Edgbaston: The Champions Trophy Group A match between Australia and New Zealand was abandoned because of rain at Edgbaston, Birmingham 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 the umpires called the game off at 1815 local time. New Zealand needed to bat for at least 20 overs for a result to be...
11:25 PM, Jun 12, 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: New Zealand seamer Tim Southee said on Tuesday that his side would take nothing for granted when they faced Australia in the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston. The Black Caps come into the Group A clash on the back of a nail-biting one-wicket win over Sri Lanka whereas defending champions Australia, who beat New Zealand in the 2009 final, suffered a 48-run loss to hosts England at Edgbaston last week....
11:12 PM, Jun 11, 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
Melbourne: In an apparent racist attack, an Indian restaurant owner was beaten up and verbally abused by a group of teenagers in Australia's Ballarat near Melbourne. 22-year-old Himanshu Goyal was bashed up and verbally abused while closing his Bridge Mall eatery about 9.30 pm (local time) on Friday when eight teenagers shouted racial abuse at him while another in the group punched him on face. Ballarat Police official Matt Hayes...
03:10 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
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
London: Ian Botham has warned Australia that England are so superior to their old rivals that it would be no surprise to see back-to-back whitewashes in the forthcoming Ashes double-header. England legend Botham believes his country's 48-run win over Australia in the Champions Trophy on Saturday is likely to be the first in a long line of victories in their meetings over the next few months. The former all-rounder, who...
03:04 PM, 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
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
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
London: Bowler Peter Siddle claimed his maiden first-class century as Australia A dominated Scotland on the second day of their four-day match in Edinburgh on Saturday. Australia resumed on 335 for six at The Grange and Siddle made an unbeaten 103 before the tourists declared on 372 for eight. It was the right-arm paceman's best innings since a score of 87 for domestic side Victoria against Western Australia last September....
12:16 AM, Jun 09, 2013
London: English county side Surrey announced on Saturday that they have signed Australia allrounder Glenn Maxwell for this season's domestic Twenty20 championship. The 24-year-old has played nine Twenty20 internationals and was a member of the Hampshire squad that triumphed in last year's English Twenty20 competition. "Glenn is one of the most exciting T20 players in the world and we are looking forward to him joining our squad for this year's...
12:11 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Edgbaston: England landed an early psychological blow on Australia ahead of the Ashes series, beating their fierce rivals by 48 runs in their opening match of the Champions Trophy on Saturday. Opener Ian Bell hit a patient 91 to help steer England to 269 for 6, a target that appeared competitive but very catchable on a benign strip under blue, sunny skies at Edgbaston. It proved too much for an...
11:18 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Edinburgh: Australia 'A' captain Brad Haddin hit a century as the tourists recovered from a slow start to reach 335 for 6 at the end of the first day of their four-day tour match against Scotland in Edinburgh. The Australian reserves were struggling at 23 for 2 after Jordan Silk was caught by Preston Mommsen off the bowling of Gordon Goudie for just four, while Alex Doolan had made only...
08:18 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
Birmingham: England captain Alastair Cook says he will not be thinking of the upcoming Ashes series when his team faces old foes Australia in their Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston on Saturday. "With the Ashes coming up everyone is going to talk about that," Cook told reporters at the Birmingham ground on Friday. "The Champions Trophy is such an important event in itself. You obviously want to start well against...
09:59 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
