For the first time since the 1996 World Cup, a team gave them a scare in a global final, but Australia still remain the team to beat on the big day. If Australia were typically aggressive and opportunistic in setting themselves just 201 to chase, they were made to play out of character in the [...]
Disappointed with India’s early ouster from the Champions Trophy, former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has came down heavily on “I think body language of the Indians in this tournament wasn’t good at all. I remember when Harbhajan came on to bowl and start conceding runs behind the wicket. If I was Dhoni I would have [...]
Captain Ricky Ponting became the third batsman to reach 12,000 one-day international (ODI) runs as he guided Australia to a nine-wicket win over England in Friday’s Champions Trophy semi-final. Ponting hit 111 not out and Shane Watson thumped an unbeaten 136, the pair sharing an unbroken second-wicket partnership of 252 to set Australia up for [...]
Following Pakistan batting advisor Javed Miandad, former captain Wasim Akram too has criticized the pitches prepared for the Champions Trophy in South Africa. Akram said the International Cricket Council (ICC) should have prepared more lively tracks for the tournament where run scoring could have been easier. He said such pitches certainly did not help one-day [...]
Host nation’s poor display to come under the spotlight Cricket South Africa (CSA) bosses are to assemble to discuss the country’s failure to progress beyond the group stage of the Champions Trophy. The Proteas were beaten in two out of their three Group B games by Sri Lanka and England to crash out at the [...]
• England ruled one over short during win over South Africa • Sri Lanka adjudged two overs short in defeat by New Zealand England and Sri Lanka have been fined for slow over-rates following contrasting results in their Group B Champions Trophy matches on Sunday. England, who defeated South Africa by 22 runs at Centurion [...]
England’s ultimately comfortable passage to the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy was marred by a moment of controversy towards the end of the night at Centurion, when Andrew Strauss refused Graeme Smith a runner. Smith, who batted 216 minutes in all after having spent a session in the field, was clearly unhappy when AB [...]
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is looking forward to an improved performance from his team in a crucial Champions Trophy match against New Zealand here on Sunday. Sri Lanka’s batting display against England on a lively track here on Friday left a lot to be desired as they could make just 212 before losing by [...]
Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara commended the noble sportsmanship exhibited by England captain Andrew Strauss in recalling Angelo Mathews after the Sri Lankan all rounder was run out under somewhat controversial circumstances in the Champions Trophy game at Wanderers on Friday. “I thought this was an excellent gesture of sportsmanship and was in the spirit [...]
Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss has warned England that picking dangerman Ajantha Mendis’ repertoire is one thing, but playing him is quite another. England begin their Champions Trophy campaign against Sri Lanka under floodlights at the Wanderers tomorrow, when they will face the menacing Mendis for the first time. They have come across Sri Lanka’s [...]
Andrew Strauss is usually as affable as international captains come, but despite his upbeat sentiments, there was no disguising the exhausted despondency with which he addressed the media in Johannesburg on Wednesday, as England prepared to face the music in a one-day competition that has humiliation stamped all over it. True, they arrive in the [...]
India’s Champions Trophy campaign suffered a major setback even before it started with Yuvraj Singh fracturing a finger during a practice session in Johannesburg. The injury will sideline him for six weeks and Virat Kohli will fly to South Africa as a replacement as soon as the formalities are completed. Yuvraj’s absence presents fascinating challenges [...]
England’s grisly run of defeats against Australia has pushed the selectors’ patience to the limit, Andrew Strauss has hinted. If things do not improve at the Champions Trophy, in which England’s challenge starts against Sri Lanka on Friday, certain players can expect to be given their marching orders. “The tour parties for South Africa will [...]
Sri Lanka 319 for 8 (Dilshan 106, Jayawardene 77, Sangakkara 54) beat South Africa 206 for 7 (Smith 58, Mendis 3-30) by 55 runs (D/L) Led by a blazing century from Tillakaratne Dilshan and a brace of cameos, the world’s No. 5 team started their Champions Trophy campaign in fine style by beating the top-ranked [...]
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