I dont know whether to applaud Australia for a stunning fightback to take one of the great T20 wins or criticise Pakistan for some incredibly lazy bowling in the final 3 overs.

Either way, the Aussies win and thats who we've got in the final

didn't watch it but it looked an unbelievable game, how did pakistan not win with a score of 191, michael hussey 60 of 24 is incerdible

I went out at 6.30 and only just got back. Looks like I missed a lot.

Thought Aussies would never chase 192 down before they went out to bat, and it didn't look likely at one stage by the sounds of things. Must have been a stunning knock from Hussey to stun Pakistan.

Great start for England in the final.

On only the 3rd ball Sidebottom gets Watson caught by Swann who recovered to catch in time after Kieswetter fumbled the catch in the first place

what a start 7-2!

8-3!

15-3 at the moment, a brilliant start but the Aussies have their big hitters now, Clarke and Hussey

EDIT: Lumb came oh so close to another run out just now

Powerplay period is over and doen with, Aussies still on just 24-3

24-3 from the powerplay, I'd have taken that!

45-4, Michael Clarke, one of the dangermen gone

Ouch, 21 off that 13th over, 80-4 now

bad over, but still they're on course for a below 120

They should surpass 120. They've only lost four wickets and still have the hero of their semi-final run chase to come.

I agree, the way its going, 130-140 is more likely

92-4 with 30 balls left at the current rate, it looks like they'll get 125-130

Brilliant catch by Broad to get Cameron White out, 95-5 now

But here comes Mike Hussey

17th over gone, 17 off it, 114-5

14 runs off the 18th over, 128-5

140-5 with one over left

David Hussey run out, 141-6

Thats it, 148 is the target for victory

Fucking hell, I can't bear to watch

5 overs gone, 36-1, 112 from 90 balls required

Steady start and both KP and Kieswetter forming a decent partnership now standing at 28

This is an excellent partnership going on at the moment, 61 between KP and Kieswetter

68-1 at the end of the 9th over

10th over gone, 73-1, another 75 needed

The partnership up to 66

HUGE six from Kieswetter there

89-1 a the end of the 11th

118-1 at the end of the 13th, the partnership up to 111

Im shocked as to how easy these 2 are making the runchase look, great to watch

Pietersen out for 47, 118-2

133-3 att he end of the 16th

Just 15 needed to win

Shock, Horror, Colly hits a six

just 5 needed now, time to celebrate me thinks

Come on England!!

ENGLAND, WORLD T20 CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

yes!!!!!! brilliant!

They made it look easy in the end!! Well done England!!

Magic..... well done boys

Something for us long-suffering England fans to celebrate

Colly is my favourite Mackem


Anyone see the England fan wearing his wife's bikini top?

Great stuff. Dominant in all their games so really deserved it.

That's one World Cup down, just Footy WC later this year and rugby WC next year and job's a good'n!

Missed the England innings but sounds like a cracking performance.

Awesome stuff. Always said we'd win the 2010 World Cup.

Not forgetting next years 50 over world cup in India next year as well

It was a great all round performance, excellent bowling, some of the best fielding i've seen from England in many years and best of all, that terrific 111 run 2nd wicket partnership between Kieswetter & Pietersen

Now if only they could play like that all of the time

I'll have a pint of what you've been drinking

..Home Sport ENGLAND WIN AT CHILDREN'S VERSION OF CRICKET
17-05-10
ENGLAND cricket fans were celebrating last night as the national side won a version of the game developed especially for children.



Twenty20 is all about bright, happy colours and having funPaul Collingwood's team took the Twenty20 World Championship after beating a clearly confused Australian squad by seven wickets, 18 balls, half a litre of Diet Coke and a bag of Jenga blocks.

Australian captain Michael Clarke said: "We were knocking it over the boundary as usual, when Collingwood shouted 'donkey hats are wild!' and then rubbed some mango syrup into his legs.

"I asked the umpire what was going on and after consulting the rule book, which had obviously just been written in biro on the back of a till receipt, it appeared we had committed a 'Triple Lohan' and forfeited the match."

The shortened version of the game was invented in 2003 to convince the under 12s that cricket was not just for elderly homosexuals and dysfunctional Yorkshiremen.

But ECB officials soon realised the new format could deliver first class international victories as each game would be finished long before the traditional English test collapse.

Over the years the hip and exciting rules have been adapted to include new features such as the Wheel Of Runs, The Hawaiian Stump'n'Slide and Pick-a-Card-Any-Card umpiring.

England fan Charlie Reeves said: "We are - in certain circumstances and conditions - the champions! We are - in certain circumstances and conditions - the champions!"