June 21, London, on historical ground Lord’s, we saw English Women soaring to the highest peak of glory, becoming assertive and most powerful. It was English brunch and kiwi’s crunch; England played like a champions and came out champions of ICC Women’s World T20 winners. Kiwis were no competition to England, not even they were able to meet English standards. On England side it was impeccable and unmatched win; England dominated the match and eventually achieved well deserved victory of 6 wickets over Kiwis to become ICC Women’s World T20 Champions.

It was big match ICC Women’s World T20 final, England won the toss and opted to field; it was sensible decision to choose bowling, as the pitch was faster and bowler friendly, and pace with in swing and off spin was easily possible. Brunt made it possible with her scorching and searing bowling attack, giving no possible room to Kiwis batswomen for a single chance and picking significant wickets of Lucy Doolan(14), Aimee Watkins (2) and Rachel Priest (0) giving off only 6 runs with a maiden over. England other bowlers also brilliantly performed and bowled good length bowl, often giving no space to batswomen to go for the shoots. Nicola Shaw and Jenny Gunn took 2-2 wickets and Laura Marsh and Charlotte Edwards took 1-1 wickets; England bowling sabotaged the New Zealand batting line up, hence Kiwis were able to put up only 85 runs with all out in the last 20th over.

Kiwis batting were worse and too low even to their own standards; no batswomen sustained on pitch for longer. Every batswomen were being wondered to be longing to return to the pavilion and they did the same one by one. Aimee Watkins (2) was expected to lead the way for Kiwis because of her last thrilling 96 runs innings but she turned out to be absolute loser. Amy Satterthwaite(19), Lucy Doolan (14), Sophie Devine (10) and Kate Pulford (14) were only batswomen to score double digits but less than 20 aggregating only 85 runs for all out on the scoreboard.

Kiwis scoreboard halted at 85 and 85 runs was the target, it was decided and only obligation left on England side, that has to be done with and it was easily done as anticipated. 85 runs target was too easily achievable target for the side like England, and it was easily done by Claire Taylor (23) and Sarah Taylor (39). England achieved target and finished the match in 17th over just losing 4 wickets.

Everything on England side was too simpler and easier; Kiwis winded up their innings at 85 runs, everyone anticipated with affirmation that England are the ICC Women’s World T20 Champions and they proved that with charm. With charming smile and gleaming glory on their face, English Women celebrated the biggest victory of ICC Women’s World T20 Championship out doing English men in there Gentleman’s game.

A clinical performance from Sri Lanka ensured that they beat New Zealand by 48 runs in a decisive Super 8 game of the Men’s T20 World Cup. The Sri Lankan lions stormed into the semifinals of the competition with a thumping win over the Kiwis. This victory sets up an interesting semi final line up, where Sri Lanka takes on the West Indies, for a place in the summit clash of the competition. With both the teams displaying good form, it remains to be seen as to who has the last say in this match.

Winning the toss, the Sri Lankan captain did not have any hesitation to bat first. However, things started to look a bit shaky when they lost Sanath Jayasuriya in the very first over. The Kiwi pacers then got the better of Chamara Silva to put Sri Lanka in a precarious position. The whole innings was resurrected by the experienced Sangakara who scored 35 runs and Dilshan who scored 48 before Vettori picked both of them. By then, the Sri Lankans were on track towards registering a challenging total for the Kiwis. The other notable contribution came from Jayawardane who took the Kiwi bowlers to the cleaners as Sri Lanka posted a score of 158 runs. The best bowler for New Zealand was Daniel Vettori, picking up two important wickets when Sri Lanka was looking to run away with the match.

Chasing a target of 159 in a do or die encounter, the Kiwis got of to a brilliant start as Aaron Redmond hit Jayasuriya for three fours and a six in the second over of the New Zealand innings. It was looking as if the Kiwis would end up having the last laugh for the day. However, the departure of Brendon McCullum and Redmond in quick succession halted the Kiwi run chase. Martin Guptill carried on with the fight and gave some hopes of victory to the Kiwi bench, before the trickery of Mendis caught the Kiwi batsman off guard.

The departure of Taylor in the ninth over of the Kiwi innings led to a mini collapse orchestrated by Mendis, as Sri Lanka took charge of the match. The Sri Lankan bowlers then ensured that there would be no let up, as Kiwi wickets fell in regular intervals. The Kiwi tail did not have the sufficient skills to wag this time round and the Lankan lions got a thumping victory in the match. With this result, the other team in the group and last years loosing finalist Pakistan, heaved a sigh of relief as they qualified for the Semi Finals as group runners up. They will take on the South African’s in an interesting Semi Final battle.