Live updates from Game 12 of the ICC Champions Trophy fixture between Australia and Sri Lanka played at Kennington Oval, London.
Defending champions Australia will have to put David Warner's bar brawl controversy and questions surrounding their team culture behind them when they take on Sri Lanka in their final league fixture here on Monday to decide the last of the remaining ICC Champions Trophy semi-final places.
It will be a virtual quarter-final clash between the two sides at Kennington Oval but a lot will depend on the outcome of the Group A match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff to decide the equations.
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04:43 PM, Jun 17, 2013
London: Defending champions Australia will have to put David Warner's bar brawl controversy and questions surrounding their team culture behind them when they take on Sri Lanka in their final league fixture here on Monday to decide the last of the remaining ICC Champions Trophy semi-final places. It will be a virtual quarter-final clash between the two sides at Kennington Oval but a lot will depend on the outcome of...
12:24 PM, Jun 16, 2013
London: Stand-in captain George Bailey insists leading Australia during the Champions Trophy tournament in Britain has been a "dream come true" despite the distractions of the David Warner affair. The 30-year-old Tasmanian, already Australia's Twenty20 skipper, has found himself in charge of the one-day side while regular captain Michael Clarke has been sidelined with a recurrence of his longstanding back problem. Bailey responded by top-scoring for defending champions Australia with...
08:38 AM, Jun 16, 2013
New Delhi: The bail pleas of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila and four others have been adjourned till June 17 by the Saket court in New Delhi on Saturday. They had moved the court along with players S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, which was opposed by the police. The Delhi Police has opposed bail for Chandila, saying he is a "key conspirator" in the fixing case and acted at the...
03:52 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: The bail pleas of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila and four others accused of spot-fixing IPL matches will be heard by a court in Delhi on Saturday. The Delhi Police has opposed bail for Chandila, saying he is a "key conspirator" in the fixing case and acted at the behest of a syndicate run by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The Delhi Police told the court on Friday that...
09:17 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Mumbai: The bail hearing of actor Suraj Pancholi, the prime accused in Jiah Khan suicide case, is adjourned till June 24. The plea will come up in a Sessions court as the aspiring actor is in judicial custody till June 27 on charges of abetting her suicide. The investigating officer had informed the court that Suraj had deleted messages from his mobile phone and the police needs more time to...
12:14 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Birmingham: Describing David Warner as "generous and giving", Australia's stand-in cricket captain George Bailey downplayed the opener's bar-room brawl with England batsman Joe Root, calling it a "minor" incident but "disappointing" nonetheless. After the ICC Champions Trophy Australia versus New Zealand group A match here was abandoned due to rain, the post-match media conference of Bailey centred around Warner. "It's been dealt with from my point of view. It's disappointing,...
09:57 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Edgbaston: The stand-in Australian skipper George Bailey says that he is happy with the team's performance but it is disappointing that the match ended with no result. The Champions Trophy Group A match between Australia and New Zealand was abandoned because of rain at Edgbaston on Wednesday. New Zealand had reached 51 for 2 from 15 overs chasing 244 for victory when rain forced the players off the field and...
08:39 AM, Jun 13, 2013
Australia, sans their regular skipper Michael Clarke, proved to be no match to England and now must beat NZ to stay alive. Australia opener David Warner will miss the match pending inquiry into his alleged involvement in a bar brawl. New Zealand had won their first match against Sri Lanka by one wicket. ...
02:03 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Birmingham: Australia's stand-in skipper George Bailey on Tuesday said the defeat against England in their Champions Trophy opener does not mean that they have reached the panic station. The defending champions must defeat New Zealand on Wednesday to remain in the semi-final hunt and Bailey is keen to see that his side plays its best cricket. "We're not playing the cricket we'd like to play. Probably the best way to...
08:38 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Birmingham: After their meek surrender against England in their opening game, a struggling Australia will have to work on their batting frailties when they take on a confident New Zealand in a Group A match of the Champions Trophy here Wednesday. Australia, sans their regular skipper Michael Clarke, proved to be no match to the English side as they suffered a huge 48-run defeat to start their campaign on a...
01:25 PM, Jun 11, 2013
CNN-IBN's cricket experts Pradeep Magazine and Shishir Hattangadi discuss BCCI's apprehension following the suspension of Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra. ...
08:31 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Birmingham: Stand-in captain George Bailey urged Australia to remain true to themselves despite a defeat by England that dented their hopes of retaining the Champions Trophy. In what was the first of 26 Anglo-Australian clashes across all formats between now and February 2, England beat their arch-rivals by 48 runs to win Saturday's Group A opener at Edgbaston. Australia, still without injured captain Michael Clarke due to a recurrence of...
10:28 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Birmingham: Australia's stand-in skipper George Bailey on Saturday said they could not get the momentum going as their batting let them down against England in their Champions Trophy opener. "We couldn't get any momentum and well done to England - they restricted us well. The scoreline flattered us a little; it was the batting which let us down," said Bailey, who was the top-scorer with a 69-ball 55 for Australia....
08:33 AM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday moved an application before a city court seeking open non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel in connection with the IPL spot fixing case. "It has come to our notice that the main bookies and fixers were in touch with Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel... They gave directions to bookies and fixers in India...," the special cell of Delhi Police...
03:24 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Birmingham: Smarting under a humiliating 243-run defeat against India in a warm-up match in Cardiff earlier this week, Australia's stand-in captain George Bailey says he is ready to lead Australia in their Champions Trophy opener against England here on Saturday. Clarke has been ruled out with a lower back pain. Bailey has been Australia's T20 skipper but against England at Edgbaston, this will be Bailey first big test as a...
10:41 PM, Jun 07, 2013
In view of the developments in the IPL spot-fixing and betting probe, should the Gambling Act be reviewed so that some of the ambiguities are removed? Sports lawyer Gaurang Kanth joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. India is nation of laws, poorly drafted randomly enforced agree? Gambling is the birth right of politicians, Bollywood actors, and captain of indian industries, and hence the new law if...
06:06 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Birmingham: Two-time defending champions they might be, but Australia are looking more vulnerable than ever as they brace up for their Champions Trophy Group A opener against confident Ashes rivals England here on Saturday. Their patchy form aside, Aussies have a major worry to deal with as skipper Michael Clarke's long-standing back problem has flared up once again. Michael Clarke has been ruled out of Australia's opening Champions Trophy match...
01:40 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Ghaziabad: A Ghaziabad court on Friday decided to continue the trial in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case as it is, declining to give an acquittal order to the main suspects, Aarushi's parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. The next date of hearing is on June 11 when the defence is likely to examine witnesses. The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court was expected to decide if there is enough evidence to...
04:54 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: Suspended Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ankeet Chavan's was on Thursday granted bail to attend his wedding on June 2. Ankeet had sought two weeks interim bail saying he wants to get married. Though the prosecution objected to his release saying it may lead to tampering of evidence, the court decided to grant him bail. Ankeet will remain under police cover through the week that he will be out of...
03:26 PM, May 30, 2013
