Pakistan wins Twenty20 World Cup final

It is a long way from their opening defeat to England (on the back of a poor warm up period) and Younus Khan's comments about this format being 'akin to WWE'. The victory will also hopefully boost cricket in Pakistan after what has been a miserable time of late, and Younus Khan called for sides to tour the country to ensure cricket continues in the country.

best Twenty20 team in the world

South Africa might be the best Twenty20 team in the world, but they certainly can't claim to have proven that now that they've lost to Pakistan. Yes, they thrashed England, who in turn has thrashed Pakistan, but that counts for little. The vaguaries of Twenty20 mean that if, like most observers, you assume that South Africa would beat Pakistan 6 times out of 10, you have to accept that this was one of the four and Pakistan thoroughly deserved to win. That doesn't make SA ...