Cardiff: West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo regretted the fact his side were denied one more ball to win the match after they bowed out of the Champions Trophy following a tie with South Africa.
After rain reduced Friday's fixture in Cardiff to 31 overs per side, South Africa, sent into bat by Bravo, made 230 for six on the back of man-of-the-match Colin Ingram's 73, as well as handy contributions from David Miller (38) and Proteas captain AB de Villiers (37).
West Indies were in trouble at 87 for three but Marlon Samuels (48) and Kieron Pollard (28) both scored at better than a run-a-ball to get the World Twenty20 champions back on track.
However, when Pollard was dismissed off what turned out to be the last ball of the match, the West Indies went from being in a winning position to exactly dead level on the Duckworth/Lewis method for deciding rain-affected matches at 190 for six off 26.1 overs....
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08:24 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Cardiff: West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo hopes that South Africa's habit of 'choking' at major tournaments will work in his side's favour when they meet in a winner-takes-all Champions Trophy clash on Friday. Whichever team comes out on top in Cardiff will join already qualified India as one of the two semifinalists out of Group B in a competition featuring the world's top eight one-day nations. Despite having had several...
11:49 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Cardiff: With the semifinal slot up for grabs, South Africa and West Indies would be locked in what would be a virtual quarter-final when they take on each other in their last Group B match of the ICC Champions Trophy here on Friday. South Africa lost their opening game to India before getting the better of Pakistan, results which are similar to what the West Indies have managed so far...
01:29 PM, Jun 13, 2013
London: West Indies skipper Dwayne Bravo lamented his team's batting performance after India thrashed them by eight wickets in a Group B ICC Champions Trophy match at The Oval here on Tuesday. "Our batsmen have to take the blame for this," Bravo said. "Another 25 runs could have made a difference if the tail batted smarter," Bravo said, adding:"Most of us played bad shots at the wrong time and I...
08:13 AM, Jun 12, 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
Live updates from Game 2 of the ICC Champions Trophy featuring Pakistan and West Indies Played at Kennington Oval, London. Former champions West Indies will lock horns with the incredibly unpredictable Pakistan in what promises to be an exciting group B Champions Trophy clash at the Oval here on Friday. The match promises a riveting contest between tournament's two most unpredictable teams. ...
01:40 PM, Jun 07, 2013
London: Former champions West Indies will lock horns with the incredibly unpredictable Pakistan in what promises to be an exciting group B Champions Trophy clash at the Oval here on Friday. The Caribbean team, which won the title in 2004 besides finishing runners-up in 1998 and 2006, is high on star power with the intimidating presence of an in-form Chris Gayle being a massive confidence-booster. Pakistan, on the other hand,...
01:15 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Birmingham: Before going in to the actual matches of the Champion Trophy, West Indies and Sri Lanka clash in their last warm-up with an aim of a win under their belt here on Tuesday. Both the teams lost their respective first practice matches and would strive hard for a win to kick start their campaign in the tournament on a positive frame of mind. Sri Lanka despite scoring a massive...
02:37 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Cardiff: West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has pointed to big-hitting opener Chris Gayle and mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine as key weapons in the team's arsenal for the Champions Trophy starting next week. Speaking to media here Wednesday, Bravo said both players possessed outstanding qualities which would augur well for the squad in their June 6-23 campaign. Narine, with only two years of international cricket behind him, has emerged as an...
03:55 PM, May 30, 2013
Kolkata: The two best and most powerful teams duly earned their place in the 2013 IPL final, but in the end it was one-way traffic as a determined Mumbai Indians crushed two-time winners Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs at Eden Gardens on Sunday to get their hands on a maiden IPL trophy. A late assault from Kieron Pollard lifted Mumbai out of a hole to a competitive 148 for...
09:45 PM, May 26, 2013
Kolkata: They have disowned their CEO, refused to admit he is their owner and now face an uncertain future in the Indian Premier League, but Chennai Super Kings will live another day. Live for maybe their last day of existence and fight for their third title in just six years of the IPL - against Mumbai Indians. It's not the ideal way to prepare for a title clash. Players, however...
08:12 PM, May 25, 2013
Without a doubt the most powerful IPL franchise - if not in all Twenty20 cricket - Chennai Super Kings have lived up to expectations by making it to their fifth IPL final in six season. Here, we take a look at how CSK's season has panned out. 1st match, v MI in Chennai - lost by nine runs CSK opened the tournament with a narrow defeat to the team they...
02:51 PM, May 25, 2013
Jaipur: Shane Watson once again stamped his authority with 70 off 34 balls to propel Rajasthan Royals to an impressive five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings that took them to number two in the IPL 6 points table. The victory helped Rajasthan touch the magical figure of 20 points after 14 matches. Chennai's openers - Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay - were subdued in their approach as the pitch was...
11:11 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Michael Husssey with 574 runs and Dwayne Bravo with his 21 wickets are the proud owners of the Orange and Purple caps, respectively, but their Chennai Super Kings' team-mate R Ashwin says that's not the focus of his in-form team-mates. Hussey scored his fifth half-century (67) of the season and Bravo took a wicket in Chennai's 77-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday. That helped Hussey reclaim the...
10:08 AM, May 09, 2013
Mumbai: West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo, who has been named as the team's captain for the ICC Champions Trophy, said that he is learning a lot from his Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. "The way you have MS carry himself on and off the field, I have learnt a lot from him. I spend a lot more time talking to him about cricket. Obviously, India will come up...
08:09 AM, May 07, 2013
Hyderabad: After Chris Gayle invented the 'Gangnam' celebration mode during West Indies' triumphant campaign in ICC World T20 last September, this year's IPL has witnessed Dwayne Bravo show his dancing skills more often than not. The Caribbean allrounder has done moonwalks, impersonations of Spartan, and at times was even caught doing tamil dance with his team-mate Dirk Nannes. Keep all that aside, as Darren Sammy seems to have followed suite...
10:45 AM, May 05, 2013
