ICC T20 World Cup

Ireland will make their second consecutive appearance at T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies later this year. Ireland made their T20 World Cup debut in 2009 where they qualified for Super 8s group.

This year, Ireland made it to World Cup by reaching final of ICC T20 qualifier tournament held in Dubai. They eventually lost the final to Afghanistan but got the ticket to WC as a result of their appearance in final.

Ireland Squad

William Porterfield (capt), Peter Connell, Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Nigel Jones, Gary Kidd, John Mooney, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary Wilson.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the team for T20 World Cup in the Caribbean. The selection has thrown 2 surprises in the form of Hampshire opening batsman Michael Lumb and Somerset wicketkeeper batsman Craig Kieswetter.

Team will be led by Collingwood who is currently representing Delhi Daredevils in IPL-3.

The squad is as follows: P D Collingwood (Durham, captain), J M Anderson (Lancashire), R S Bopara (Essex), T T Bresnan (Yorkshire), S C J Broad (Nottinghamshire), C Kieswetter (Somerset), M J Lumb (Hampshire), E J G Morgan (Middlesex), K P Pietersen (Hampshire), A Shahzad (Yorkshire), R J Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire), G P Swann (Nottinghamshire), J C Tredwell (Kent), L J Wright (Sussex), M H Yardy (Sussex).

Matt Prior lost out wicket-keeping slot to Kieswetter. Prior has not been dropped for (lack of) his keeping abilities, but because of his failure to score consistent runs in one-day cricket.

Sri Lanka cricket selectors have included the veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and uncapped Dinesh Chndimal for the Twenty20 World Cup tournament in West Indies.

Chandimal who has been promising in domestic T20 arena is the only uncapped player in the 15-member Sri Lanka squad for the ICC World Twenty20.

Sanath Jayasuriya is the oldest member of the team at 40. He will be turning 41 in June.

Sri Lanka will be Group B with New Zealand and Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka will play against New Zealand in the opening match in Providence, Guyana, on April 30.

Squad: Kumar Sangakkara (Captain), Muttiah Muralitharan (Vice Captain), T.M. Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, Anjelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv, Ajantha Mendis, Lasith Malinga, Chanaka Welagedara, Chamara Kapugedara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chinthaka Jayasinghe