Finally it’s England
England has vanquished Australia to win Twenty20 World Cup for this season. South Africa born batsmen Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen were the star of the match. They have guided England to register a seven-wicket victory over Australia in Sunday's World Twenty20 final. This has been England's maiden ICC event title in 35 years.
The country where the game had groomed, could not manage to grab any of the prestigious title in last four decades. But finally lady luck smiled on the English team.
England had asked Australia to bat first in the finals. The Aussies had set a target of 148 runes. England had lost his first wicket as Michel Lumb quite early but after that is was all Kieswetter and Pietersen show. Kieswetter had scored 63 and 47 for Pietersen.
They put on 101 for the second wicket at the Kensington Oval and rest was just the formality. Collingwood and Morgan put the remaining runs and sealed the victory in 17th over. Kieswetter was declared Man of the Match.
It was the first major international one-day event that England have owned after losing in three World Cup finals in the year 1979, 1987 and 1992, and the Champions Trophy final in the year 2004.