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2012 Women's World Twenty20
The 2012 Women's World Twenty20 was the third Women's T20 World Cup competition, held in Sri Lanka from 26 September to 7 October 2012. The group stage matches were played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and semi-finals and final were played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The competition was held simultaneously with the equivalent men's tournament, the 2012 World Twenty20. The eventual victors were the 2010 Women's World Twenty20, 2010 champions Australia women's national cricket team, Australia, who beat pre-tournament favourites England women's cricket team, England by four runs in the final, a match which came down to the final ball. England captain Charlotte Edwards blamed this defeat on a "lack of discipline" in her side, whilst Test Match Special analyst Ebony Rainford-Brent cited underachieving bowlers and England's inability to rotate the strike. With a total of 172 runs at an average of 43.00, Edwards was named Player of the Tournament. Format Followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global Sports governing body, governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. In 1965, the body was renamed as the International Cricket Conference and adopted its current name in 1987. ICC has its headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ICC currently has 108 member nations: 12 List of International Cricket Council members#Full members, full members that play Test cricket, Test matches, and 96 List of International Cricket Council members#Associate members, associate members. The ICC is responsible for the organisation and governance of cricket's major international tournaments, most notably the Cricket World Cup, T20 World Cup, and ICC World Test Championship. It also appoints the umpire (cricket), umpires and referees that officiate at all sanctioned Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. It promul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round-robin Tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Merriam Co), p.1980. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, wherein participants are eliminated after a certain number of wins or losses. Terminology The term ''round-robin'' is derived from the French term ('ribbon'). Over time, the term became idiomized to ''robin''. In a ''single round-robin'' schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. If each participant plays all others twice, this is frequently called a ''double round-robin''. The term is rarely used when all participants play one another more than twice, and is never used when one participant plays others an unequal number of times, as is the case in almost all of the major North American professional sports leagues. In the United Kingdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Hazell
Danielle Hazell (born 13 May 1988) is an English cricket coach and former player. She is currently the coach of English domestic team Northern Diamonds. As a player she was an off break bowler who batted right-handed. She represented England in all three formats of the game, playing three Test matches, 53 One Day Internationals and 85 Twenty20 Internationals. Early life Hazell was born on 13 May 1988 in Durham, County Durham. Domestic career At county level Hazell initially played for Durham between 2002 and 2007, before moving to Yorkshire ahead of the 2008 season. She also played for V Team, Sapphires, Emeralds and Diamonds in the Super Fours competition. Hazell played for Yorkshire Diamonds in the inaugural season of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2016, before moving to Lancashire Thunder ahead of the 2017 season. Hazell had two stints in the Women's Big Bash League, playing for Melbourne Stars in 2016/17 and Adelaide Strikers in 2018/19. International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shandre Fritz
Shandre Alvida Fritz (born 21 July 1985) is a South African former cricketer and current match referee. She played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 59 One Day Internationals and 26 Twenty20 Internationals for South Africa between 2003 and 2014. She played domestic cricket for Western Province and KwaZulu-Natal. She was given the captaincy of South Africa in 2007, aged 21, but after an accident at a swimming pool in which she damaged her back, she missed the series against the Netherlands and Pakistan, with Cri-Zelda Brits captaining the side instead. Fritz became the first South African woman to score a century in a Twenty20 Internationals when she scored 116 * against Netherlands at the 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge. In August 2019, Cricket South Africa appointed her to their Match Referees Panel for the 2019–20 cricket season. In January 2021, she refereed in her first WODI matches, for all three fixtures between South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesha Devnarain
Dinesha Devnarain (born 12 November 1988) is a South African former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium. She appeared in 29 One Day Internationals and 22 Twenty20 Internationals for South Africa between 2008 and 2016, including playing at the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and captaining the side in 2016. She played domestic cricket for KwaZulu-Natal Coastal. She was Head Coach of Coronations for the first two seasons of the Women's T20 Super League The Women's T20 Super League is a women's domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament organised by Cricket South Africa. The tournament began in September 2019, with four teams taking part; these teams were renamed for a second competition in December .... On 6 April 2020, she was appointed as South Africa women's U-19 head coach as well as Women's National Academy head coach. References External links * * 1988 births Living people Cricketers from Johannesburg South African women cricke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruchira Palliyaguru
Ruchira Palliyaguruge (born 22 January 1968) is a Sri Lankan umpire and former first-class cricketer. He played for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Chilaw Marians Cricket Club, Saracens Sports Club, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Old Cambrians Sports Club. Palliyaguruge bowled right-arm medium pace and batted right-handed. Playing mostly club cricket, he has over 200 first-class wickets to his name and also over 4000 runs in a career that began in 1989/90. Palliyaguruge's One Day International (ODI) umpiring debut was in a match between Sri Lanka and Australia at Hambantota in 2011. Ruchira's umpiring career has been marked with controversy. According to an article in The Sunday Times: Senior cricket umpires have petitioned Sri Lanka Cricket that umpires such as Ruchira Palliyaguruge named for the ICC Panel have not been done according to merit. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Panadura Sports Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. He was selected as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asoka De Silva (cricketer)
Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit de Silva (born 28 March 1956) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and umpire who played in 10 Test matches and 28 One Day Internationals from 1985 to 1992. He was educated at Isipathana College, Colombo. Umpiring career De Silva was the first Sri Lankan umpire to be on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. He served on the panel from 2002 to 2004 when he was dropped down to the International Panel, but was invited back to the Elite level in April 2008 when the panel was expanded to twelve members. He continued as a member of the International Panel in the interim period, being used by the ICC to support the Elite Panel during busy periods in the international cricket season. He umpired in the Cricket World Cup tournaments in 2003, 2007 and 2011. De Silva was moved to less crucial matches during the 2011 Cricket World Cup after a review of his performance. He was not considered for the Elite Panel after May 2011. See also * List of Test cricket umpir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nondescripts Cricket Club
Nondescripts Cricket Club (also known by its initials NCC) is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The team plays at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground. History The club was founded in 1888. The name "Nondescripts" is derived from the fact it was intended to be open to anyone, unlike other Colombo-based clubs at the time such as Sinhalese Sports Club, Moors Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club which were aligned with a particular ethnic group. Honours * P Saravanamuttu Trophy/Robert Senanayake Trophy/Lakspray Trophy/Premier Trophy (16) 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2013–14 * Under 23 Trophy (2) 2008–09 2009–10 Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. (Updated as of 24 July 2022) Team records * Highest team total – 538 vs Sinhalese Sports Club * Best innings bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inoka Ranaweera
Inoka Ranaweera (born 18 February 1986) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and a former One Day International (ODI) captain of the women's national team. She has played at both ODI and Twenty20 International (T20I) level for Sri Lanka. In an ODI against New Zealand in November 2015, she took three wickets off the last three balls of the innings, becoming the first Sri Lankan woman to take an ODI hat-trick. She has won the Sri Lanka Cricket award for the Women's ODI Bowler of the Year in 2016 and 2017. In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup The 2024 Women's T20 World Cup was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sana Mir
Sana Mir (born 5 January 1986) is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer who served as a captain of the Pakistan national women's cricket team in ODIs and T20Is. She played in 226 international matches, including 137 where she captained the side. She was the first bowler for Pakistan to take 100 wickets in WODIs. She played domestic cricket for Karachi and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. She is part of the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame. In October 2018, she became the first Pakistani women cricketer to rank number 1 in ICC ODI bowler ranking. She has led Pakistan to two consecutive women's cricket gold medals at the Asian Games, in 2010 and 2014.Sana retains captaincy Retrieved 25 August 2010. She was announced ''Player of the Tournament'' at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asmavia Iqbal
Asmavia Iqbal Khokhar (born 1 January 1988) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium fast bowler. She appeared in 92 One Day Internationals and 68 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan between 2005 and 2017. She was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick in a WT20I, taken against England in 2012. She played domestic cricket for Multan, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, Omar Associates, Saif Sports Saga and State Bank of Pakistan. Career Iqbal made her One Day International debut against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium in Karachi on 28 December 2005. She was part of the team at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in 2009 and 2017. Iqbal was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China. She was part of the Pakistan side that won the Asian women's cricket gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashikala Siriwardene
Hettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene (born 14 February 1985 in Colombo, Sri Lanka), known as Shashikala Siriwardene, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team in WODIs. She is the only woman cricketer to take 100 wickets in WODIs for Sri Lanka, and the only female Sri Lankan to combine this with 1,000+ runs. She is also the all-time leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka in WT20I with 77 scalps. She played for Sri Lanka internationally in a career spanning 17 years, from 2003 to 2020. She is also the longest serving member of the Sri Lankan women's cricket team and is also widely regarded as the mother figure of Sri Lankan women's cricket. She has captained Sri Lanka in two Women's Cricket World Cup campaigns, in 2009 and in 2013. She is a former student of President's College, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte. Injury concerns kept her sidelined from international cricket towards the end of her career. In addition to her cricketi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
