Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2008
Papua New Guinea U-19 v South Africa U-19
South Africa under 19 defeat New Guinea
Feb 21, 2008
The South African under 19 cricket team has advanced to the quarter-finals of the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup tournament in Malaysia.
They beat Papua New Guinea by seven wickets. Papua New Guinea were dismissed for 125 with Jonathan Vandiar taking five for 27 in 10 overs.
The South Africans reached their target in the 16th over, for the loss of just three wickets. Opener Pieter Malan top scored with a brisk 56.
Papua New Guinea U-19 v South Africa U-19
Group B: Papua New Guinea Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s at Kuala Lumpur
South Africa Under-19s won by 7 wickets (with 209 balls remaining)
Papua New Guinea Under-19s 125 (45 overs) South Africa Under-19s 128/3 (15.1 overs)
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
