Colombo: Renowned Sri Lankan umpire K T Francis, who stood in islanders' inaugural Test match in 1982, has passed away after losing battle against acute diabetes, family sources said Monday. He was 73. Francis died in a hospital yesterday, they said. A Tamil, Francis along with Herbie Felsinger officiated in Sri Lanka's first-ever Test match against England here in February 1982. He was a member of the ICC international panel...
05:59 PM, Jun 10, 2013
London: Virat Kohli will on Tuesday step out onto the field at The Oval in his 100th one-day international (ODI) appearance when India play West Indies in the ICC Champions Trophy. This will mark the 30th instance of an Indian cricketer reaching the landmark. Kohli, 24, has played 99 ODIs from which he has scored 4085 runs at an average of 49.21 inclusive of 13 centuries and 22 half-centuries. In...
05:37 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Cricketnext editor Jamie Alter joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the ICC Champions Trophy 2013. Q. Good day Jamie ! Although many RR matches are yet to be contested and it is too early to decide the final four, but since you'll b asked this many times more- who n how do u c the final four for the CT13? Asked by: Mansoor A. India, West Indies, New Zealand...
05:08 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Handed defeats in their respective tournament-openers, Pakistan and South Africa would be fighting to stay alive in the ICC Champions Trophy when they take on each other in their second group B match. While Pakistan lost their opening match to the West Indies in a low-scoring cliffhanger, South Africa were beaten by India by 26 runs. The match will be a shootout of sorts for both the teams and it...
04:45 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Tuesday's ICC Champions Trophy match at The Oval contains a number of head-to-heads that could prove pivotal; here, Cricketnext takes a look at the five big ones. Chris Gayle v Bhuvneshwar Kumar The last time Bhuvneshwar bowled to Gayle marked one of the tightest spells in Twenty20 cricket. Opening the bowling for Pune Warriors in IPL 6, he conceded just eight runs in his first three overs and finished his...
03:54 PM, Jun 10, 2013
London: West Indies have the bowlers to counter India's batting line-up when the two teams meet at The Oval seeking to outdo the other in a race to the ICC Champions Trophy semi-finals, according to their captain Darren Bravo. Both teams pocketed two points after winning their tournament openers respectively, and now go head-to-head on Tuesday. Reflecting on his team's two-wicket defeat of Pakistan at The Oval on Friday and...
02:44 PM, Jun 10, 2013
London: Coming off contrasting wins in their previous matches, West Indies and India will face-off at The Oval on Tuesday looking to move ahead of each other and nearer to securing a place in the ICC Champions Trophy knock-out stage. With their fellow Group B teams Pakistan and South Africa having lost their opening matches last week, victory for either side will move them to four points and thus on...
01:17 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Birmingham: Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene have been officially reprimanded for excessive appealing during their Champions Trophy match against New Zealand here. According to a statement from the ICC, Dilshan and Jayawardene were found to have breached Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "excessive appealing during an international match". The charges were laid by on-field umpires Bruce...
10:16 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Birmingham: James Anderson may be getting used to making history but he derived special pleasure in breaking Darren Gough's record to become England's most successful one-day bowler. The 30-year-old Lancashire pacemen, who last month became only the fourth England bowler to take 300 Test wickets, started the Champions Trophy opener against Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday tied with retired Yorkshire quick Gough on 234 one-day international (ODI) wickets. But that...
09:42 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Cardiff: New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum admitted they did panic during the tense chase against Sri Lanka but always had the confidence that his side would scrape through in a low-scoring Champions Trophy thriller here on Sunday. "Sri Lanka are always a dangerous side and we panicked a bit in the middle. It is very important to scrape through, we have enough experience to deal with situations like this, although...
11:04 PM, Jun 09, 2013
London: Marlon Samuels is keen to continue playing an anchor role for the West Indies in the Champions Trophy with responsible batting at number four position. The Jamaican, who scored 30 runs in a low-scoring match against Pakistan at The Oval on Friday, hopes to make his No. 4 point count against India on Tuesday. Two of his four ODI centuries came in 2012 and Samuels wants to play a...
10:37 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Cardiff: New Zealand held on for a dramatic one-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their Group A match at the Champions Trophy on Sunday. The Kiwis finished on 139 for 9 with 13 overs to spare after dismissing Sri Lanka for 138 in 37.5 overs. Despite the low run chase, New Zealand collapsed to 49 for 4 and then 80 for 6. Brothers Brendan and Nathan McCullum moved their team...
10:34 PM, Jun 09, 2013
London: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq on Sunday urged his batsmen to take full advantage of the absence of South Africa's top pace bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel when the two teams clash in a crucial Champions Trophy game on Monday. Steyn has not yet recovered from a side strain while a quad strain brought a pre-mature end to Morkel's campaign. "Whenever a team loses its top players it is always...
08:00 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Birmingham: In what could be a big blow to South Africa, tearaway pacer Dale Steyn may miss their must-win Champions Trophy match against Pakistan here on Monday as he has not recovered fully from the side strain he suffered in a warm-up game. South Africa captain AB de Villiers said a final decision has not been taken on the fast bowler but his fitness was not looking good. Steyn had...
07:58 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Karachi: Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Sunday advised Pakistan bowlers to be aggressive and go for wickets in their group matches against South Africa and India to remain in contention for a knock-out berth in the ongoing Champions Trophy in the UK. "Both teams (South Africa and India) have strong batting line-ups, so our bowlers should not be thinking of containing them but about getting wickets. South Africa is...
07:45 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Live updates from Game 4 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Cardiff With their morale sky high after a 2-1 series win over England, New Zealand would look to carry their good form into the Champions Trophy when they clash with Sri Lanka in a Group A match here on Sunday. Sri Lanka have an overwhelming record of winning 10 of their last 11 ODI matches and six in...
02:11 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Birmingham: Handed defeats in their respective tournament-openers, Pakistan and South Africa would be fighting to stay alive in the ICC Champions Trophy when they take on each other in their second group B match here tomorrow. While Pakistan lost their opening match to the West Indies in a low-scoring cliffhanger, South Africa were beaten by India by 26 runs. Monday's match will be a shootout of sorts for both the...
12:50 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Birmingham: Australian cricket captain George Bailey was fined 20 percent of his match fee, while his team-mates were docked 10 percent of their earnings for maintaining a slow over-rate during their ICC Champions Trophy opener against England on Saturday. "The Australia team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its Group A match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 against England at Edgbaston on Saturday," the ICC said...
11:25 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Montreal: Formula One title contender Kimi Raikkonen and Australia's Daniel Ricciardo were handed two place grid penalties for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix after pit lane offences in qualifying. They were penalised by Formula One stewards for jumping the queue to leave the pit lane after the second qualifying session had been halted when Brazilian Felipe Massa crashed his Ferrari. All the cars returned to the pits while the track was...
10:56 AM, Jun 09, 2013
