CENTURION: Australia qualified for the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a thrilling two-wicket win over Pakistan Wednesday at SuperSport Park thanks to a last-ball bye.
The defending champions, having won the toss and restricted Pakistan to 205-6 off 50 overs, appeared to be coasting home with 140 runs on the board, seven wickets in hand and almost [...]
Pakistan captain Younis Khan finds himself in a unique position as his men take on Australia tomorrow in Centurion. Already through to the semi-finals, a third win in the group might help India, should they beat West Indies in Johannesburg, to join them in the final four.
Though Pakistan will experiment with their line-up against [...]
In the space of 48 hours, England have beaten two of the pre-tournament favourites with an ease that even their most fervent fans could never have imagined. South Africa have been pushed into the abyss, and Sri Lanka cling on by just a fingernail. If New Zealand beat England on Tuesday, the fancied Lankans too [...]
CENTURION: Pakistan defeated India by 54 runs in the Champions Trophy here on Saturday. Shoaib Malik was named the Man of the Match.
Brief scores: Pakistan 302-9 in 50 overs; India 248 in 44.5 overs.
At the presentation ceremony, the winning captain Younis Khan said: ‘It was a very great performance by the batsmen. It was a [...]
The media attention over the past few days has been on the license-to-romp dossier that was allegedly given to the players in the build-up to the tournament, but MS Dhoni had nothing more than an enigmatic smile and a “No comment” when asked about it. There’s a match against Pakistan to be played in Centurion [...]
Northamptonshire are closing in on the top division after another day of complete dominance against Leicestershire at Wantage Road and Essex’s problems against Derbyshire. Andrew Hall continued to have a major impact on proceedings, reaching 159 as Northamptonshire declared on 600 for 8. Hall then bagged 4 for 41 as the visitors fell for 218 [...]
CENTURION: AB de Villiers scored 70 to steer South Africa to a five-wicket win over New Zealand in Champions Trophy Group B on Thursday.
The hosts, who lost their opening match to Sri Lanka, will now go into their final group game against England on Sunday knowing that victory would almost certainly book them a place [...]
Australia’s annual Prime Minister’s XI match will be a one-dayer against West Indies this season. Cricket Australia has confirmed the match will be played at Canberra’s Manuka Oval on February 4, shortly before the start of Australia’s five-match ODI series against West Indies.
It will be the 32nd Prime Minister’s XI match and the home team [...]
Skipper Younus Khan could sit out Pakistan’s opening Champions Trophy match against a depleted West Indies in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Younus hurt his finger in a warm-up game so Shahid Afridi is set to take over as captain for the Group A match.
Paceman Mohammad Asif could play after a one-year doping ban ended on Tuesday.
Chris Gayle, [...]
“Because in life there are winners, there are losers…”
Those were the distinctive words uttered by WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel at the start of every edition of “The Dirt Sheet,” hosted by Intercontinental Champion John Morrison.
Clearly, Morrison has been one of life’s “winners” as of late. The Friday Night Delight enjoyed a career-changing win [...]
