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On Sunday, I'll be on field at Lord's officiating in the Men's ICC T20 World Cup Final...how much fun will that be?.....

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AND NOW FOR THE BIG ONE...

Friday, 19th June, 2009

Regent's Park, ENGLAND

And so there are only two teams remaining in the hunt for the second ICC T20 title. Pakistan and Sri Lanka...

In the women's final, England earned their place in the Lord's finale on Sunday with a powerful win over Australia. They will play host to New Zealand who qualified with their commanding semi final win over India in Nottingham on Thursday.

In the late game Pakistan will meet Sri Lanka...and who will win is anyone's guess. Both teams have qualified by playing exciting and unpredictable cricket. All the noise from the media about teams being surprisingly eliminated and favourites not reaching the final is just nonsense. How can any team be a hot favourite in a form of the sport that is so dynamic. On any day, any team can beat any opponent. We are not talking rocket science here. A Test victory requires several players to carry their team home. A one day international victory requires two batsmen to have a partnership and a bowler to perform brilliantly. But this T20 cricket requires one person to do the unexpected...and the game is won.

Tonight the game was done when Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews took three wickets in the opening over of the Windies' innings....game over. Earlier it had been Tillekeratne Dilshan's sparkling unbeaten 96 from 90 balls that set up his side for victory. The target was always going to be tough...but a 57 run victory was still surprising.

Now we look forward to a unique double-header on Sunday at Lord's. The forecast is for fine weather so the spectacle should be memorable.

Cheers

Daryl

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CAREER GAME	DATE	HOME TEAM	VISITING TEAM	LOCATION
T20 no. 760	21 June 2009	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Lord's
Test no.82 no. 761	4 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Galle

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