WI v RSA | West Indies vs south Africa highlight video

As challenges go, it’s about as tough as it can get: less than a day after convincingly getting the better of one of the tournament favourites, West Indies need to gear themselves up to take on another. The unkind scheduling means Chris Gayle and Co have less than 18 hours between games against India and South Africa, but so comprehensive was their victory on Friday that they’ll back themselves to do an encore when they take on South Africa at The Oval on Saturday.

Dwayne Bravo was scintillating against India, Fidel Edwards showed plenty of fire with his short-pitched bowling with the new ball, and Lendl Simmons’ cool head ensured the experience and skill of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan was hardly needed. The challenge is to reproduce the same levels of intensity, for nothing less will do against a side which is on a hot streak, and is looking to become the first team to win six Twenty20 internationals on the trot.

South Africa, along with Sri Lanka, have been the form team of the tournament so far. Unlike the mercurial and unpredictable West Indies, the South Africans take pride in their consistency, and have shown that it takes plenty for them to be beaten, even in a 20-over game. The bowlers have been outstanding, rescuing what seemed a lost cause against New Zealand, and the batting has plenty of depth and class. Can West Indies upset the form book twice in two days?

17th Match of ICC World Twenty20 Cricket tournament from Group E between South Africa vs West Indies (SA vs WI) is scheduled on 13th July, 2009 from 13:30 GMT local time (12:30 GMT) at The Oval, London. Live Cricket Match and Hasan Online Sports will publish live links for watch free online tv streaming and embed multimedia player to stream the match live for free. Read more

ICC T20 World Cup 2009: Schedule of Super Eight Round

Eight teams from four groups have ensured their place in Super Eight round. You should know that first two teams who are placed as 1 and 2 have got chance to play in the Super Eight round from each group. Each team will play against three teams in this round. In the group stage, we have seen some upset victories where Netherlands defeated England, West Indies defeated Australia and Ireland beat Bangladesh. However, we can see some more upsetting victory in the second round too. Nothing is impossible because it is T20 cricket tournament. Any team can make its come back on their day.
Eight teams have been divided into two groups. They are Group E and Group F.
Group E: A1 - India, B2 - England, C1 - West Indies, D2 - South Africa.
Group F: B1 - Pakistan, A2 - Ireland, C2 - Sri Lanka, D1 - New Zealand.
Date Teams Time Venue
Thursday, June 11 Ireland vs New Zealand 12:30 GMT
13:30 Local
18:00 IST Nottingham

England vs South Africa
D/N 16:30 GMT
17:30 Local
22:00 IST Nottingham
Friday, June 12 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 12:30 GMT 13:30 Local
18:00 IST Lord’s
India vs West Indies
D/N 16:30 GMT 17:30 Local
22:00 IST Lord’s
If you want to get full match schedule of Super Eight round then click the following link- Super Eight Schedule of T20 World Cup 2009.
I am sure that you will get a lot of fun and excitement on this tournament. Let us see who will be the group champion of this edition.
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South Africa vs Scotland highlight match

The South Africa captain was watching on Friday night as Holland opened proceedings with an astonishing victory over England at Lord's, and will have been a very interested observer too of Scotland's near miss today in a match shortened by rain to just seven overs a side against New Zealand at The Oval."It is a reminder for our boys that we must be ready tomorrow - you must be ready, whoever you are up against."

Even so, Smith knows he has every reason to expect South Africa to get their tournament off to a winning start - against a country who will be eliminated if they lose.

"We are a talented team and a strong team and should be able to play to a higher level than Scotland. We have to make sure we do that," he prescribes.

Opening batsman Smith has encouraging personal memories of South Africa's last match against Scotland - a seven-wicket victory in St Kitts at the 2007 World Cup, with more than half their overs unused and 91 runs for the captain.As for England's shock setback against the Netherlands, Smith identified a heartening turn of events for world cricket - and an acid test to come for the hosts, who can almost certainly still progress by beating Pakistan at The Oval tomorrow night.
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Smith wants to solve all major difficulty for ICC T20 WC

South African sports fans are spoilt for choice at the moment. No sooner has the IPL finished than the British and Irish Lions have started their tour and now their cricket team is in England preparing for the ICC World Twenty20.

Such is South Africa's passion for rugby the progress of Graeme Smith's side over the next three weeks may struggle to grab the attention. But they have the chance to cap off a period where they have caused some significant shifts in the world order.

They are now the No. 1 team in one-day cricket after taking that crown off Australia and also pushed them close for the top spot in Tests. With a host of their players having experienced the IPL first hand, they are primed to challenge in the ICC World Twenty20. But South Africa have a history of stalling on the big stage. Their continued success over the last year has helped loosen the chokers tag, yet it will linger until they conquer their World Cup problems.

"It would be lovely if we could be successful in this tournament or any ICC tournament that is coming up," Smith said. "We have had an incredible period in the last 16 months and the team has achieved so much. The confidence is good and we are excited about playing this tournament with the chance to go out and express ourselves. I think there is a lot more talent, flair and confidence among this team than ever before."

South Africa's preparations didn't get off to the best start when they arrived at Southgate, in north London, only to find they were not expected for a training session and had to relocate to Lord's. Smith said he would raise a few issues with the technical committee, but added that the way the team responded shows how focussed they are. "Even today with the not-so-great training facilities we have had all over the place the guys have still applied themselves. There's a good, mature attitude among the squad."

And Smith hopes the IPL experience will benefit his team, especially as a number of players were senior figures with their franchises. "A lot of our players had prominent roles in a number of the teams, which probably wouldn't have happened if it had been in India, and they had good leadership roles among their teams."

During the first World Twenty20 two years ago, in South Africa, one of the most controversial selections by the hosts was to omit allrounder Jacques Kallis. This year he is part of the squad and comes off the back of a useful spell at the IPL where he made 361 runs at 27.76 for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

"Jacques is the one player who arrives here with a point to prove," Smith said. "He had a decent performance in the IPL so is confidence his high and tactically how we use him is important. He's an allrounder and needs to contribute in all forms."

However, Smith himself didn't enjoy as productive a tournament managing 212 runs at 19.27 in his 12 matches for Rajasthan Royals. But he has masses of Twenty20 experience to fall back on including captaining Somerset to the English Twenty20 Cup title in 2005, winning the Pro20 with the Cape Cobras and last year's success with Rajasthan in the inaugural IPL.

"I have a few really good ideas on how to play the game," he said. "The experience as captain plays a key role and I think I have a good grip on the game."

This tournament is the final point in a marathon spell of cricket for the team which has included last year's trips to India and England, back-to-back series against Australia, plus six weeks at the IPL for many of its players, and Smith has called for one last effort from his squad.

"It's been a lengthy period and mental fatigue is probably our biggest challenge and something we have addressed as a team," he said. "Something that we've been really good on is responsibility and professionalism throughout this period. At different times you feel a little jaded, but I think we can find it within us to pick ourselves up for three more weeks."

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