Paul Collingwood’s England have a chance to make cricket history on Sunday – and the captain insists they are ready to do it.
Victory over a mighty Australia team at Kensington Oval will deliver the World Twenty20 title to England, and this country’s first International Cricket Council tournament triumph too. England have tried and failed for 35 years to do that, reaching four finals to no avail along the way.
But one more win – a fifth in succession at this tournament, against unbeaten opponents – will put Collingwood’s Twenty20 team in a league of their own in English cricket, and allow the man himself to boast he has gone one better than illustrious predecessors Mike Brearley, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan.
Stan James face a lose/lose situation ahead of the 2010 T20 World Cup with Australia the biggest losers in the book and the firms offer to pay back losing stakes on the outright market placed prior to the start of the T20 competition if England win the tournament.
Head of PR Charlie McCann: ” You have to take your hat off to the Aussies and Michael Hussy in particular for one of the great innings of all time in any form of cricket last night, but it has put us in the unenviable position of having to cheer on the Aussies in the final despite the Baggy Greens being our biggest losers in the outright book. For a long time in yesterday’s semi it looked as if Pakistan had timed their charge to the final perfectly but Hussey’s extraordinary heroics gives us our first Ashes final in a major limited overs competition since Calcutta back in 1987.”
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final
4-7 Australia
11-8 England
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final Batsman Match Bets
8-11 Watson, Shane v EV Lumb, Michael
4-5 Warner, David v 10-11 Kieswetter, Craig
4-7 Pietersen, Kevin v 5-4 Clarke, Michael
5-6 Haddin, Brad v 5-6 Collingwood, Paul
5-6 Hussey, David v 5-6 Morgan, Eoin
Michael Lumb Runs
5-6 Over 20.5 & 5-6 Under 20.5
Craig Kieswetter Runs
5-6 Under 20.5 5-6 & Over 20.5
Kevin Pietersen Runs
5-6 Under 28.5 & 5-6 Over 28.5
Paul Collingwood Runs
5-6 Under 16.5 & 5-6 Over 16.5
Eoin Morgan Runs
5-6 Under 18.5 & 5-6 Over 18.5
Luke Wright Runs
5-6 Under 14.5 & 5-6 Over 14.5
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final ~ Top England Batsman
11-4 Pietersen, Kevin
10-3 Lumb, Michael
10-3 Kieswetter, Craig
4 Bopara, Ravinder
5 Morgan, Eoin
11-2 Collingwood, Paul
10 Wright, Luke
20 Bar
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final ~ Top Australia Batsman
3 Watson, Shane
3 Warner, David
5 Haddin, Brad
5 Clarke, Michael
11-2 Hussey, David
13-2 Hussey, Mike
7 White, Cameron
20 Bar
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final ~ Total Run-Outs
4-6 Under 1.5
11-10 Over 1.5
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final ~ Highest Score 1st 6 Overs
5-6 Australia
5-6 England
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final ~ Most Sixes
10-11 Australia
11-8 England
5 Tie
Australia v England – ICC World T20 Final ~ Man of the Match
6 Pietersen, Kevin
7 Watson, Shane
8 Warner, David
10 Lumb, Michael
10 Kieswetter, Craig
12 Nannes, Dirk
12 Tait, Shaun
12 Swann, Graeme
14 Broad, Stuart
14 White, Cameron
14 Haddin, Brad
14 Morgan, Eoin
14 Hussey, David
14 Hussey, Mike
16 Clarke, Michael
16 Collingwood, Paul
16 Johnson, Mitchell
18 Sidebottom, Ryan
20 Yardy, Michael
20 Smith, Steven
20 Bresnan, Tim
22 Wright, Luke
