Birmingham: Hashim Amla hailed South Africa's rising stars after a team missing injured strike bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel returned to winning ways at the Champions Trophy. Man-of-the-match Amla laid the foundation for a 67-run victory over Pakistan in a day/night clash at Edgbaston on Monday. The opener's typically stylish 81 off 97 balls was the centrepiece of South Africa's 234 for nine made after skipper AB de Villiers...
08:15 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Birmingham: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq turned on his "totally lost" top order after another poor display with the bat left his side struggling to qualify for the Champions Trophy semi-finals. Pursuing, in Misbah's words, "a gettable" target of 235 against South Africa, Pakistan collapsed to 167 all out during a 67-run defeat by the Proteas in a day/night clash at Edgbaston on Monday. This followed their slump to 170 all out...
08:05 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Birmingham: South Africa's weakened bowling attack revived the team's Champions Trophy hopes on Monday, running through Pakistan for 167 to clinch a 67-run win at Edgbaston on Monday. The Pakistanis' second straight loss in Group B leaves them on the brink of elimination, with their flimsy batting lineup collapsing despite South Africa being without injured strike bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel and protecting a meager 234 for 9 on...
01:18 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Pune: Air India upset reigning champions Punjab 6-2 to lift the third Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship, which concluded at the Dhyanchand Stadium in Pimpri, Pune on Monday. Air India played to a plan using short passes to completely dominate the proceedings. Sameer Dad made no mistake to put Air India ahead just two minutes into the game on a pass from Joga Singh. Affan Yusuf made it 2-0...
10:49 PM, Jun 10, 2013
London: West Indies team management is banking on quality feedback from its Indian Premier League stars ahead of their Group B clash against India in the ICC Champions Trophy in London on Tuesday. West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said the IPL stars are expected to provide "intelligence" on the Indian players in their team meeting as he admitted that the Twenty20 league inputs will play a crucial factor for the...
10:28 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi: Indian cricket board interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya Monday promised to look into Mahendra Singh Dhoni's alleged conflict of interest after the team returns from the Champions Trophy being held in England and Wales. "I don't want to disturb the team during the Champions Trophy. I gain nothing by doing that. We have taken a note of the (Dhoni) issue, we are looking into it but we are not...
09:43 PM, Jun 10, 2013
London: West Indies wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin was Monday suspended for two ODIs and also fined 100 per cent of his match fee after he was found guilty of conduct contrary to the spirit of the game in an ICC hearing. The decision means that Ramdin will miss Tuesday's Champions Trophy clash against India and June 14 fixture against South Africa. Ramdin was charged with wrongly claiming a catch of Pakistan...
08:06 PM, Jun 10, 2013
London: The day-to-day happenings in the BCCI since the IPL spot-fixing scandal broke out has not bothered the Indian team, according to captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who said that his his players were only focussed on the ongoing Champions Trophy. "As players, we can only control the things we are able to," Dhoni told mediapersons ahead of his team's second group league encounter against the West Indies at the Oval...
07:25 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
