Final Point table

Points Table
Super 10 Group 1
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts
WI	4	3	1	0	0	6
Eng	4	3	1	0	0	6
SA	4	2	2	0	0	4
SL	4	1	3	0	0	2
Afg	4	1	3	0	0	2
Super 10 Group 2
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts
NZ	4	4	0	0	0	8
India	4	3	1	0	0	6
Aus	4	2	2	0	0	4
Pak	4	1	3	0	0	2
Ban	4	0	4	0	0	0

Fixture of Semifinal

Mar 30, Wed

England vs New Zealand, 1st Semi-Final

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL

Mar 31, Thu

West Indies vs India, 2nd Semi-Final

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL

Apr 03, Sun

TBC vs TBC, Final

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

7:00 PM

01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL

Sri Lanka exits on a winning note

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Vital role: Sri Lanka rode on the back of captain Chamari Atapattu, who played a crucial innings of 52 before dismissing her counterpart Mignon du Preez for nought.

 T20 World Cup 2016

Sri Lanka ambushed South Africa by 10 runs at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday to exit the ICC Women’s World T20 on a winning note. Neither side had made the semifinals, but this was a fiercely-contested encounter, belying its dead-rubber status.

Pursuing 115 for victory, South Africa had sailed to 50 without loss in nine overs. But Dane van Niekerk's run-out triggered a collapse of six for 34 in 7.5 overs that squeezed the life out of the run chase.

Sri Lanka's captain Chamari Atapattu played a vital role in the outcome, scoring her maiden T20I fifty in the afternoon before dismissing her counterpart Mignon du Preez for nought.

Earlier, having won the toss and opted to bat first, Sri Lanka rode on the back of Atapattu's innings of 52. The next-best score was 15. The left-hander was dropped on four by van Niekerk at mid-off, and she made South Africa pay. After a steady beginning, Atapattu shifted gears in the 12th over, slog-sweeping van Niekerk for a four and a six over cow corner. But just as Sri Lanka looked set for an assault in the final few overs, the skipper was run out, chasing a silly single. It didn't matter in the final analysis, though.

The scores: Sri Lanka 114 for seven in 20 overs (Chamari Atapattu 52, Marizanne Kapp two for 17, Sune Luus two for 20) bt South Africa 104 for seven in 20 overs (Trisha Chetty 26, Udeshika Prabodhani two for 13, Sugandika Kumari two for 24).

SLW 114/7 (20.0 Ovs)

RSAW 104/7 (20.0 Ovs)

Sri Lanka Women won by 10 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Chamari Atapattu

Amla guides Proteas to consolation win

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In a phalanx of big-hitters, South African opener Hashim Amla isn't given his due as a quick-scoring batsman in T20s. On Monday, he got an unbeaten 56 at more than a run a ball to anchor South Africa's win.

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Sri Lanka loses its way again

Even the most die-hard fan of South African cricket was likely to vote Monday’s eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka as the team’s least applauded triumph in international cricket.

Chasing 121 to sign off its World T20 campaign on a winning note, South Africa paced its response to make it into an almost a-run-a-ball affair and eventually won with 14 deliveries to spare.

The crowd in excess of 16,000 came to the Ferozeshah Kotla ground hoping to watch their hero A.B. de Villiers score big. But by the time he arrived at the crease, at 75 for two, there was not much left in the contest.

Still, on his part, de Villiers did his bit. He hit a six that brought the crowd to its feet. His second six ended the match in the 18th over.

In fact, it was Hashim Amla who helped himself to a half-century, went past 1000 runs in the shortest format on this day and ensured an easy victory for South Africa.

Effective performer

Amla, not usually given his due for his ability to score well over the strike-rate of 100 in T20 games, once again proved to be an effective performer on a pitch that assisted the Lankan spinners. He remained unbeaten with 52-ball 56, with a six and five boundaries.

It was not easy for the players to stay motivated in an inconsequential contest, with the semifinalists already decided. Such being the scenario, it was truly commendable that Amla played his part to perfection.

Earlier in the contest, there was a time when it appeared that the South Africans could be chasing a bigger target. Sri Lanka, in spite of Player-of-the-Match Aaron Phangiso’s twin-strike in the fifth over, was cruising at 71 for two after nine overs, with Tillakaratne Dilshan looking set for a big knock.

Trade deficit

However, in the next 10.3 overs that the innings lasted, Lanka traded eight wickets for just 49 runs!

Dinesh Chandimal who took over the captaincy from a rested Angelo Mathews, promised much after his 20-ball 21 that included a six and a four off Dale Steyn’s second over that fetched 16 runs.

The stand-in skipper failed to read the turn from left-arm spinner just like Lahiru Thirimanne was to do off the next delivery to lose his leg-stump.

Briefly, Milinda Siriwardana looked good until he was run-out following a mix-up with Dilshan. Thereafter, Shehan Jayasuriya failed to make the most of the opportunity. The backbone of Lanka was truly broken when Dilshan, Kapugedara and Perera fell in successive overs.

Dasun Shanaka tried to add some brisk runs but lost the company of Rangana Herath in the 18th over, before Kyle Abbot returned to scalp Vandersay with an express delivery. Off the next ball, the Lankan innings ended when Lakmal failed to beat a direct throw from David Wiese at the non-striker’s end.

 

SL 120 (19.3 Ovs)

RSA 122/2 (17.4 Ovs)

South Africa won by 8 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Aaron Phangiso

Women - Point Table

Points Table
Group A
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
New Zealand Women	4	4	0	0	0	8	2.43	492/66.4	396/80.0
Australia Women	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.613	425/69.3	420/76.2
South Africa Women	3	1	2	0	0	2	0.403	357/60.0	294/53.0
Sri Lanka Women	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.527	362/60.0	351/53.3
Ireland Women	4	0	4	0	0	0	-2.817	379/80.0	554/73.2
Group B
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
England Women	4	4	0	0	0	8	1.417	502/79.0	395/80.0
West Indies Women	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.688	473/80.0	418/80.0
Pakistan Women	4	2	2	0	0	4	-0.673	370/72.3	439/76.0
India Women	4	1	3	0	0	2	0.79	439/76.0	374/75.0
Bangladesh Women	4	0	4	0	0	0	-2.306	420/80.0	578/76.3

Point Table

Points Table
Super 10 Group 1
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
West Indies	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.359	550/76.1	549/80.0
England	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.145	725/79.4	700/78.1
South Africa	3	1	2	0	0	2	0.485	560/60.0	525/59.2
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.287	438/58.5	451/58.2
Afghanistan	4	1	3	0	0	2	-0.715	575/80.0	623/78.5
Super 10 Group 2
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	0	8	1.9	593/80.0	441/80.0
India	4	3	1	0	0	6	-0.305	505/75.0	549/78.0
Australia	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.233	644/78.3	631/79.1
Pakistan	4	1	3	0	0	2	-0.093	649/78.0	638/75.5
Bangladesh	4	0	4	0	0	0	-1.805	517/80.0	649/78.3

Pride at stake for South Africa, Sri Lanka

South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 32nd Match, Super 10 Group 1 

Series: ICC World T20, 2016 Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Date & Time: Mar 28,  07:30 PM  LOCAL 

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  South Africa's AB de Villiers playing a warm up game at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur on March 24, 2016.

 T20 World Cup 2016

It took one blow from England to knock Sri Lanka and South Africa out of the World T20. Now the two teams face off in their last league match here at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Monday with little to salvage.

No doubt, no team likes to lose. But it is difficult to keep the motivation high when there is not much to play for. Therefore, both teams will play only for pride, and not necessarily with an eye on the points.

These teams came with contrasting expectations. Defending champion Sri Lanka was low on confidence after a series of ordinary results post the retirements of Kumara Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. Add to it the injury to pace spearhead Lasith Malinga, and the young Lankan team looked woefully short of resources to match the best on the big stage.

Disappointing bowling

South Africa, among the favourites to emerge as the first-time winner, boasted of several prolific performers in the shortest format.

Much was expected from A.B. de Villiers and an attack headed by Dale Steyn. However, more than its batting, the bowling let the team down in the competition.

Once England chased down 229 in the opener, South Africa conceded another 172 runs to Afghanistan in a match it was expected to win with ease. As was the case, the team conceding around 400 runs in 40 overs had plenty to worry about. Thereafter, it was too much to expect from this attack to restrict the mighty West Indies to under 122.

With this being the background, South Africa knows that no matter how much it scored, its bowling was capable of leaking more runs. However, in this battle of two battered sides, South Africa could emerge stronger only if its bowlers raise the bar.

Disappointment personified

Hashim Amla, who spoke to the media on Sunday, was disappointment personified. On the question of the team not living up to the pre-event expectations, he was rather candid in saying “every ICC event we have to answer this same question. We did play on grounds that were quite different to each other. We could not bat and bowl equally well in the key matches.”

In varying degrees, the Lankans felt the pain of being out of contention. On Saturday night, Angelo Mathews had reasons to feel gutted in spite of lifting Lanka from an embarrassing 15 for four in three overs to within two big hits of victory in the final over.

Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay chose to look at the brighter side on Sunday when he said, “our batting is quite good. From 15 for four we came back fighting (against England). It shows the character and potential of the team.”

However, such a defeat hurts for a long time and 48 hours is too less for a team to recover. As things stand, Lanka finds itself on the brink of ending up as the most battered defending champion in the short history of the competition.