Hello everyone. The main event starts on Friday, but the teams are beginning their warm-up matches. Pakistan have beaten the Windward Islands by 68 runs and six other teams are in action at the moment.
Jesse Ryder is making some big runs against Ireland as well.
Bangladesh post 166 for five against Barbados XI (Imrul Kayes 57, Mohammad Ashraful 35)
Zimbabwe have made 174 for six against Australia, Brendan Taylor hammering 90 in 39 balls and Mitchell Johnson taking three for 23. Game on!
And don't forget, the West Indies take on Afghanistan later on.
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bit.lyUpdate (of sorts), more of a scoreboard recalibration if anything - Zimbabwe 173 for seven against Australia, Elton Chigumbura scoring 76 and Taylor just 15. Still game on though!
New Zealand have made 190-5 against Ireland. Jesse Ryder hammered 64 in 30 balls, Martin Guptill 50 in 35 and Rob Nicol 31 in 30.
Correction: NZL 187-5. Still a tough target for Ireland
Bangladesh (166-5) beat Barbados (130-3) by 36 runs. Solid performance from the Tigers.
Ireland 44-2 after seven, chasing 188 to beat New Zealand
Australia need 33 to win from two overs against Zimbabwe
Imrul Kayes is pictured below. He scored 57 to help Bangladesh to victory. (credit: REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH) - Picture Supplied by Action Images
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We think Zimbabwe have beaten Australia - according to AAP, anyway. Various scorecards struggling to keep up with what's actually happening out there.
New Zealand have, or are about to comfortably beat Ireland. 40 runs is the margin we have at the moment.
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So there we are, the first batch of warm-up games completed, with wins for Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. The game between the West Indies and Afghanistan doesn't go ahead because of travel problems for the Afghans and tomorrow we have Sri Lanka v South Africa, Bangladesh v England, Ireland v Afghanistan (TBC) and West Indies v New Zealand. Do join us then!
Welcome back to the Cricket World live blog - hopefully as much excitement today as there was yesterday. We understand that Brett Lee will not be playing in the ICC World Twenty20 after suffering an arm injury yesterday - any ideas who should be his replacement?
One other game that is going on is Sind v Punjab in the RBS Pentangular One-Day Cup - it's a dead rubber as Sind will play Baluchistan in the final tomorrow no matter what, but after bowling Punjbab out for 199, Sind are ten without loss in reply. Coverage here:
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They are underway in Barbados, and Sri Lanka are 21 for two against South Africa. Dilshan (0) and Jayawardene (5) the men to depart.
More wickets in Barbados, Sri Lanka now 30 for four after six overs, Sangakkara (15) and Dinesh Chandimal (0) also out. Charl Langeveldt has a couple of wickets, Rory Kleinveldt and Morne Morkel one apiece.
Sri Lanka 86-5 after 15 overs. Jayasuriya unbeaten on 32
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bit.lySri Lanka have rallied to make 137 for eight, Chamara Kapugedera blasting an unbeaten 61 in 35 balls
Sri Lanka hit back after South Africa make a good start and the Proteas are 37 for two after six overs
South Africa 63 for two after 11 overs
South Africa need 43 to win with four overs to spare, Mark Boucher and Joha Botha at the crease
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England and Ireland batting against Bangladesh and Afghanistan respectively
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bit.lyIreland held to 133 for nine by Afghanistan
Bangladesh reach 126 for seven by England
Later on, West Indies play New Zealand
England going nicely, 62 for two, while Afghanistan struggling slightly at 27 for two in six overs
