Even when South Africa were off the boil, they still managed to emerge victorious. Graeme Smith’s men have been on a roll during a memorable year on the road, and as the end of their odyssey draws nigh, they’ve forged themselves a unit that can cope with all conditions. Clinical is the word that best describes their approach, and it’s not without good reason that they start this match as favourites.

The key player for them is AB de Villiers. Had he not been bumped down the order to allow his team-mates valuable practice against New Zealand, South Africa would surely have mustered more than 128 for 7.

England on the other hand would be hoping for good knocks from Bopara and Pietersen to have any hopes of going past South Africa in this form.

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Teams

England (probable) 1 Luke Wright, 2 Ravi Bopara, 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Owais Shah, 5 Paul Collingwood (capt), 6 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 7 James Foster (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Ryan Sidebottom, 11 James Anderson

South Africa (probable) 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Herschelle Gibbs, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Roelof van der Merwe, 9 Johan Botha, 10 Wayne Parnell, 11 Dale Steyn.

Timing

Thursday June 10, Start time 17.30, 16.30GMT, 22:00 IST

ICC World Twenty20 2009 – 12th Match, Group A

India vs Ireland

Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham (neutral venue), 10 June 2009 – day/night (20-over match)

Result – India beat Ireland by 8 wickets

Fall of wickets: 1. Jeremy Bray 4 (2), 2. William Porterfield 9 (3.1), 3. Andre Botha 17 (4), 4. Kevin O’Brien 28 (6.1), 5. Gary Wilson 48 (9.4), 6. John Mooney 72 (14.4), 7. Regan West 73 (14.5), 8. Andrew White 92 (16.2)

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Scoreline: Ireland Bat 112/8: Andrew White 29 (25) – Zaheer Khan 3-19-4, Pragyan Ojha 4-18-2
India 113/2 in 15.3 overs (18 overs game): Rohit Sharma 52 (45), Gautam Gambhir 37 (31)

Ireland Batting
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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Twenty20 International (22/12/2006). Sanath Jayasuria scores the fastest Twenty20 fifty. The bowling attack includes one of the best bowlers around at that time, Shane Bond

Jayasuriya at his best smashing 4 sixes in 5 balls – against New Zealand

81 runs from 47 balls, at a strike rate of 172… well Jayasuriya has just sent sounded the warning bells for the other teams in the tournament. No one would want to run into Jayasuriya in this form especially in the semi-final or the final. With Dilshan to back him up, Sri Lankan batting suddenly looks more than formidable.

Coming into the world cup only Dilshan was in form, but with one breath-taking innings Jayasuriya has changed it all. He has re-wound the clock to 1996 World Cup days. 10 fours and 3 sixes means 58 of 81 runs came in boundaries. What Gayle did to Australia, Jayasuriya has done it to West Indies!

Scoreline: Sri Lanka 192/5: Sanath Jayasuriya 81 (47), Dilshan 74 (47) – Lendl Simmons 3-19-4
West Indies: Dwayne Bravo 51 (38), Lendl Simmons 29 (19) – Mendis 4-25-2, Murali 4-21-1

Sri Lanka Batting
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ICC World Twenty20 2009 – 4th Match, Group C

Sri Lanka vs West Indies

Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham (neutral venue) , on 10 June 2009 (20-over match)

Result – Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 15 runs

Fall of wickets: 1. Sanath Jayasuriya 124 (12.3), 2. Kumar Sangakkara 147 (14.5), 3. Mahela Jayawardena 168 (17.2), 4. Tillakaratne Dilshan 172 (17.4), 5. Chamara Silva 189 (19.4)

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