Host Sri Lanka take on Zimbabwe to kick off the tournement today.
Sri Lanka win by 82 runs.Ajantha Mendis with record International T2
bowling analysis of 4-2-8-6. Zimbabwe all out for 100.
Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin has a tendancy to stop in his delivery stride and then bowl whilst he is standing in the popping crease.
I wonder what would happen if the batsman steps away when he does this.
A spirited performance by Afghanistan today, only losing to India by 23 runs. A little bit of a scare for India.
Earlier Australia swept aside Ireland who failed to post a defendable total.
South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 10 wicket with 44 balls to spare.Zimbabwe managed an under par 93-8.
South Africa's pace bowling was just too high quality today and Zimbabwe became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament, after also losing their opening match against Sri Lanka.
The England team to play Afghanistan today: Hales, Kieswetter (W), Wright, Morgan, Bairstow, Buttler, Patel, Broad ©, Swann, Finn, Dernbach. Afghanistan have won the toss and put England into bat.
Wasn't the best start either with Kieswetter out in the 1st over for 0........ bit of a recovery since then currently Eng 100 for 2 in the 14 over, Earlier New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 59 runs with Kiwi Brendon McCullum becoming the 1st batsman to score a 2nd international T20 centuries and also his 58 ball score of 123 is the highest individual score in an international T20 match.New Zealand:191-3 bt Bangladesh 132-8
Good recovery from England......... they finished on 196-5 with Luke Wright finishing on 99 not out from 55balls
