-Final 2(DC vs CSK) Mumbai 2000 IST April 24 3rd Place Play-off DY Patil, Mumbai 2000 IST April 25 FINAL DY Patil, Mumbai 2000 IST
IPL 2010 & IPL 2011
IPL 2011 will comprise of two new teams Kochin & Pune. There will be new auction as & it will be exciting to see who will pick the top players.